DESCRIPTION:
Allen Sapp (1922-1999), major promoter of contemporary music, studied under Walter Piston, Irving Fine, Nadia Boulanger, and Aaron Copland. He joined the Harvard music faculty in 1948; from there he moved to Wellesley College (1958-61); then he was appointed Chair of the music department at the University of Buffalo where Sapp presided over projects promoting contemporary music and art, including the Center of the Creative and Performing Arts (with Lukas Foss); he became the director of major national arts initiatives such as American Council for the Arts in Education (1972 -- 74), and Project Arts/Worth (1971 -- 74). After a time as Provost of Florida State University (1975 -- 78), he accepted the position of Dean of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (CCM)(1978-1980.) There through the mid-1990s Sapp remained on the faculty of CCM as "Professor of Music," teaching a wide range of courses.

(Source: Wikipedia)

This performance is by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Lucas Foss in its premirer on December 10, 1969. A Koussevitzky Foundation commission.
While not a bad recording, there is slight distortion towards the end.