Program 869: In Memoriam Richard Felciano
KALW Broadcast Date: April 12, 2026 | Host: Devin King
On this Music from Other Minds, we celebrate the work of American composer Richard Felciano, who died on February 21, 2026, at the age of 95 in San Francisco. We’ll move back and forth between an archival interview from 1976, in which Charles Amirkhanian interviews Felciano on KPFA about his work and musical background while playing work from his 1976 LP Instrumental Music, and other, more recent recordings available to stream on the composers website: In Celebration of Golden Rain, Constellations, Responsory, and Prelude for Piano. We’ll close the program with a recording of Felciano’s work for multiple carillons spread throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area: Islands of Sound.
Program Audio
30-Second Spot
Track Info & Links
Title: Crasis
Composer: Richard Felciano
Recording Title: Instrumental Music
Recording Label: Composers Recordings, Inc.
Title: Spectra
Composer: Richard Felciano
Recording Title: Instrumental Music
Recording Label: Composers Recordings, I
Title: In Celebration of Golden Rain
Composer: Richard Felciano
Recording Title: Music for Organ, Gamelan, &c.
Recording Label: Cambridge Records
Title: Constellations
Composer: Richard Felciano
Recording Title: Self Released
Title: Responsory
Composer: Richard Felciano
Recording Title: Self Released
Title: Prelude for Piano
Composer: Richard Felciano
Recording Title: Self Released
Title: Islands of Sound
Composer: Richard Felciano
Recording Title: Self Released
