KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ San Francisco Chamber Music Society: The Fresk Quartet, February 27, 1978, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SFC.1978.02.27.B

Program Series

San Francisco Chamber Music Society

Program Length

113 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1978-04-09 | broadcast
| 1978-02-27 | created

Description

The Swedish ensemble, the Fresk Quartet, made its San Francisco Bay Area debut in 1978, performing string quartets by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johan Wikmanson, and Claude Debussy. The Fresk Quartet was formed in 1965 by four young students from Stockholm and spent the next decade performing through Northern Europe, the Soviet Union, Canada, and Australia. The Quartet specializes in works by Swedish composers including many contemporary composers, and has recorded a number of albums for the Caprice label, including one of arrangements of traditional Swedish folk music. This concert was recorded on February 27, 1978, at the Fireman’s Fund Forum in San Francisco. After the concert, host Steve Wolfe, had the opportunity to speak to the members of the Quartet about how and when they formed, their recent American tour, and their interest in playing music by contemporary composers. That interview is heard during the intermission of this broadcast.

Genres

Classical music
Chamber music

Musical Selections

String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10 (1893) (27:02) / Claude Debussy -- String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3 “The Rider” [last movement] (ca. 1793) (3:51) / Joseph Haydn

Performers

The Fresk Quartet:
Lars Fresk, violin
Hans-Erik Westberg, violin
Lars-Gunnar Bodin, viola
Per-Göran Skytt, violoncello

Subjects

19th century classical
String quartets

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

San Francisco Chamber Music Society
Fresk Quartet
Freskkvartetten
Wolfe, Steve
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809
Fresk, Lars
Westberg, Hans-Erik
Bodin, Lars-Gunnar, 1935-
Skytt, Per-Göran