KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert by the New Music Ensemble, (May 12, 1972), 2 of 3
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1972.05.12.BProgram Length
100 minPart
2 of 3Dates
1972-08-24 | broadcast| 1972-05-12 | created
Description
A concert by the San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble, recorded May 12, 1972, at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, and conducted by the Ensemble’s retiring director Howard Hersh. This concert features new and avant-garde music by Robert Ashley, Gyorgy Ligeti, Douglas Leedy, William Maraldo, Morton Feldman, and Ivan Tcherepnin, as well as a madrigal by Carlo Gesualdo and orchestrated by Robert Moran.Genres
New musicAvant-garde
Musical Selections
Moro lasso al mio duolo (1611) (6:30) / Carlo Gesualdo [orchestrated by Robert Moran] -- Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety (1970) (7:40) / Morton Feldman -- Peace for Howard, “Les Adieux” (1971) (41:00) / Ivan TcherepninPerformers
San Francisco Conservatory New Music EnsembleHoward Hersh, conductor
Subjects
New musicAvant-garde (Music)
Instrumental ensembles
Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
San Francisco Conservatory New Music EnsembleHersh, Howard
Gesualdo, Carlo, principe di Venosa, 1560 (ca.)-1613
Feldman, Morton, 1926-1987
Tcherepnin, Ivan