KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ George Antheil Hertz Hall Concert, 3 of 3

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1970.11.20.c1.C

Program Length

61 min

Part

3 of 3

Dates

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 classical
Chamber music

Musical Selections

Five Songs: November Night ; Triad ; Suzanna and the Elders ; Fate Defied ; The Warning [text by Adelaide Crapsey] (1919-1920) (6:54) -- Symphony for Five Instruments (1922-23) (12:36)

Performers

Miriam Abramowitsch, soprano (Five Songs)
Bernhard Abramowitsch, piano (Five Songs)
Jean Cunningham, flute (Symphony)
Greg Barber, bassoon (Symphony)
John Wright, trumpet (Symphony)
Dan Livesay, trombone (Symphony)
Kenneth Harrison, viola (Symphony)
Gerhard Samuel, conductor (Symphony)

Subjects

Chamber music
20th century classical
Art songs
Songs (High voice) with piano
Quintets (Bassoon, flute, trombone, trumpet, viola)

Related places

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

Related Entities

Antheil, George, 1900-1959
Crapsey, Adelaide, 1878-1914
Abramowitsch, Miriam
Abramowitsch, Bernhard, 1906-1986
Cunningham, Jean Zeiger
Barber, Gregory
Wright, John (Musician)
Livesay, Dan
Harrison, Kenneth (Musician)
Samuel, Gerhard