Archive for February 2001
Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music
Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music 02/04/2001 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Debussy, Wagner, and Le roi Arthus – Steven Huebner, McGill University Le roi Arthus (1895) – John Ashbery, Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages & Literature, Bard College
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Debussy, Wagner, and Le roi Arthus By Steven Huebner, McGill University Written for the concert Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music, performed on Feb 4, 2001 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. I often see Debussy. He is very sorry that I am refusing to listen to his “Pelléas et Mélisande.” In truth, such…
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Le roi Arthus (1895) By John Ashbery, Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages & Literature, Bard College Written for the concert Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music, performed on Feb 4, 2001 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Chausson is hardly an unknown composers. His Poème for violin and orchestra is still a…
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