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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ A Concert of Contemporary Waltzes (March 30, 1979), 2 of 2

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Event Type
Music
Origin
KPFA
Identifier
AM.1979.03.30.B
Program Length
67 min
Part
2 of 2
Dates
1979-06-05 | broadcast
| 1979-03-30 | created
Description
A concert recorded at the Art Institute in San Francisco on March 30, 1979, which presented contemporary waltzes, most of which were included in a collection published by C. F. Peters, and released on a 1981 Nonsuch recording entitled “The Waltz Project.” This concert features John Cobb, Robert Moran, and Tom Constanten performing waltzes by Virgil Thomson, Joseph Fennimore, Milton Babbitt, Richard Felciano, John Cage, Ivan Tcherepnin, and other well known as well as some relatively obscure composers. Prior to the start of the concert Cobb and Moran describe the fortuitous events that led to their collaboration, as well as peppering the concert with various remarks about individual pieces.
Genres
20th century classical
Musical Selections
Dejavlase, for piano and harpsichord (1977) (2:26) / Tom Constanten -- Valse Perpetuelle (The 45 R.P.M. Waltz) (1977) (3:01) / Ivan Tcherepnin -- Waltz (ca. 1977) (2:18) / Andrew Imbrie -- A Waltz for Evelyn Hinrichsen (1977) (1:54) / Lou Harrison -- Waltz for Charlotte Benson (1977) (3:10) / Alan Stout -- Valse (1977) (3:43) / Peter Gena -- Waltz (1978) (1:21) / Roger Sessions -- Modern Love Waltz, for piano and harpsichord (1977) (3:51) / Philip Glass -- For a Happy Occasion: Happy Birthday for Mrs. Zimbalist (1951) (0:10) / Virgil Thomson
Performers
John Cobb, piano (all, except where noted)
Tom Constanten, harpsichord (Dejavalse ; Modern)
Robert Moran, piano (Waltz for Evelyn)
Subjects
20th century classical
Waltzes (Piano)
Harpsichord and piano music
Piano music
Related places
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
Constanten, Tom
Tcherepnin, Ivan
Imbrie, Andrew, 1921-
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
Stout, Alan
Gena, Peter
Sessions, Roger, 1896-1985
Glass, Philip
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989
Cobb, John, 1942-
Moran, Robert, 1937-