Archive for May 2010
Apollo and Dionysus
Apollo and Dionysus By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. It is difficult to imagine a history of Western art that does not begin with the legacy of the classical world. Indeed the entire notion of “Western,” the idea of…
Read MoreSir Arthur Bliss, Hymn to Apollo
Sir Arthur Bliss, Hymn to Apollo By John Wright, 2010, The Arthur Bliss Society (arthurbliss.org) Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. It has never been easy to pin a convenient label to the music of Sir Arthur Bliss, encompassing as he does…
Read MoreLuigi Dallapiccola, Frammenti Sinfonici from the ballet Marsia
Luigi Dallapiccola, Frammenti Sinfonici from the ballet Marsia By Byron Adams Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Phoebus Apollo may have been the golden god of music, healing, and the life-giving sun, radiating light from the nimbus around his head, but he could be…
Read MoreHans Werner Henze, Symphony No. 3
Hans Werner Henze, Symphony No. 3 (1949–50) By Byron Adams Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. An Apollonian concept of “beauty” has always been an essential part of Han Werner Henze’s aesthetics. Henze’s espousal of the beautiful in music is far from…
Read MoreGranville Bantock, Prelude to 'The Bacchanals'
Granville Bantock, Prelude to ‘The Bacchanals’ By Lewis Foreman Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The British composer Granville Bantock succeeded Elgar as Richard Peyton Professor of Music at Birmingham University in 1908 and remained there for more than twenty years while…
Read MoreApollo and Dionysus
Apollo and Dionysus 05/09/2010 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Philosophers from Plato to Nietzsche used these mythological figures to represent human nature at war with itself: torn between reason, discipline, formal beauty—and sensuality, earthly pleasure, desire. Find out which god you follow in this concert of music inspired by the god of…
Read MoreAlbert Roussel, Bacchus et Ariane
Albert Roussel, Bacchus et Ariane By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. For oenophiles, the name Bacchus et Ariane may conjure delights of the famous Parisian wine shop, while visitors to the National Gallery may first think of the Titian…
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