KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Gertrude Stein 100th Anniversary Concert , 2 of 4
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1974.02.03.BProgram Length
121 minPart
2 of 4Dates
1974-02-03 | broadcast| 1974-02-03 | created
Description
This four part program is of a live broadcast from a concert given at 1750 Arch Street on February 3, 1974, in honor of Gertrude Stein on the 100th anniversary of her birth. During the intermission and while the audience viewed the film "The Last Still Life" by Ann Sandifer, Charles Amirkhanian plays a recording of a Suite from Virgil Thomson's opera, "The Mother of Us All", based on a text by Gertrude Stein. The live concert then concludes with an additional work by Thomson and one by Charles Shere.Genres
20th century classicalPoetry
Musical Selections
She Wrote [text by Kathy Acker] / Beth Anderson -- The Mother of Us All Suite (1949) / Virgil ThomsonPerformers
Bonnie Mara Barnett, vocals (She Wrote)Nathan Rubin, violin (She Wrote)
Ronald Erickson, violin (She Wrote)
Janssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles (Mother of Us All)
Werner Janssen, conductor (Mother of Us All)
Subjects
Violin musicHomosexuality
20th century classical
Orchestral music
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
1750 Arch StreetJanssen Symphony Orchestra of Los Angeles
Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
Shere, Charles, 1935-2020
Amirkhanian, Charles
Anderson, Beth, 1950-
Acker, Kathy, 1948-1997
Barnett, Bonnie, 1947-
Rubin, Nathan, 1929-
Erickson, Ronald
Janssen, Werner, 1899-1990