KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Music of Andrew Imbrie, 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1971.04.06.AProgram Length
134 minPart
1 of 2Dates
1971-04-06 | broadcast| 402 | created
Description
On April 6, 1971, in honor of Andrew Imbrie's 50th birthday, Charles Amirkhanian interviews the Berkeley based composer and plays a selection of his music, including his “Violin Concerto” of 1954 and his “String Quartet No. 4” from 1969. Imbrie studied briefly with Nadio Boulanger in Paris in 1937, and was also a student of Roger Sessions. He taught at the University of California in Berkeley from 1949 until his retirement in 1991, and died in 2007. Joining Amirkhanian and Imbrie for a lively discussion about Imbrie’s music, early influences, and the differences between neoclassicism and romanticism, was the San Francisco Chronicle’s music critic, Robert Commanday.Genres
20th century classicalMusical Selections
Dandelion Wine (1967) -- String Quartet No. 1 [2nd movement] (1942) -- Violin Concerto (1954)Performers
Fred Lerdahl, conductor (Dandelion)Juilliard String Quartet (Quartet No. 1)
Carroll Glenn, violin (Violin Concerto)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Violin Concerto)
Zoltan Rozsnyai, conductor (Violin Concerto)
Subjects
20th century classicalNeoclassicism (Music)
Romanticism in music
Septets (Piano, clarinet, oboe, violins (2), viola, violoncello)
String quartets
Concertos (Violin)
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Juilliard String QuartetColumbia Symphony Orchestra
Amirkhanian, Charles
Imbrie, Andrew, 1921-
Commanday, Robert
Lerdahl, Fred, 1943-
Glenn, Carroll
Rozsnyai, Zoltán, 1926-1990