KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN: "Helicopter quartet"

Allegri Film - 1996

Frank Scheffer

Leaving Home - Simon Rattle (serie completa)

1.- Dancing on a Volcano

2.- Rhythm

3.- Colour

4.- Three Journeys Through Dark Landscapes

5.- The American Way

6.- After the Wake

7.- Threads

Harry Halbreich entrevista a Iannis Xenakis

06.03.1995

Harry Halbreich

Iannis Xenakis (Braïla, 1922 - Paris, 2001)

Conlon Nancarrow’s 80th Birthday

27.10.1992

Charles Amirkhanian

Composer Conlon Nancarrow was born on October 27, 1912 in Texaskana, Arkansas and has lived in Mexico City since 1940. Richard Friedman speaks with him by telephone about his career, and introduces recent recordings of Nancarrow’s player piano music as well as works for live performers. Friedman also talks to Gordon Mumma who describes the early career of Nancarrow during which his music was largely unappreciated until Henry Cowell and John Cage took an interest in the composer’s studies for player piano. Also heard from a CD released by Music and Arts is Two Canons for Ursula, a nearly impossible polytemporal essays played by Ursula Oppens.

Frank Zappa & Ensemble Modern - The Yellow Shark

Frankfurt, Germany, 17 September 1992. Conducted by Peter Rundel & Frank Zappa*
Set list:

1. Overture (1990)*
2. Dog Vreath Variations/Uncle Meat (1983/1992)
3. Outrage at Valdez (1990/1992)
4. Times Beach II (1985)
5. III Revised (1992)
6. The Girl in the Magnesium Dress (1983/1992)
7. Be-Bop Tango (of the old jazz-men's church) (1972/1992)
8. Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America 1992 (1992)*
9. Ruth Is Sleeping (1983/1992)
10. Amnerica (1984/1992)
11. None of the Above part I (1983)
12. Pentagon Afternoon (1992)
13. Times Beach III (1985)
14. Welcome to the United States*
15. Pound for a Brown (1985/1992)
16. Get Whitney (1992)
17. G-spot Tornado (1986/1992)*

Entrevista a Iannis Xenakis (english)

Iannis Xenakis (Braïla, 1922 - Paris, 2001)

Entrevista a Witold Lutoslawski

KPFA - 05.03.1991
Charles Amirkhanian

Charles Amirkhanian interviews Polish composer and conductor, Witold Lutoslawski (Warsaw, 1913, Warsaw 1994). They discuss the political changes in Poland after the end of the Cold War and how that effects the ability to criticize the government and change the way in which the arts are supported. Lutoslawski also talks about his composition, Mi-Parti, which was to be performed by the San Francisco Symphony soon after this interview. Charles then quizzes the maestro about the role of emotions in music, his opinion of some lesser known Polish composers, and the importance of silence while composing. Lutoslawski also discusses the difficulties he experienced as a composer in Poland during and soon after World War II.

Lou Harrison on Aaron Copland

07.02.1992

Charles Amirkhanian

As part of a February 7, 1991 program in memory of  Aaron Copland (New York, 1900 - New York, 1990), Charles Amirkhanian interviews composer Lou Harrison about his friendship with Copland, as well as playing some samples of Copland's music, and a brief excerpt from a talk by the quintessential 20th century American composer. Amirkhanian and Harrison discuss Copland's illustrious career, comparing his early and latter works, and pondering what more might have been, if it had not been for Copland's decline and eventual death due to Alzheimer's disease. Harrison expresses great admiration for, and just a bit of mystification about, the qualities of Copland's music that made it so representative of the American spirit, even more so than that of Charles Ives. And in a brief excerpt from a talk, we hear Copland himself suggest that his best music simply appears in his mind, rather than resulting from any more deliberate effort to fulfill the requirements of a commission.

Entrevista a John Adams

Morning Concert - 13.02.1990

Charles Amirkhanian

Charles Amirkhanian talks with composer John Adams (Worcester, 1947) in February 1990 about his music, including his two orchestral works, “The Wound-Dresser” and “Fearful Symmetries”. The composer of the opera “Nixon in China” also delivers a progress report on his next opera, “The Death of Klinghoffer”, as well as discussing his affinity for working with small orchestras, and other sundry topics. Born in Worcester, Mass on February 15, 1947, Adams celebrated his 43rd birthday the week of this recorded broadcast.

Witold Lutosławski in Conversation with Krzysztof Zanussi

Documentary about life and work of Witold Lutosławski. 1990. A coproduction of the BBC with Roem, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), La Sept, STV, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS) and Eurofilm/Antelope.