KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert of Contemporary Waltzes (March 30, 1979), 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1979.03.30.A

Program Length

67 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1979-06-05 | broadcast
| 1979-03-30 | created

Description

A concert recorded at the Art Institute in San Francisco on March 30, 1979, which presented contemporary waltzes, most of which were included in a collection published by C. F. Peters, and released on a 1981 Nonsuch recording entitled “The Waltz Project.” This concert features John Cobb, Robert Moran, and Tom Constanten performing waltzes by Virgil Thomson, Joseph Fennimore, Milton Babbitt, Richard Felciano, John Cage, Ivan Tcherepnin, and other well known as well as some relatively obscure composers. Prior to the start of the concert Cobb and Moran describe the fortuitous events that led to their collaboration, as well as peppering the concert with various remarks about individual pieces.

Genres

20th century classical

Musical Selections

For a Happy Occasion: Happy Birthday for Mrs. Zimbalist (1951) (0:12) / Virgil Thomson -- Titles Waltz: After Max Steiner (1977) (1:47) / Joseph Fennimore -- Minute Waltz: Or, 3/4 Plus or Minus 1/8 (1977) (1:08) / Milton Babbitt -- Waltz (1977) (2:50) / Ross Lee Finney -- Two Hearts, for piano and speaker (1977) (0:55) / Richard Felciano -- Music Box Waltz (1977) (2:06) / Zygmunt Krauze -- Sentimental Waltz (1977) (2:55) / Alden Ashforth -- Valse Mirage (1977) (1:49) / Robert Helps -- Waltz: In Memoriam Maurice Ravel (1976) (1:49) / Robert Moran -- 49 Waltzes for the Five Boroughs, for piano and harpsichord (1977) (3:46) / John Cage -- Dejavalses (1977) (2:14) / Tom Constanten

Performers

John Cobb, piano (all, except where noted)
Robert Moran, speaker (Two)
Robert Moran, piano and/or harpsichord (Music ; 49)
Tom Constanten, piano and/or harpsichord (49 ; Dejavlase)

Subjects

20th century classical
Waltzes (Piano)
Monologues with music (Piano)
Piano music
Harpsichord and piano music
Aleatory music

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
Fennimore, Joseph
Babbitt, Milton, 1916-
Finney, Ross Lee, 1906-1997
Felciano, Richard
Krauze, Zygmunt
Ashforth, Alden
Helps, Robert
Moran, Robert, 1937-
Cage, John
Constanten, Tom
Cobb, John, 1942-