KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: A Live Piano Concert by Martha Anne Verbit, 2 of 3

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

MC.1975.07.07.B

Program Series

Morning Concert

Program Length

138 min

Part

2 of 3

Dates

1975-07-07 | broadcast
| 1975-07-07 | created

Description

Pianist Martha Anne Verbit performs live in the KPFA studio on the station’s Bösendorfer grand piano, and talks with Charles Amirkhanian about her excursions into the sensuous, mystical, and arcane reaches of early 20th century piano music, as well as giving biographical information about each of the composers featured in this concert. Verbit has recorded an album of music by Cyril Scott for Genesis Records, and is an expert performer of Scriabin’s music. She has given solo recitals at Lincoln Center, the Phillips Gallery in Washington DC, and London’s Wigmore Hall. In this live concert, recorded on July 7, 1975, she performs works by Karol Szymanowski, Leo Ornstein, Cyril Scott, William Baines, and Alexander Scriabin. Joining Verbit and Amirkhanian is John Diercks, Chairman of the Music Department at Hollins College in Virginia, a former teacher of Verbit, and for this concert only, a page turner of the highest quality.

Genres

20th century classical

Musical Selections

Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 66 (1910) (29:32) / Cyril Scott -- Four Poems: Poem Fragment ; Elves ; Poem Nocturne ; Apassionata (1919-20) (12:23) / William Baines

Performers

Martha Anne Verbit, piano

Subjects

20th century classical
Sonatas (Piano)
Piano music

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970
Baines, William, 1899-1922
Verbit, Martha Anne
Diercks, John