CLARA ROCKMORE Music in and on The Air

The Listening Room, WQXR. January 26, 1979 Robert Sherman, host

PART ONE:

1. Opening Commentary (2:13)

2. St.-Saëns: The Swan (2:58)

3. Commentary (1:46)

4. Cassado: Requiebros (4:22)

5. Commentary (1:06)

6. Rachmaninoff: O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair, Op. 4, No. 4 (4:57)

7. Commentary (1:12)

8. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 – 2nd Movement (8:34)

9. Commentary and Interviews (4:00)

10. Franck: Sonata in A for Violin & Piano (5:51)

- 1st Movement: Allegretto ben molto

11. Franck: Sonata in A for Violin & Piano (8:30)

- 2nd Movement: Allegro- Quasi lento- Tempo 1 (Allegro)

12. Commentary (1:10)

PART TWO:

13. Commentary (0:53)

14. Beethoven arr. August Christian Prell: Trio in C, Op. 87–Adagio Cantabile (5:49)

15. Commentary (1:00)

16. Bach: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 - Air on the G String (4:28)

17. Commentary & Interviews (4:01)

18. Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 - Aria (7:56)

19. Concluding Commentary (4:51)

A major gap in theremin virtuosa Clara Rockmore's recorded legacy will be closed with the release of Music In and On the Air, a CD based upon a 2 hour live broadcast of Robert Sherman's award winning program "The Listening Room" on January 26, 1979 over WQXR-FM.

This live radio concert was Ms. Rockmore's first public performance in decades, and indeed her only live radio performance ever. Ms. Rockmore performed solo and chamber pieces in front of a packed live audience in The New York Times auditorium along with the renowned pianist (and Ms. Rockmore's sister) Nadia Reisenberg, the superb violinist Erick Friedman, and eight members of the Violincello Society.

Romeo Records 7286