Program Title:
Homage to Pacifica : a celebration of non-commercial radio / produced by Charles Amerkanian.
PRA Archive #:
PZ0186
Description:
Live broadcast of the dedication of KPFA's new building in Berkeley. Includes: live performance of musical compositions commissioned for the building's opening; interviews with composers Lou Harriosn, Gary Noland, G.S. Sachdev and Zakir Hussain. Includes excerpts from early Pacifica radio broadcasts; piano pieces performed by Henry Cowell; Roger Sessions rehearsing a string quartet; a discussion of censorship from 1949; interviews with composers.
Homage to Pacifica / Lou Harrison -- Grand Rag Brilliant / Gary Noland -- Everning raga performance / G.S. Sachdev and Zatiir Hussain.
Station:
Date Recorded on:
KPFA, 4 Oct. 1991.
Date Broadcast on:
-0-
Item duration:
3 reels (180 min.) : 7 1/2 ips., stereo.
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Distributor:
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1992.
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