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1. radiOM.org - San Francisco Chamber Music Society A Concert by the Lyric Wind Quintet, (February 19, 1973) [5.076% Popularity: 0.00000]

San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the Lyric Wind Quintet, (February 19, 1973) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 98 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA The Lyric Wind Quintet presented this excellent program at the Fireman’s Fund Theater in San Francisco on February 19, 1973. Introduced and recorded by Larry Jackson, this concert, sponsored by the San Francisco Chamber Music Society, featured Franz Danzi’s “Quintet in G Minor”, Joann Feldman’s “Woodwind Quintet”, and Irving Fine’s “Partita for Wind Quintet.” The program then concluded with Arnold Schoenberg’s “Quintet for Wind Instruments, Op. 26” one of his first experimentation's with his twelve tone system for composing. The Lyric Wind Quintet included Roberta Brokaw, flute, Leland Lincoln, oboe, William Wohlmacher, clarinet, Jerry Dagg, bassoon, and David Sprung, French horn, all of whom were members of the faculty at the California State University in Hayward. Part 1 of 2: Musical Selections: Quintet in G Minor, Op. 56, No...

2. radiOM.org - San Francisco Chamber Music Society A Recital by Margaret Fabrizio on a Clementi Piano (April 27, 1970) [5.056% Popularity: 0.00000]

San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Recital by Margaret Fabrizio on a Clementi Piano (April 27, 1970) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 119 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA The sound of another era can be heard as Margaret Fabrizio performs on a piano built by Muzio Clementi, and used by Mozart and Beethoven. The instrument was restored by Bjarne Dahl after being brought to the San Francisco Bay Area as a furniture antique and is now part of the Frank V. de Bellis Collection. Fabrizio performs a selection of period specific music by C. P. E. Bach, Ludwig Beethoven and Wolfgang Mozart, as well as one work attributed to the builder himself, Muzio Clementi. During the intermission of this live recording we hear a pre-recorded interview with Bjarne Dahl, in which he relates the history of the instrument as well as describing the restoration process in detail. Ms. Fabrizio also relates the challenges she faced playing on such an historical instrument and how she approached it in much the may...

3. radiOM.org - San Francisco Chamber Music Society A Concert by the New Hungarian Quartet, (October 22, 1973) [5.083% Popularity: 0.00000]

San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the New Hungarian Quartet, (October 22, 1973) Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 57 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA From the last half of a concert recorded on October 22, 1973 at the Fireman’s Fund Theater and sponsored by the San Francisco Chamber Music Society, the New Hungarian Quartet perform Franz Schubert’s “String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. 161” and the third movement of Claude Debussy’s “String Quartet in G Minor.” The members of the quartet are Andor Toth and Richard Young, violins, Denes Koromzay, viola, and Andor Toth, Jr., cello. The concert was hosted and recorded by Larry Jackson. Musical Selections: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, Op. 161, D. 887 (1826) (43:15) / Franz Schubert -- String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10: Third Movement (1893) (7:32) / Claude Debussy Performers: New Hungarian Quartet: Andor Toth, violin Richard Young, violin Denes Koromzay, viola Andor Toth, Jr., cello Genres: Classical Music ; Chamber Music ...

4. radiOM.org - San Francisco Chamber Music Society 1973 Christmas Concert [5.064% Popularity: 0.00000]

San Francisco Chamber Music Society: 1973 Christmas Concert Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 50 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Larry Jackson presents the first half of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society’s 1973 Christmas Concert, which he recorded on December 9, 1973 at the Lone Mountain College Chapel in San Francisco. The music includes Christmas theme choral works by a wide variety of 19th and 20th century composers, including Charles Ives, Johannes Brahms, David Kraehenbuehl, John Panyter, and Claude Debussy, and others, all performed by the Oakland Symphony Chamber Chorus under the direction of Joseph Liebling. In addition, organist Wyatt Insko plays a number of works. Taken all together this concert is a wonderful blend of modern and traditional Christmas music. Note: Unfortunately this is only the first half of the concert and some of the performers and pieces mentioned at the start are not included. Musical Selections: Angelus ad Virginem (4:20) / anonymous, 12th century [ar...

5. radiOM.org - Folk Music from Armenia [5.076% Popularity: 0.00000]

Folk Music from Armenia Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 29 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA First broadcast on May 18, 1971, Larry Jackson introduces a program of Armenian music, much of which was provided by Radio Yerevan, which beamed music to the West Coast of Northern America from what was then the Soviet Republic of Armenia. The program contains several compositions by Komitas, a priest, composer, and musicologist, who’s early work collecting the folk songs of the countryside allowed for the preservation of the country’s musical heritage following the 1915 Armenian Genocide and subsequent period of Soviet domination. The musical selections range from choral music, works for folk orchestra, and several vintage recordings of songs performed by such legendary Armenian vocalists Armenak Shahmuradian and Vardouhi Khachatrian. Musical Selections: The Plough Song, for acapella chorus (2:33) / Komitas -- Antuni (”Song of the Homeless”), for voice and strings (1905"06) (4:02) / Komitas -- Bu...

6. radiOM.org - San Francisco Chamber Music Society A Concert of Violin and Piano Music, March 19, 1973 [5.079% Popularity: 0.00000]

San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert of Violin and Piano Music, March 19, 1973 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 55 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA From the Fireman’s Fund Theater in San Francisco on March 19, 1973, a San Francisco Chamber Music Society concert featuring violin and piano music performed by Daniel and Machiko Kobialka. Larry Jackson hosts this broadcast which includes works by Domenico Gallo, Fred Fox, and Johannes Brahms. The first work a “Sonata in E Major” was formally attributed to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, but is now thought to have been composed by Gallo. Note: This is only the first half of the concert and two pieces which are mentioned at the start of the event are not included in this program. Musical Selections: Sonata No. 12 in E Major, for violin and piano (5:18) / Domenico Gallo [formally attributed to Giovanni Battista Pergolesi] -- Variables I, for violin and piano (1972) (13:32) / Fred Fox -- Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 78, for violin and pian...

7. radiOM.org - San Francisco Chamber Music Society A Concert by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, March 22, 1976 [5.056% Popularity: 0.00000]

San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, March 22, 1976 Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 106 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Larry Jackson introduces a concert featuring works by six contemporary West Coast composers, performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, under the direction of Jean-Louis LeRoux, at the Fireman’s Fund Auditorium in San Francisco on March 22, 1976. The pieces heard are the trio “Timepiece” by Lawrence Moss, two songs by Loren Rush and Robert Basart, a quintet called “Capriccios” by Karl Kohn, and two world premieres, “Dualities” for solo harp by David Sheinfeld, and the Pulitzer Prize nominated “Linea Meridiana,” for soprano and instrumental ensemble, by Charles Boone. The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, originally formed in 1971 and still continuing to give concerts today, features the talents of a host of local Bay Area musicians of note, and is directed by Jean-Louis LeRoux and Marcel...

8. radiOM.org - Russian Liturgical Music [5.084% Popularity: 0.00000]

Russian Liturgical Music Listen Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 16 min Event Type: Music Program Origin: KPFA Larry Jackson introduces three works of liturgical music by three different Russian composers, Tchaikovsky, Grechaninov and Kalinnikov. Performers include the Russian Orthodox Cathedral Choir of Paris, the Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevski Choir, also of Paris, and the St. John’s of Damascus Choir of Essen Germany. First broadcast on July 31, 1969, this program brings the unadorned majesty of the Russian Orthodox liturgy out of the church and directly into your home. Anyone interested in choral music will find the examples heard here to be both beautiful and inspiring. Musical Selections: O Come Let Us Worship / Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky -- Blessed Are / Vasiliĭ Sergeevich Kalinnikov -- I Believe / Aleksandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov Performers: Russian Orthodox Choir of Paris (Let Us Worship) Piotr V. Spassky, conductor (Let Us Worship) St. John’s of Damascus Choir of Essen Germany (Blessed Are ; I...