KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert by the Mostly Modern Chamber Players, January 13, 1983, 2 of 6
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
MM.1983.01.13.c1.BProgram Length
175 minPart
2 of 6Dates
| broadcast| 1983-01-13 | created
Description
On January 13, 1983, in San Francisco, Laurie Steele conducted the Mostly Modern Chamber Players in a concert honoring Henry Cowell’s New Music Society, the concert-giving organization founded in California by the late composer. The composers represented in this program, as well as some of those in the audience, all owed a debt of gratitude to Cowell’s concert series and his “New Music Quarterly” which published many of their works for the first time. Nicolas Slonimsky, whose suite for woodwinds, percussion, typewriter, and cat’s meow is included in the program, and who had a personal connection with almost every other composition heard in this concert, provides a brief introduction.Genres
20th century classicalMusical Selections
Lilacs [2nd movement of “Men and Mountains’] (1924, rev. 1936 & 1941) (1:03) / Carl RugglesPerformers
Mostly Modern Chamber PlayersLaurie Steele, conductor
Subjects
20th century classicalString orchestra music
Acknowledgment
Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts.Related place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
Mostly Modern Chamber PlayersSteele, Laurie K.
Ruggles, Carl, 1876-1971