Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, video of the Verdehr Trio in series “The Making of a Medium,” 28 minute interview with Leslie Bassett, complete Trio performance, WKAR, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; available for public broadcast from WKAR
Leslie Bassett, 1923-2016
Mr. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Variations for Orchestra, premiered in Rome in 1963 by the RAI Symphony Orchestra under Feruccio Scaglia, followed two years later by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s US premiere under Eugene Ormandy.