After the Thaw

After the Thaw By Leon Botstein Written for the concert After the Thaw, performed on Feb 24, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. One overtly benign but distinguishing feature of the Soviet Union was its commitment to and investment in aspects of high culture, notably music. From the early 1920s, first under Lenin…

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Alexander Lokshin, Symphony No. 4

Alexander Lokshin, Symphony No. 4 By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert After the Thaw, performed on Feb 24, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. If the name and music of Alexander Lokshin (1920-87) are unfamiliar to Western audiences, they are not much better known in his native Russia. Despite producing a…

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Boris Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Cello and Symphonic Orchestra

Boris Tchaikovsky, Concerto for Cello and Symphonic Orchestra By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert After the Thaw, performed on Feb 24, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. His surname notwithstanding, Moscow native Boris Tchaikovsky (1925-96) was not born into a family of musicians; he bore no relation to his illustrious namesake.…

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After the Thaw

After the Thaw 02/24/2010 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center We don’t mean the weather. Stalin’s death resulted among other things in a blossoming of new musical compositions, full of ideas and innovations that shortly before would have resulted in a trip to Siberia. If you liked ASO’s 2008 concert Russian Futurists about composers…

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Boris Tishchenko, Symphony No. 5, Op. 67

Boris Tishchenko, Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert After the Thaw, performed on Feb 24, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The death of Dmitri Shostakovich in 1975 left no Soviet composer unaffected. Many of them—representing all generations and stylistic inclinations—wrote pieces to pay homage to…

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Beethoven's Symphony No. 3

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 02/07/2010 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space program subject to change Concert Notes

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Beethoven No. 3 (2nd night)

Beethoven No. 3 (2nd night) 02/06/2010 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55  ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony No. 3 (1872-1873)            Concert Notes

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Beethoven No. 3

Beethoven No. 3 02/05/2010 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 (1804) ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony No. 3 (1872-1873)           Concert Notes

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