KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Benjamin Lees at KPFA, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1971.09.28.A

Program Length

66 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

| broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

From 1971, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Benjamin Lees a New York based composer whose “Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra” has been recorded for RCA, and whose larger works have found their places in the repertories of major orchestras the country over. Lees discusses his childhood in San Francisco, and the fact that as of this recording, none of his works had been performed in the Bay Area. Included in the program are the first movement of his “Piano Sonata No. 4” performed by Gary Graffman, and his “Symphony No. 3” performed by Sixten Ehrling and the Detroit Symphony. Mr. Lees, one of American maverick composer George Antheil’s star students, died in May of 2010 at the age of 86. (from KPFA Folio)

Genres

20th century classical
Orchestral music

Musical Selections

Piano Sonata No. 4 [1st movement] (1963) -- Symphony No. 3 (1969)

Performers

Gary Graffman, piano (Sonata No. 4)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Symphony No. 3)
Sixten Ehrling, conductor (Symphony No. 3)

Subjects

20th century classical
Orchestral music
Sonatas (Piano)
Symphonies

Related places

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

Related Entities

Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Amirkhanian, Charles
Lees, Benjamin, 1924-2010
Cleve, George
Graffman, Gary
Ehrling, Sixten