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Ode To Gravity:
American Music on 78s |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 55 min |
| Event Type: Music |
Program Origin: KPFA |
In the first show of what was destined to become the longest running American radio program devoted to new and avant-garde music, host Charles Amirkhanian, introduces three out-of-print works by American composers. There is an early sonata by Leonard Bernstein, a Concerto for harp and wind ensemble by Carlos Salzedo, and finally a string quartet by Walter Piston. All the recordings date to the 1930s and 40s, and were originally released on 78s. |
| Musical Selections: |
Sonata for Clarinet & Piano (1942) / Leonard Bernstein -- Concerto for Harp and Seven Winds (1926) / Carlos Salzedo -- String Quartet No. 1 (1933) / Walter Piston |
| Performers: |
David Oppenheim, clarinet (Sonata)
Leonard Bernstein, piano (Sonata)
Lucile Lawrence, harp (Concerto)
Barrere Ensemble of Wind Instruments (Concerto)
Dorian String Quartet (Quartet) |
| Genre: |
20th Century Classical |
| Subject: |
20th century classical; Sonatas (Clarinet and piano) ; Concertos (Harp with wind ensemble); String quartets |
| People: |
Amirkhanian, Charles; Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990; Oppenheim, David, 1922-; Salzedo, Carlos, 1885-1961; Lawrence, Lucile, 1907-2004; Piston, Walter, 1894-1976 |
| Recording Date: |
3/4/1970 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
3/4/1970 |
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