KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, March 22, 1976, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SFC.1976.03.22.B

Program Series

San Francisco Chamber Music Society

Program Length

106 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1976-05-10 | broadcast
| 1976-03-22 | created

Description

Larry Jackson introduces a concert featuring works by six contemporary West Coast composers, performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, under the direction of Jean-Louis LeRoux, at the Fireman’s Fund Auditorium in San Francisco on March 22, 1976. The pieces heard are the trio “Timepiece” by Lawrence Moss, two songs by Loren Rush and Robert Basart, a quintet called “Capriccios” by Karl Kohn, and two world premieres, “Dualities” for solo harp by David Sheinfeld, and the Pulitzer Prize nominated “Linea Meridiana,” for soprano and instrumental ensemble, by Charles Boone. The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, originally formed in 1971 and still continuing to give concerts today, features the talents of a host of local Bay Area musicians of note, and is directed by Jean-Louis LeRoux and Marcella DeCray. The works in this concert are distinctly contemporary without being overly dissonant, and taken in total, provide a picture of the unique direction that many West Coast composers were taking in the later half of the 20th century.

Genres

20th century classical
Chamber music

Musical Selections

Serenade, for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, and tape (1966-67) (10:30) / Robert Basart -- Dualities, for harp solo (1976) (11:35) / David Sheinfeld [world premiere] -- Linea Meridiana, for soprano, flute, clarinet, viola, cello, harp, piano, organ, and percussion (1975) (13:05) / Charles Boone [world premiere]

Performers

San Francisco Contemporary Music Player:
Jean-Louis LeRoux, co-director and conductor
Claudia Cummings, soprano (Serenade ; Linea)
Janet Ketchum, flute (Serenade ; Linea)
Donald O’Brien, clarinet (Serenade ; Linea)
Marta Bracchi-LeRoux, piano (Serenade)
Tony Gnazzo, tape (Serenade)
Marcella DeCray, harp (Dualities ; Linea)
Karl Kohn, piano (Linea)
John Funstermaker, organ (Linea)
Nancy Ellis, viola (Linea)
Teressa “Terry” Adams, cello (Linea)
Rick Kvistad, percussion (Linea)

Subjects

20th century classical
Chamber music
Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
Electronic music
Electro-acoustic
Harp music
Instrumental ensembles

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