Recording Date / First Broadcast Date: 6/24/1985
KPFA-FM
In San Francisco in 1964, the world premiere of Terry Riley's "In C" spawned a movement that literally changed the face of modern music. "In C" was the first popular piece of what has come to be known as minimalist music, which typically consists of slowly evolving repetitive patterns. Since then, Riley's compositional style has gone through several incarnations. His contribution to modern music has always been a source of stimulation. In 1985, on Riley’s 50th birthday, KPFA honored this important composer with a live broadcast of a concert at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, by the Kronos Quartet, featuring all of Riley's music for string quartet, as well as an improvised keyboard performance in just intonation by the composer himself.
Part 1 of 6:
Musical Selections:
Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (1981) (9:30)
Performers:
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Genres:
New Music; Minimalism
Subject:
New music; Minimal music; String quartets
People: Jennings, Russ; Riley, Terry, 1935-; Harrington, David, violinist ; Sherba, John; Dutt, Hank; Jeanrenaud, Joan
Part 2 of 6:
Musical Selections:
G Song (1981) (10:50) -- The Wheel/ Mythic Bird's Dance (1984) (15:30)
Performers:
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Genres:
New Music; Minimalism
Subject:
New music; Minimal music; String quartets
People: Jennings, Russ; Riley, Terry, 1935-; Harrington, David, violinist; Sherba, John; Dutt, Hank; Jeanrenaud, Joan
Part 3 of 6:
INTERVIEW with Terry Riley - English language
Genres:
New Music; Minimalism
Subject:
Riley, Terry, 1935-; New music; Minimal music
People: Jennings, Russ; Riley, Terry, 1935-
Part 4 of 6:
Musical Selections:
Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984) (36:40)
Performers:
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Genres:
New Music; Minimalism
Subject:
Minimal music; New music; String quartets
People: Jennings, Russ; Riley, Terry, 1935-; Harrington, David, violinist; Sherba, John; Dutt, Hank; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Owens, Alfred "Shabda"
Part 5 of 6:
INTERVIEW with Riley and "Shabda" - English language
Genres:
New Music; Minimalism
Subject:
New music; Minimal music; Piano music; Just intonation; Microtonal music
People: Jennings, Russ; Riley, Terry, 1935-; Owens, Alfred "Shabda"
Part 6 of 6:
Musical Selections:
Improvisation in just intonation for piano (28:30)
Performers:
Terry Riley, piano
Genres:
New Music; Minimalism
Subject:
Riley, Terry, 1935-; New music; Minimal music; Piano music; Just intonation; Microtonal music
People: Jennings, Russ; Riley, Terry, 1935-