KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: A Piano Recital by Emily Wong, 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1982.08.02.B

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

98 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1982-08-02 | broadcast
| 1982-08-02 | created

Description

From a recording made on August 2, 1982, Emily Wong performs a live recital of both modern and more classical compositions in the KPFA studios. At the time of this recording Wong was the pianist with the Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra, Ragdale Ensemble, Marin Civic Light Opera, and was teaching at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Charles Amirkhanian hosts the broadcast and provides some background about each of the pieces, which include a rare performance of early works by Conlon Nancarrow, a selection of standards by Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, and two works by the minimalist composer, John Adams.

Genres

Classical music
20th century classical

Musical Selections

Ballade No. 1 in G Minor (ca. 1835) (9:03) / Frédéric Chopin -- Images, Book I (1901-05) (15:00) / Claude Debussy -- China Gates (1977) (4:22) / John Adams -- Ragamarole (1973-75) (2:39) / John Adams

Performers

Emily Wong, piano

Subjects

20th century classical
19th century classical
Piano music
Piano music (Ragtime)

Related places

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

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Wong, Emily
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
Adams, John, 1947-