KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert of Vocal Music with Stephanie Friedman (October 26, 1981), 2 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
SFC.1981.10.26.BProgram Series
San Francisco Chamber Music SocietyProgram Length
94 minPart
2 of 2Dates
1981-11-24 | broadcast| 1981-10-26 | created
Description
The first concert of the 1981-82 season of the San Francisco Chamber Music Society featured a performance of 20th century art songs by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Friedman, accompanied by a variety of San Francisco Bay Area musicians. Featured works included Edward Lawton’s “Medieval Triptych” a musical setting of 13th century texts; four poems by James Joyce as set to music by David Del Tredici; and three “Madegascan Songs” by Maurice Ravel with texts by the poet Évariste Parny. After an intermission the concert continued with five songs by Béla Bartók, using romantic verse by his very young lover Klára Gombossy and her friend Wanda Gleiman; a lengthy setting of a poem by Georg Trakl by Paul Hindemith; and concludes with two settings for piano, of poems by Pablo Neruda, by the pioneering American woman composer Vivian Fine. This concert was recorded live on October 26, 1981, at the Fireman’s Fund Forum in San Francisco by Steve Wolfe.Genres
20th century classicalArt songs
Musical Selections
Öt Dal (”Five Songs”), Op. 15: Az én szerelmem (”My love”) [text by Klára Gombossy] (2:03) ; Nyár (”Summer”) [text by Klára Gombossy] (2:39) ; A Vágyak Éjjele (”Night of Desire”) [text by Wanda Gleiman] (4:58) ; Szines álomban (”In vivid dreams”) [text by Klára Gombossy] (2:37) ; Itt lent a völgyben (”In the valley”) [text by Klára Gombossy] (3:21), for voice and piano (1916) / Béla Bartók -- Die Junge Magd (”The Young Maid”), for voice, flute, clarinet, and string quartet [text by Georg Trakl] (1922) (19:45) / Paul Hindemith -- Two Neruda Poems: La Tortuga (”The Turtle”) (5:50) ; Oda al Piano (”Ode to the Piano”) (5:52), for voice and piano [texts by Pablo Neruda] (1971) / Vivian FinePerformers
Stephanie Friedman, mezzo-soprano (all)Lois Brandwynne, piano (Five ; Two)
Isabelle Chapuis, flute (Die)
Richard Dasher, clarinet (Die)
Mayumi Ohira, violin (Die)
Frankay Oleson, violin (Die)
Susan Bates, viola (Die)
Jan Volkert, cello (Die)
Subjects
20th century classicalArt songs
Chamber music
Vocal music
Songs (Medium voice) with piano
Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble
Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
San Francisco Chamber Music SocietyBartók, Béla, 1881-1945
Gombossy Klára
Gleiman, Wanda
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963
Trakl, Georg, 1887-1914
Fine, Vivian, 1913-
Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973
Friedman, Stephanie
Brandwynne, Lois
Chapuis, Isabelle
Starr, Isabelle Chapuis
Dasher, Richard B., 1955-
Ohira, Mayumi
Oleson, Frankay
Bates, Susan
Volkert, Jan