KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Music by the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
C.1968.03.22Program Length
22 minDates
| broadcast| 1968-03-22 | created
Description
From March 22, 1968, Arthur C. Berdahl conducts the Fresno Philharmonic in a performance of Carl Maria von Weber’s Overture to the opera “Der Freischütz.” Then from March 8, 1974, Berdahl conducts the orchestra in a performance of his own “Requiem for Grace,” and from the same concert Guy Taylor conducts a performance of Henry Cowell’s “Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.3.” Dr. Arthur C. Berdahl was a longtime professor of music at Fresno State College and the founder of symphonic music in Fresno, California. From 1932 to 1954, Berdahl conducted the Fresno State College Symphony Orchestra and taught music theory, composition, and other music courses to the most prominent musicians to come out of the Central Valley. One of his students, Leslie Bassett, won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for music. This program features a composition by Berdahl and recordings by the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra, the body which grew naturally out of the college orchestra in the mid 1950s.Genres
Orchestral music20th century classical
Musical Selections
Overture to Der Freischütz (1817-21) / Carl Maria von Weber -- Requiem for Grace (1974) / Arthur C. Berdahl -- Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.3 (1944) / Henry CowellPerformers
Fresno PhilharmonicArthur C. Berdahl, conductor (Overture; Requiem)
Guy Taylor, conductor (Hymn)
Subjects
19th century classical20th century classical
Orchestral music
Overtures