KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: Interview with Marin Alsop

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1992.04.06

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

20 min

Dates

1992-04-06 | broadcast
| 1992-04-06 | created

Description

Charles Amirkhanian interviews Marin Alsop, conductor of the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, Long Island Symphony, and her own group Concordia, which has commissioned a number of works by contemporary composers. At the time of this interview in 1992, she had just become the new director of the Cabrillo Music Festival. Marin Alsop studied under Leonard Bernstein about whom she shares some of her memories. Although born in New York, she has worked on the West Coast for many years and is very sympathetic to West Coast composers. often performing their works.

Genres

20th century classical
Orchestral music

Musical Selections

Grand Duo [excerpt] (1988) / Lou Harrison

Performers

Dennis Russell Davies, piano
Romuald Tecco, violin

Subjects

20th century classical
Orchestral music
Conductors (Music)
Violin and piano music

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

Amirkhanian, Charles
Alsop, Marin
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
Davies, Dennis Russell
Tecco, Romuald