Tape contains live performance of the Primarvera String Quartet in in Coolidge Auditorium at Library of Congress. The concert was broadcast on WETA with announcer Steve Ember. Paul Seiko Chihara composed the second piece for the quartet in 1978. The encore of the concert is the first movement of Five songs for string quartet, arranged by Stanley Silverman from George Gershwin's song "He loves, [and] she loves" from Funny face. Silverman also composed music for the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Alternative title
New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
String quartet in e minor, op. 44, no. 2 / F. Mendelssohn -- Primavera quartet (1978) / Paul Chihara -- String quartet in c# minor, op. 110, no. 8 / D. Shostakovich -- Five songs for string quartet, no. 1 / George Gershwin, arr. by Stanley Silverman.
Call number
*LT-10 2008
Note
On container spine: Primavera
NYSF inventory no. 1383.
Separated from the New York Shakespere Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.
Access (note)
Access restricted. Advance notice required for use.
Credits (note)
Steve Ember, announcer.
Event (note)
Recorded in Coolidge Auditorium at Library of Congress, Washington D. C.
Source (note)
The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp;
Linking entry (note)
Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Author
Primavera String Quartet. Performer
Title
Primavera String Quartet on WETA [sound recording] : performance in Coolidge Auditorium at Library of Congress.