Four by Four

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

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

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