Program 863: Yoko Ono and Toshi Ichiyanagi
KALW Broadcast Date: March 1, 2026 | Host: Ed Herrmann
Yoko Ono, born February 18, 1933, is a pioneer in performance art, film, and conceptual art, and is known for her activism for peace and social justice. The first hour of this Music from Other Minds surveys Ono’s life and art, drawing from “Music of the Mind,” a retrospective of her work organized by the Tate Modern in London. The second hour features electronic and instrumental music by Toshi Ichiyanagi (February 4, 1933 – October 7, 2022). He and Ono were married 1956–1963. Together they arranged John Cage and Merce Cunningham’s first visit to Japan. Ichiyanagi was a preeminent Japanese composer, writing chamber and orchestral music, multimedia pieces, operas, electronic music, and music using traditional Japanese instruments.
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Title: Why Not
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann
Recording Title: Plastic Ono Band
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 10414
Title: Greenfield Morning I Pushed an Empty Baby Carriage All Over the City
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann
Recording Title: Plastic Ono Band
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 10414
Title: Airmale
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Klaus Voormann
Recording Title: Fly
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 104145/16
Title: Fly
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Klaus Voormann
Recording Title: Fly
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 104145/16
Title: Freight Train
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, Klaus Voormann
Recording Title: Freight Train
Recording Label: personal recording
Title: Open Your Box
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voormann
Recording Title: Plastic Ono Band
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 10414
Title: O’Wind (Body is The Scar of Your Mind)
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Jim Gordan
Recording Title: Fly
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 104145/16
Title: AOS
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, Ornette Coleman, Ed Blackwell, Charlie Haden, David Izenzon
Recording Title: Plastic Ono Band
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 10414
Title: Mind Holes
Composer: Yoko Ono
Performer: Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Klaus Voormann, Jim Gordan
Recording Title: Fly
Recording Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 104145/16
Title: Give Peace a Chance
Composer: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Performer: Plastic Ono Band
Recording Title: Live Peace in Toronto
Recording Label: Capitol
Catalog Number: CDP 0777 7 90428212
Title: Electronic Field
Composer: Toshi Ichiyanagi
Performer: Toshi Ichiyanagi
Recording Title: Electronic Field
Title: Music for Tinguely
Composer: Toshi Ichiyanagi
Performer: Toshi Ichiyanagi
Recording Title: Music for Tinguely
Recording Label: Omega Point
Catalog Number: OPA-gg
Title: Sapporo
Composer: Toshi Ichiyanagi
Performer: Eye Music
Recording Title: Sapporo
Recording Label: Edition Wandelweiser
Catalog Number: EWR 1801
