|
|
 |
A Concert of Contemporary Waltzes (March 30, 1979) |
|
| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 67 min |
| Event Type: Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
A concert recorded at the Art Institute in San Francisco on March 30, 1979, which presented contemporary waltzes, most of which were included in a collection published by C. F. Peters, and released on a 1981 Nonsuch recording entitled “The Waltz Project.” This concert features John Cobb, Robert Moran, and Tom Constanten performing waltzes by Virgil Thomson, Joseph Fennimore, Milton Babbitt, Richard Felciano, John Cage, Ivan Tcherepnin, and other well known as well as some relatively obscure composers. Prior to the start of the concert Cobb and Moran describe the fortuitous events that led to their collaboration, as well as peppering the concert with various remarks about individual pieces. |
| Part 1 of 2: |
|
| Musical Selections: |
For a Happy Occasion: Happy Birthday for Mrs. Zimbalist (1951) (0:12) / Virgil Thomson -- Titles Waltz: After Max Steiner (1977) (1:47) / Joseph Fennimore -- Minute Waltz: Or, 3/4 Plus or Minus 1/8 (1977) (1:08) / Milton Babbitt -- Waltz (1977) (2:50) / Ross Lee Finney -- Two Hearts, for piano and speaker (1977) (0:55) / Richard Felciano -- Music Box Waltz (1977) (2:06) / Zygmunt Krauze -- Sentimental Waltz (1977) (2:55) / Alden Ashforth -- Valse Mirage (1977) (1:49) / Robert Helps -- Waltz: In Memoriam Maurice Ravel (1976) (1:49) / Robert Moran -- 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs, for piano and harpsichord (1977) (3:46) / John Cage -- Dejavalses (1977) (2:14) / Tom Constanten |
| Performers: |
John Cobb, piano (all, except where noted)
Robert Moran, speaker (Two)
Robert Moran, piano and/or harpsichord (Music ; 49)
Tom Constanten, piano and/or harpsichord (49 ; Dejavlase) |
| Genre: |
20th Century Classical |
| Subject: |
20th century classical; Waltzes (Piano); Monologues with music (Piano); Piano music; Harpsichord and piano music; Aleatory music |
| People: |
Amirkhanian, Charles ; Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989; Fennimore, Joseph; Babbitt, Milton, 1916-; Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997; Felciano, Richard; Krauze, Zygmunt; Ashforth, Alden; Helps, Robert; Moran, Robert, 1937-; Cage, John; Constanten, Tom; Cobb, John, 1942- |
| Recording Date: |
3/30/1979 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
6/5/1979 |
| |
| Part 2 of 2: |
|
| Musical Selections: |
Dejavlase, for piano and harpsichord (1977) (2:26) / Tom Constanten -- Valse Perpetuelle (The 45 R.P.M. Waltz) (1977) (3:01) / Ivan Tcherepnin -- Waltz (ca. 1977) (2:18) / Andrew Imbrie -- A Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen (1977) (1:54) / Lou Harrison -- Waltz for Charlotte Benson (1977) (3:10) / Alan Stout -- Valse (1977) (3:43) / Peter Gena -- Waltz (1978) (1:21) / Roger Sessions -- Modern Love Waltz, for piano and harpsichord (1977) (3:51) / Philip Glass -- For a Happy Occasion: Happy Birthday for Mrs. Zimbalist (1951) (0:10) / Virgil Thomson |
| Performers: |
John Cobb, piano (all, except where noted)
Tom Constanten, harpsichord (Dejavalse ; Modern)
Robert Moran, piano (Waltz for Evelyn) |
| Genre: |
20th Century Classical |
| Subject: |
20th century classical; Waltzes (Piano); Harpsichord and piano music; Piano music |
| People: |
Constanten, Tom; Tcherepnin, Ivan; Imbrie, Andrew, 1921-; Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003; Stout, Alan; Gena, Peter; Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985; Glass, Philip; Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989; Cobb, John, 1942-; Moran, Robert, 1937- |
| Recording Date: |
3/30/1979 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
6/5/1979 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
