Program 845: Rebroadcast of Program 673: From the OM Archives - Amirkhanian and Nancarrow in Conversation
KALW Broadcast Date: October 26, 2025 | Host: Liam Herb
On this rebroadcast of an earlier Music from Other Minds, Liam Herb plays an archival recording of Charles Amirkhanian’s Ode to Gravity: The Music of Conlon Nancarrow. Originally broadcast on NPR stations worldwide in April of 1987, this program includes interviews with the composer in his studio in Mexico City conducted by Amirkhanian in 1977, some of the composer’s Studies for Player Piano also recorded on that trip, and a recording of his String Quartet (1942) performed here by the Kronos Quartet.
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Title: Ode to Gravity: The Music of Conlon Nancarrow
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Performers: Charles Amirkhanian / Conlon Nancarrow / Kronos Quartet
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