Stefan Wolpe (1902-72)
One should know about all the structures of fantasy and all the fantasies of structure, and mix surprise and enigma, intelligence and abandon, form and antiform.
First of two programmes surveying the work of a composer who has been acclaimed as one of the great innovators of our time.
Introduced by Bayan Northcott Second Piece for violin alone (1966): MARILYN DUBOW record
Passacaglia(1936)
GARRICK OHLSSON (piano) (R) aim Shalom; Lilacs; Epitaph
(Songs from the Hebrew) (1938) EMILIE BERENDSEN (meZZO-SOp) DAVID BLOCH (piano) Form (1959)
RUSSELL SHERMAN (piano): record Chamber Piece No 1, for 14 players
CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ENSEMBLE/ ARTHUR WEISBERG : record