Composers' Forum concert, 1957 October 5

 

Name
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 (Author)
Portnoy, Donald (Instrumentalist)
Engberg, Jon E (Instrumentalist)
Akers, Gene (Instrumentalist)
Novak, Lionel (Instrumentalist)
Renzi, Dorothy (Singer)
Chelsi, Lawrence (Singer)
Hebert, Bliss (Instrumentalist)
Luening, Otto, 1900-1996 (Moderator)
Ballou, Esther Williamson, 1915-1973
Edmunds, John, 1913-1986
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Title
Composers' Forum concert, 1957 October 5
Collection Name
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Subjects
Piano trios; Sonatas (Piano); Songs (High voice) with piano; Songs (Medium voice) with piano; Song cycles; Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Format
music; sound recordings
Genre
Chamber music; Sonatas; Art music; Songs; Song cycles; Musical settings; Excerpts; Live sound recordings
Date
1957
Physical Description
1 online resource (3 sound files) : WAV
Note (Funding)
Digitization funded by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Note
Concert of vocal and instrumental compositions by Esther Williamson Ballou and John Edmunds, including audience discussion with the composers; moderator, Otto Luening.
Description derived from original container and the concert program; the order of works on the audio file may differ from that given in the concert program.
File name: RBML_ComposersForum_19571005_8540337.
Digitized by George Blood Audio, Philadelphia, 2011.
Service copy (44.1 kHz, 16 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit.
Recorded at McMillin Theater, Columbia University
Language
English
Contents
file 01. Trio for violin, cello and piano (1955) (Donald Portnoy, violin ; Jon Engberg, cello ; Gene Akers, piano) ; Sonata for piano (1954) (Lionel Novak, piano) / Esther Williamson Ballou -- file 02. Songs. 1. The ballad of Mary (1936) ; 2. Dew in April (1936) ; 3. O, Death rock me to sleep (1939) ; 4. The Countess Cathleen enters Paradise (Yeats) (1936) ; 5. The curlew (Yeats) (1936). Seven songs from Byzantium : a cycle of twelve songs to poems by W.B. Yeats (1952-53). 1. Crazy Jane and the Bishop ; 2. The Squirrell ; 3. Wisdom ; 4. The second coming ; 5. The Delphic Oracle upon Plotinus ; 6. Byzantium ; 7. Sailing to Byzantium (Dorothy Renzi, sorpano ; Lawrence Chelsi, baritone ; Bliss Hebert, piano) / John Edmunds -- file 03. Discussion with Esther Williamson Ballou and John Edmunds
Library Location
Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
8540337
Part
Trio, piano, violin, cello; Sonatas, piano; Songs; Byzantium
Also In
Time-Based Media
Composers Forum Concerts Collection
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-kg0q-t395