Since January 2005, Music From Other Minds has presented new and unusual music by innovative composers and performers from around the world. Produced weekly for KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco by Other Minds and presented by Charles Amirkhanian and the Other Minds staff, Music From Other Minds aims to open up radio listeners to experimental classical work by living and recent composers. We bring you the latest in contemporary music from around the world, and some glimpses into the past, to give a context for today’s music.
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Next Up: Program 180
Blitzstein, Pärt, and Ives
KALW Broadcast: January 10, 2020
Host: Richard Friedman
Host: Richard Friedman
On this Music From Other Minds, Richard Friedman plays works by Marc Blitzstein, Arvo Pärt, and Charles Ives.
This program is a rebroadcast from May 8, 2009.
Tune in to KALW 91.7 FM this Friday night at 11 to hear it on air.
Previous Programs
Program 586: Music for Wassailing
On this Music From Other Minds, Liam Herb delivers a program dedicated to alternative holiday music by Charles Céleste Hutchins, Ottorino Respighi, and The Esso Trinidad Steelband.
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Program 585: Musical Geographies
On this Music From Other Minds, Randall Wong takes us on a musical tour of the South Pacific Øyvind Torvund’s Exotica Album and the Arctic with Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus.
Program 584: Modern Hits!
On the next Music From Other Minds, Liam Herb presents a program dedicated to the Other Minds Modern Hits series. This program includes some samples from our most recent Modern Hits releases which are available 12/6/19.
Program 583: Assorted New Music
This week, Andrew Weathers will be playing an assortment of new non-commercial music, featuring music by Lionel Marchetti, Elodie Lauten, “Blue” Gene Tyranny, and Monte Espina.
Program 582: Recycled Music 1
Mark Abramson will be playing examples of recycled music, e.g. music made from other music. We’ll cover a couple different styles, focusing on artists that make prominent use of turntables. You’ll hear experimentalists Christian Marclay and Dick Raaijmakers, experimental hip-hop artists Flying Lotus, J Dilla and DJ Spooky, and a 20-minute tape-manipulated pop recording by Terry Riley. Join us.
Program 581: Giya Kancheli
This evening we heard two works by the Georgian composer, Giya Kancheli. Kancheli was the most prominent Georgian composer of his generation. Much of Kancheli’s music combines stillness and beauty with latent violence that occasionally erupts to devastating expressive effect, sometimes described as dolorous yet spiritually radiant.
Program 580: Halloween
On this Music From Other Minds, Mark Abramson plays some spooky favorites!
Tune to KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco this Friday night at 11pm to hear it live.
Program 579: New Works by Women
On this Music From Other Minds, Liam Herb presents a program dedicated to 2019 releases of works by women composers. Tune in to hear works by Kali Malone, Sarah Davachi, 33EMYBW, Ana Roxanne, and Lisa Lerkenfeldt.
Program 578: War
On this Music From Other Minds, Liam Herb presents a program dedicated to relating to the tragedies of war.
Program 577: Rain, Guns, and Revised Standards
On this Music From Other Minds, Liam Herb presents a program dedicated to the music of Ben Johnston, Tomoko Sauvage, Jane O’Leary, and Negativland.