GRAINGER, PERCY, 1882-1961.

  • Walking tune / composed and produced by Charles Amirkhanian.

    Ongoing weekly program which introduces the work of leading performance artists, playwrights, new music composers, and radio producers who explore the creative potential of radio as an experimental medium.|WALKING TUNE / composed and produced by Chalres Amirkhanian. – SERIES: New American radio| no. 16 – Ongoing weekly program which introduces the work of leading performance…

  • Walking tune : a “room music” for Percy Grainger / written and performed by Charles Amirkhanian.

    Australian-American composer Percy Grainger (1882-1961) worshipped the outdoors. His “Walking Tune” for solo piano was conceived in 1900 during a tramp through the Scottish Highlands. Composer-producer Amirkhanian uses the synthesizer to combine sounds recorded out-of-doors with prerecorded sounds from a variety of sources to produce a homage to the prominent 20th century composer.|WALKING TUNE: A…