Four by Four
On this episode of Concerts Plus, host Robert Sherman and guests explore the repertoire of instrumental and vocal quartets in a program of live music and conversation. Martin Bookspan hosts the intermission feature.
This program was broadcast live before a studio audience in the WQXR Concert Theater.
From host Robert Sherman's notes:
The animals only came in two by two, but our entertainment tonight arrives four by four, and what a fascinating diversity of musical sounds and styles it encompasses. As usual, you can expect the unusual from Concerts Plus!
The artists performing in "4 x 4" or "Different Quartets" are:
New York Saxophone Quartet: Ray Beckenstein, Dennis Anderson,
Billy Kerr, Wally Kane
Cello Quartet: Semyon Fridman, Michael Mermagen, Jesse Levy, Stephen Kates
Manhattan Marimba Quartet: William Trigg, Kory Grossman,
Bill Ruyle, James Preiss
City Lights
Aaron Copland: "Four Piano Blues" (New York Saxophone Quartet)
John Cooper: Andante Maestoso from 2nd Cello Quartet
Robert Hamilton: The Agitation Rag
(Cello Quartet)
J.S.Bach: Contrapunctus No.9 from "The Art of the Fugue"
Larry Lockwood: "Simple Music"
(Manhattan Marimba Quartet)
City Lights: Selections to be announced by the group
WNYC archives id: 152091
