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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ The Music of John Vincent, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1973.08.06.A

Program Length

110 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1973-08-06 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

Composer John Vincent (b. 1902, Birmingham, Alabama) is best known for his “Symphony in D” which was recorded and often played by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. His music is exuberant and joyful and makes for some fine listening in this program which also includes an interview recorded in Los Angeles. You will hear his “Symphony in D,” “Quartet No. 2 for Strings” (1967), “Symphonic Poem after Descartes” (1958), and the “Benjamin Franklin Suite for String Orchestra and Glass Harmonica Obbligato” (1963). The recording of the “Benjamin Franklin Suite” utilizes a piano in place of the glass harmonica.

Genres

20th century classical
Orchestral music

Musical Selections

Symphony in D (1954, rev. 1956) / John Vincent -- String Quartet No. 2 (1967) / John Vincent

Performers

Philadelphia Orchestra (Symphony)
Eugene Ormandy, conductor (Symphony)

Subjects

20th century classical
Composers
Symphonies
String quartets

Related places

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

Related Entities

Philadelphia Orchestra
Amirkhanian, Charles
Vincent, John, 1902-1977
Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985