KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Morning Concert: Leo Ornstein Centenary Program, 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MC.1992.12.01.AProgram Series
Morning ConcertProgram Length
110 minPart
1 of 2Dates
1992-12-01 | broadcast| 1992-12-01 | created
Description
Composer-pianist Leo Ornstein is interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian on the occasion of his 100th birthday! Severo Ornstein, the son of the composer, is in the studio with Amirkhanian to provide commentary, while Leo Ornstein and another near centenarian, Nicolas Slonimsky, are interviewed by phone. The discussion centers on Ornstein's early history as a Wunderkind pianist in the 1910s, and his enormous output of music over nine decades of composing. Slonimsky details a recent revival of Ornstein's music in his native Russia and Severo talks of his efforts to get Ornstein's music back into print.Note: “The Poem for Flute & Piano” was recorded November 7, 1988, at a San Francisco Contemporary Music Players concert.
Genres
20th century classicalNew music
Musical Selections
Echo Primitiv [from “9 Arabesques for Piano”] (1918-1920) -- Suicide in an Airplane (1913) -- Piano Concerto [excerpt] (1925) -- The Battle [from the “Poems of 1917”] -- Poem for Flute & PianoPerformers
Marth Anne Verbit, piano (Echo Primitiv)Nick Deventa, piano (Airplane)
William Westney, piano (Concerto)
Yale University Symphony Orchestra (Concerto)
Michael Sellers, piano (Battle)
Barbara Chaffee, flute (Poem)
Marvin Tartak, piano (Poem)
Subjects
New music20th century classical
Composers
Flute and piano music
Concertos (Piano)
Orchestral music
Classical composers
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Brownsville (Tex.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Yale University Symphony OrchestraOrnstein School of Music
Ornstein, Leo, 1892-2002
Ornstein, Severo M.
Amirkhanian, Charles
Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995
Tartak, Marvin
Sellers, Michael
Chaffee, Barbara
Westney, William
Deventa, Nick
Verbit, Martha Anne