Archive for September 2007
The Wreckers
The Wreckers 09/30/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Wreckers – Leon Botstein The Wreckers (1904) – Sophie Fuller
Read MoreDame Ethel Smyth, The Wreckers
Dame Ethel Smyth, The Wreckers By Sophie Fuller Written for the concert The Wreckers, performed on Sep 30, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. When Ethel Smyth arrived in Leipzig in November 1906 for the dress rehearsal of her third opera, The Wreckers, she was horrified to find that the musical director of…
Read MoreDvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor 09/16/2007 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space A musical message of love for America, with a distinctively Czech accent. What brought Antonin Dvorak to the United States? How did he encourage American composers to create a unique American sound? Why did this Symphony’s premiere make the…
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