KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ George Antheil Hertz Hall Concert, 2 of 3
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1970.11.20.c1.BProgram Length
61 minPart
2 of 3Dates
1970-12-08 | broadcast| 1970-11-20 | created
Description
On November 20, 1970, KPFA and Charles Amirkhanian presented a concert featuring many of the early works of George Antheil to a sold-out Hertz Hall on the U. C. Berkeley campus. This historic concert launched a revival of interest in Antheil's early music, most of which had not been performed since the mid-1920s. The program features “Airplane Sonata”, “Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano with drums”, “La Femme 100 Têtes”, “Five Songs (on the Text of Adelaide Crapsey)”, and “Symphony for Five Instruments”. During the actual concert images of the etching by Max Ernst that were the inspiration for the 45 preludes that comprise “La Femme 100 Têtes” were projected. The concert also included a showing of the experimental film “Ballet Mécanique” by Dudley Murphy and Fernand Léger, with cinematography by Man Ray for which Antheil had composed the score, however, unfortunately this is not included in this concert recording.Genres
20th century classicalMusical Selections
La femme 100 têtes (1933) (27:55)Performers
Julian White, pianoSubjects
20th century classicalPiano music
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Antheil, George, 1900-1959White, Julian, 1930-2006