KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert in Honor of Gerhard Samuel, 2 of 3

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1971.02.01.B

Program Length

87 min

Part

2 of 3

Dates

1971-03-27 | broadcast
| 1971-02-01 | created

Description

A concert given in honor of Gerhard Samuel, recorded February 1, 1971 at the Fireman's Fund Theater in San Francisco. Samuel was a talented conductor and composer who was very active in the Bay Area during the 1960s and early 1970s, serving as musical director of the Oakland Symphony (1959-71), the San Francisco Ballet (1961-71) and the Cabrillo Music Festival (1963-68). He was well-known as a stalwart supporter of contemporary classical music and was responsible for exposing a whole generation of Northern California audiences to works by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Terry Riley, and Henry Brant, among others. This concert features music by Niccolò Castiglioni, Luis de Pablo, Charles Boone, Jean-Phillippe Rameau, and Gerhard Samuel, and is performed by a variety of accomplished Bay Area musicians.

Genres

20th century classical
New music

Musical Selections

The Relativity of Icarus (1971) / Gerhard Samuel -- Quartet (1970) / Charles Boone

Performers

Joanne Bell, contralto (Icarus)
Jean Cunningham, flute (Icarus)
Jean-Louis LeRoux, oboe (Icarus)
Donald O’Brien, clarinet (Icarus ; Quartet)
Ronald Erickson, violin (Icarus ; Quartet)
Miriam Dye, viola (Icarus)
Sally Kell, cello (Icarus; Quartet)
Marta Bracchi-LeRoux, piano (Icarus ; Quartet)
Jerome Neff, percussion (Icarus)

Subjects

20th century classical
New music
Songs (Low voice) with instrumental ensemble

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Samuel, Gerhard
Boone, Charles
Bell, Joanne (Contralto)
LeRoux, Jean-Louis, 1927-
Cunningham, Jean Zeiger
O’Brien, Donald
Erickson, Ronald
Dye, Miriam
Kell, Sally
Bracchi-LeRoux, Marta
Neff, Jerome