Program 809: Tributes to Zakir Hussain, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Charles Amirkhanian
KALW Broadcast Date: January 5, 2025 | Host: Ed Herrmann
This program honors three Bay Area musical luminaries. Michael Tilson Thomas served as Music Director for the San Francisco Symphony from 1995–2020, bringing innovative programming, inspired interpretations, and imaginative outreach and educational programs. MTT turned 80 in December. Charles Amirkhanian, whose career as a composer and presenter includes serving as Executive and Artistic Director of Other Minds, founder of the Speaking of Music series and Composer-to-Composer Festival, and Music Director at KPFA, turns 80 on January 19. Tabla master Zakir Hussain, who did as much as anyone to fuse North Indian classical music with jazz, western classical, and other musical traditions, recently died in San Francisco at the age of 73.
Program Audio
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Title: Lope
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Performer: New World Symphony, MTT
Recording Title: Grace
Record Label: Pentatone
Catalog Number: PTC 5187 355
Title: Island Music, Part III, “Ride Outs”
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Performers: Nancy Zeltsman & Jack Van Geem
Recording Title: Grace
Record Label: Pentatone
Catalog Number: PTC 5187 355
Title: Agnegram
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Performers: San Francisco Symphony, MTT
Recording Title: Grace
Record Label: Pentatone
Catalog Number: PTC 5187 355
Title: Symphony Cowgirl
Composer: Michael Tilson Thomas
Performers: Lisa Vroman, San Francisco Symphony, MTT
Recording Title: Grace
Record Label: Pentatone
Catalog Number: PTC 5187 355
Title: Miatsoom
Composer: Charles Amirkhanian
Performer: n/a
Recording Title: Miatsoom
Record Label: Other Minds Records
Catalog Number: OM 1029-2
Title: Zakir Hussain at Composer to Composer, 1991
Recording Title: Composer-to-Composer Festival, July 1991
Record Label: Other Minds Archives
Title: Chandni See Raat
Composer: n/a
Performers: Sultan Khan & Zakir Hussain
Recording Title: Thought ’n’ Beats
Record Label: T-Series
Catalog Number: SICCD 050
Title: The Dancing Sorcerer
Composer: n/a
Performers: Zakir Hussain & Airto Moreira
Recording Title: Planet Drum
Record Label: Ryko
Catalog Number: RCD 10206
Title: India Blue
Composer: Ali Akbar Khan
Performers: Ali Akbar Khan, Swapan Chaudhuri, Zakir Hussain, Jai Uttal
Recording Title: Garden of Dreams
Record Label: Worldly Music
Catalog Number: 7199-2
Title: Magnetic Dub
Composer: Zakir Hussain, Bill Laswell, Sultan Khan
Performers: Tabla Beat Science
Recording Title: Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove
Record Label: Axiom
Catalog Number: PALMCD 2084-2
Title: Sindhu Bhairavi (excerpt)
Composer: n/a
Performers: Ali Akbar Khan & Zakir Hussain
Recording Title: That Which Colors the Mind
Record Label: Bear’s Sonic Journals
