KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Performer's Choice: Program No. 3 (June 6, 1963), 2 of 4

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

PC.1963.06.06.B

Program Series

Performer's Choice

Program Length

88 mins

Part

2 of 4

Dates

1963-07-26 | broadcast
| 1963-06-06 | created

Description

The Berkeley Chamber Singers and wind players of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra contribute to this third concert in the Performer’s Choice series, which was held on June 6, 1963 at the Hall of Flowers in San Francisco. Adolph Baller is soloist in Mozart’s “Quintet in E Flat Major, K. 452,” and Gerhard Samuel conducts the first performance of Wayne Peterson’s “Tangents,” for violin and winds. The San Francisco premiere of Seymour Shifrin’s “The Odes of Shang” and Johannes Okeghem’s “Missa Fors Seulement” were performed by the Berkeley Chamber Singers conducted by Tikey Zes. (from KPFA Folio)

Note: Initial announcement is somewhat distorted

Genres

20th century classical
Chamber music

Musical Selections

The Odes of Shang [text translation by Ezra Pound] (1963) (17:52) / Seymour Shifrin

Performers

Nathan Schwartz, piano
Elizabeth Davidson, percussion
Gardner Rust, percussion
Ruth Sher (sp?), percussion
John Thomas, percussion
Berkeley Chamber Singers
Tikey Zes, director

Subjects

20th century classical
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble

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

Berkeley Chamber Singers
Shifrin, Seymour, 1926-1979
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Schwartz, Nathan
Davidson, Elizabeth (Percussionist)
Rust, Ezra Gardner
Thomas, John
Zes, Tikey