Terry Riley 06/24/1985
Set I
Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (1981)
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
G Song (1981) (10:50) -- The Wheel/ Mythic Bird's Dance (1984)
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Interview with Terry Riley
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
G Song (1981) (10:50) -- The Wheel/ Mythic Bird's Dance (1984)
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Interview with Terry Riley
Set II
Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984)
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Interview with Terry Riley and "Shabda"
Improvisation in just intonation for piano
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Interview with Terry Riley and "Shabda"
Improvisation in just intonation for piano
Set III
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In San Francisco in 1964, the world premiere of Terry Riley's "In C" spawned a movement that literally changed the face of modern music. "In C" was the first popular piece of what has come to be known as minimalist music, which typically consists of slowly evolving repetitive patterns. Since then, Riley's compositional style has gone through several incarnations. His contribution to modern music has always been a source of stimulation. In 1985, on Riley’s 50th birthday, KPFA honored this important composer with a live broadcast of a concert at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, by the Kronos Quartet, featuring all of Riley's music for string quartet, as well as an improvised keyboard performance in just intonation by the composer himself.
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