KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ San Francisco Chamber Music Society: A Concert by the Heritage Quartet, (March 19, 1979), 1 of 2
Analog Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
SFC.1979.03.19.AProgram Series
San Francisco Chamber Music SocietyPart
1 of 2Dates
1979-04-17 | broadcast| 1979-03-19 | created
Description
The Heritage Quartet made up of San Francisco Symphony members Sharon Wood and Virginia Price, violins, Nancy Ellis, viola, and Margaret Tait, cello, perform three string quartets by Brahms, Beethoven and Alberto Ginastera. Ginastera was a 20th century Argentinean composer. This concert, the fifth in the “Society’s 1978-79 season was recorded live on March 19, 1979, at the Fireman’s Fund Forum in San Francisco. (from KPFA Folio)Genres
Classical musicChamber music
Musical Selections
Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 (ca. 1798-1800) / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 (1948) / Albert GinasteraPerformers
Heritage Quartet:Sharon Wood, violin
Virginia Price, violin
Nancy Ellis, viola
Margaret Tait, cello
Subjects
18th century classical20th century classical
Chamber music
String quartets
Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
San Francisco Chamber Music SocietyHeritage Quartet
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Ginastera, Alberto, 1916-1983
Wood, Sharon (Violinist)
Price, Virginia
Ellis, Nancy
Tait, Margaret (Violoncellist)