Composers. – Page 2 – Pacifica Radio Archives

Voices in the wind / produced by Robert Malesky.

Oscar Brand interviews animator Ralph Bakshi, cartoonist Gahan Wilson, condutor Karel Aerts, composer Joseph Baber, novelist John Gardner, and musicians Sammy Cahn, Harold Rome, and Hoagy Carmichael in this report on the creative experience in the modern world.

August 24, 2025

Einstein on the beach / by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson ; interview by Charles Ruas.

Excerpts from the opera performed by composer Philip Glass. |r.1. Interview. — r.2. Excerpts from Einstein on the Beach “Ensemble Train” and “Ensemble and Chorus Spaceship.”

August 24, 2025

Nicolas Slonimsky at 76 / interviewed by Robert Commanday and Charles Amirkhanian.

Conductor and musicologist discusses the work of Igor Stravinsky and Charles Ives. Includes Slominky performing on the piano.

August 24, 2025

The 1/4 tone piano / Ivan Wyschnegradsky ; interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian.

Avant garde composer discusses his music and creation of the 1/4 tone piano. Includes performace of his music. |Deux integrations, op. 49 for two pianos in 1/4 tones — Etude sur les mouvements rotatoires, op. 45 for four pianos — Composition in 1/4 de tons for string quartet, op. 43.

August 24, 2025

Stockhausen / interviewed by Jonathan Cott and S. Rathe.

Composer discusses his views about music. Includes live performances of his work.

August 24, 2025

Concerto for bass tuningfork and mallet / Jack Hawley ; interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian.

Avant garde music composer discusses his music, a concert in Berkeley, and his election campaign in Berkeley. Includes excerpts from his concerto.

August 24, 2025

Concerto for bass tuning fork and mallet / Jack Hawley ; interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian.

Experimental composer and performer discusses and demonstrates his music for a 23 inch long tuning fork.

August 24, 2025

Terry Riley at KPFA / interviewed by Jordan Stenberg.

Music student discusses and demonstrates his compositions. Includes music he produced in conjunction with his teacher Pandit Pran Nath.

August 24, 2025

Lou Harrison panel discussion / moderated by Virgil Thomson.

Lou Harrison, Earle Brown, Robert Starer, and Priaul Rainier discuss Harrison’s musical compositions, and the controversial concert given a week before.

August 24, 2025

Nicolas Slonimsky eats dinner / interviewed by Charles and Carol Amirkhanian and Mrs. George Antheil.

The composer, conductor, and musicologist discusses his views of music.

August 24, 2025