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Around New York : Charlotte Mattax ; Balanescu Quartet.

Title: Around New York : radio broadcast [sound recording] : Charlotte Mattax ; Balanescu Quartet.
Publication: 1994.

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Description

2 sound discs (97:39) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

On the first hour of the program (2:00-3:00 P. M.), host Steve Sullivan talks with harpsichordist Charlotte Mattax about her schooling, teaching career, playing Bach masterpieces and her own harpsichord. Mattax plays the second half of the Goldberg variations live in the WNYC performance studio. On the second hour of the program (3:00-4:00 P. M.), host Steve Sullivan talks with Romanian violinist/composer Alexander Balanescu about him emigrating to Israel, his studies and life in England, founding the Balanescu Quartet, performing with The Pet Shop Boys, and playing works by David Byrne and Kraftwerk. The quartet plays the second half of the Goldberg variations live in the WNYC performance studio.

Uniform Title

Around New York (Radio program)

Subject

Genre/Form

Classical music radio programs.

Note

Compact discs.
WNYC inventory no.: WNYC-ANYK-1994-07-18; Catalog: 20103.

Credits (note)

John Schaefer, executive producer ; David Karp, producer ; Margaret Juntwait, director ; Michael DeMarc, technical director ; Fred Child and Lucy Contrarios (?), production assistants.

Event (note)

Broadcast by WNYC (93.9 F. M./A. M. 820), New York, N. Y. on Jul. 18, 1994.

Source (note)

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N. Y.) ;

Contents

CD 1. [Audio tone] (1:30) -- [Excerpt] NPR news [Nora Raum], reporter (0:26) -- "Afropop Worldwide" promo about Africa Fête 1994 (Georges Collinet, announcer) (0:30) -- [No audio] (0:11) -- Around New York: Opening remarks ; Interview with Charlotte Mattax (8:11) ; [Excerpt] Goldberg variations: Aria ; Variations no. 16-30 / J. S. Bach (23:52) ; Commentary ; Interview with Charlotte Mattax (Steve Sullivan, host) (3:20) -- NYC events no. 1 (1:31) -- [No audio] (0:16)
CD 2. [Sound check: Tuning and excerpt of "Hanging upside down" (arr. for string quartet) / D. Byrne; arr. by. C. Connors] (4:36) -- [No audio] (0:10) -- "Marketplace" promo (David Brancaccio, announcer) (0:29) -- Around New York: Opening remarks (Steve Sullivan, host) (0:21) ; East / A. Balanescu (4:26) ; Commentary ; Interview with Alexander Balanescu (Steve Sullivan, host) (7:29) ; Hanging upside down (arr. for string quartet) / D. Byrne; arr. by C. Connors (4:45) ; Commentary (Steve Sullivan, host) (0:10) -- "Fresh air" promo (Terry Gross, announcer) (0:28) -- Around New York: Interview with Alexander Balanescu (Steve Sullivan, host) (5:57) ; Luminitza = Small light / A. Balanescu (15:48) ; Commentary ; Interview with Alexander Balanescu (Steve Sullivan, host) (3:40) ; The model [of Kraftwerk] (from the 1992 CD Possessed) / E. Schultz; arr. by C. Connors (3:40) ; Commentary (Steve Sullivan, host) (0:32) -- NYC events no. 1 (1:33) -- Around New York: Closing remarks (Steve Sullivan, host) ; [Excerpt] Catch the feeling (from the 1995 CD Catch the feeling) / M. Frohman (0:52) -- Fresh air: Opening remarks (Marty Moss-Coane, host) (1:00) -- [Excerpt] NPR news (Nora Raum, reporter) (0:04) [ends abruptly] -- [No audio] (3:04)

Call Number

*LDC 52461

OCLC

825553041

Title

Around New York : radio broadcast [sound recording] : Charlotte Mattax ; Balanescu Quartet.

Imprint

1994.

Playing Time

003955 005744

Credits

John Schaefer, executive producer ; David Karp, producer ; Margaret Juntwait, director ; Michael DeMarc, technical director ; Fred Child and Lucy Contrarios (?), production assistants.

Performer

CD 1: Charlotte Mattax, harpsichord ; Georges Collinet, announcer. CD 2: Balanescu Quartet (Alexander Balanescu and Clare Connors, violins ; Andy Parker, viola ; Nick Cooper, violoncello) (1st-4th works) ; [The Bronx Horns] (5th work) ; David Brancaccio and Terry Gross, announcers ; Marty Moss-Coane, host ; Nora Raum, reporter. All CDs: Steve Sullivan, host ; Nora Raum, reporter.

Event

Broadcast by WNYC (93.9 F. M./A. M. 820), New York, N. Y. on Jul. 18, 1994.

Source

Gift; WNYC (Radio station : New York, N. Y.) ; 2007 NN-RHA

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Added Author

Sullivan, Steve, 1954- host.

Moss-Coane, Marty, host.

Connors, Clare (Violinist), arranger of music.

Collinet, Georges, commentator.

Gross, Terry, commentator.

Moersch, Charlotte Mattax, interviewee.

Balanescu, Alexander, interviewee.

Raum, Nora, reporter.

Schaefer, John, producer.

Karp, David A., producer.

Juntwait, Margaret, director.

DeMarc, Michael, technical director.

Child, Fred, production personnel.

Contrarios, Lucy, production personnel.

Moersch, Charlotte Mattax, performer.

Balanescu, Alexander, performer.

Connors, Clare (Violinist), performer.

Parker, Andy (Violist), performer.

Cooper, Nick (Cellist), performer.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Goldberg-Variationen. Selections.

Balanescu, Alexander. East.

Byrne, David, 1952- Hanging upside down; arranged.

Balanescu, Alexander. Luminitza.

Schultz, Emil. Model; arranged.

Frohman, Mitch. Catch the feeling.

Balanescu Quartet, performer.

Bronx Horns, performer.

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), donor. NN-RHA

Research Call Number

*LDC 52461

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