Entrevista a Aaron Copland

DAY AT NIGHT - 20.12.1973
CUNY tv / James Day

CUNY TV's restoring of the classic public television program, "Day at Night", which aired from 1973-1974. In this episode, host James Day talks with composer Aaron Copland (New York, 1900 - New York, 1990). They discuss how Mr. Copland became one of the most distinguished American composers in the world, themes and influences which he used to create some of his most memorable works, how his creations have adapted over the years to reflect the changing times, teachers that influenced him as well as important aspects of composition.

CUNY TV is proud to re-broadcast newly digitized episodes of DAY AT NIGHT, the popular public television series hosted by the late James Day. Day was a true pioneer of public television: co-founder of KQED in San Francisco, president of WNET upon the merger of National Educational Television (NET) and television station WNDT/Channel 13, and most recently, Chairman of the CUNY TV Advisory Board. The series features fascinating interviews with notable cultural and political figures conducted in the mid 1970's. (Taped: 12/20/1973)

Entrevista a Pierre Boulez

21.10.1973

KPFA-FM / Charles Amirkhanian  

Charles Amirkhanian interview the French, avant-garde, composer, and conductor, Pierre Boulez (Montbrison, 1925), following the world premiere performance of his revised (3rd version), “explosante-fixe,” at the Donaueschingen Music Festival on October 21, 1973. In this relatively brief interview Boulez offers his perspective on American composers such as Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, Steve Reich, and John Cage, all of whom he had at least heard of and generally respects, although he admits that his own approach to avant-garde orchestral and electro-acoustic music differs from that of his American counterparts. Boulez also discusses the, just presented, third version of his “explosante-fixe,” which is scored for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, harp, and electronics, and describes the type of preparations and rehearsals that were necessary for it performance. Amirkhanian then plays a slightly abbreviated recording of the very same performance, which featured the first chairs of the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer.

The Unanswered Question (Leonard Bernstein, Harvard, 1973)

1.- Musical Phonology
2.- Musical Syntax
3.- Musica Semantics
4.- The Delights & Dangers of Ambiguity
5.- The XXth Century Crisis
6.- The Poetry Of Earth 

Karlheinz Stockhausen: English Lectures (1972-73)

Allied Artists (London, 1972)

1.- Musical Forming
2.- Mikrophonie 1
3.- Moment forming and integration ("Momente")
4.- Intuitive music "ES" (IT)
5.- Four criteria of electronic music ("Kontakte")
6.- Telemusik
7.- Mantra

Alban Berg - documentary

Alban Berg (Vienna, 1885 - Vienna, 1935)

Directed by Barrie Gavin for the BBC.

with Helene Berg, Pierre Boulez, Willi Reich, Alfred Kalmus, Jascha Horenstein, Jean-Rodolphe Kars, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Delme String Quartet.

First broadcast as 'Music on 2', BBC 2, Dec. 13, 1972.

Entrevista a Luc Ferrari

06.1972

Charles Amirkhanian

Host of KPFA-FM's Ode to Gravity series Charles Amirkhanian, interviewed French composer Luc Ferrari (Paris, 1929) at his home in Paris in June of 1972. The night before the interview, Ferrari had a world premiere performance of his "Monologos I" at the Opera Comique. Ferrari discusses his compositional practices and experiments in voice and tape delay that developed into Monologos I. The two also talk about Ferrari's activities since 1970 which included the writing of his book "Les réalisable et le journal d'un autobiographe", a work of text compositions and part autobiography; and creating the first sonic chapter of his "ecological" series in observation, "Allô ici la terre". The interview also takes a philosophical turn as Ferrari describes the non-existence of "truth" or any correct "system", political or otherwise, and how we must devise many different ways of going about the act of living.

Musical selections during the program include:

Monologos I [live recording]

Performers: Luc Ferrari, electronics; Elise Ross, voice

Entrevista a Alvin Curran

Ode to Gravity - 17.05.1972

KPFA-FM / Charles Amirkhanian 

Charles Amirkhanian presents an Ode to Gravity program featuring an interview with the composer Alvin Curran (Rhode Island, 1938) from his home in Rome. Selections from this informal talk with Curran are interspersed with musical excerpts, with a special emphasis on the group Curran helped found in the mid-1960s, Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV). The composer discusses his co-founders, who included Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum and Alan Bryant, and describes the synthesis of the group, its working methods, and the situation that led to its disbandment. Curran further describes the group’s second incarnation, MEV2, and briefly discusses his own recent work, Music for Every Occasion. The program concludes with selections by David Ahlstrom and Robert Erickson, released on an Orion disc New Music for Trumpet featuring Jack Logan.

Leonard Bernstein's rare short film tribute to Stravinsky (1972)

ITN Source - 1972 
Humphrey Burton

Discover a rare short film tribute in which Leonard Bernstein talks about all three works performed in the new Bernstein "Homage to Stravinsky". This video also features documentary sequences of Stravinsky himself.

Leonard Bernstein: Young People's Concerts (18 vídeos)

Young People's Concerts

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Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - A personal introduction by Leonard Bernstein

UNITEL / AMBERSON - 1972 
Humphrey Burton

Artistas:
Leonard Bernstein, Narrator
Christa Ludwig, Contralto
René Kollo, Tenor

Israel Philharmonic, Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, Conductor

Duración:
42:04

Información sobre grabación
En directo / en estudio:
Live

Ubicación de grabación:
Tel Aviv, Israel

Producido por:
John McClure, Recording Producer
Fritz Buttenstedt, Executive Producer

Formato
AAA PCM Stereo