KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert by the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra and Chorus (March 15, 1975), 1 of 3

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1975.03.15.2.A

Program Length

74 min

Part

1 of 3

Dates

| broadcast
| 1975-03-15 | created

Description

A live recording of a concert given March 15, 1975 by the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Oakland Symphony Chorus, conducted by Joseph Liebling. This concert was held at the Paramount Theater in Oakland California and included pieces by Strauss, Brahms, Berlioz, and Milhaud. The Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra was founded in 1964 as part of an educational outreach program by the Oakland Symphony. It is composed of young musicians from a number of San Francisco Bay Area schools, many from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and has toured Europe and won several international competitions.

Genres

Classical music

Musical Selections

Serenade / Richard Strauss -- Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89 (1882) / Johannes Brahms -- Le Chant des Chemins der Fer (1846) / Hector Berlioz

Performers

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra
Oakland Symphony Chorus
Joseph Liebling, conductor
Dan Parkerson, tenor (Chant)

Subjects

19th century classical
Orchestral music
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
Choruses with orchestra

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related place

Oakland (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869
Liebling, Joseph Martin
Parkerson, Daniel