Archive for February 2013
Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8
02/24/2013 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $35 From the thunderous opening theme to the immense scherzo and militant fanfares of the finale, Leon Botstein and the orchestra explain it all, and then let you enjoy this awe-inspiring…
Read MoreMusical Expression and the Challenge of Twentieth Century History
Musical Expression and the Challenge of Twentieth Century History By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Truth or Truffles, performed on Feb 10, 2013 at Carnegie Hall. 19th-century Europe witnessed unprecedented social and economic transformations. Among the most lasting (albeit erratic) of these was the expansion of literacy, most noticeable in Europe’s rapidly growing cities.…
Read MoreTruth or Truffles
02/10/2013 at 02:00 PM – Carnegie Hall Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $25/$35/$50 After the devastation of the First World War, Strauss chose to write a delightful escapist ballet, filled with dancing candy and whipped cream. Hartmann, on the other hand, responded to his experience…
Read MoreKarl Amadeus Hartmann, Gesangsszene
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Gesangsszene By Byron Adams Written for the concert Truth or Truffles, performed on Feb 10, 2013 at Carnegie Hall. Karl Amadeus Hartmann is a shining example of the composer as a principled dissident. As Michael H. Kater has observed, “we must continue to accept the hitherto reported version that Hartmann was opposed…
Read MoreRichard Strauss, Schlagobers
Richard Strauss, Schlagobers By Byron Adams Written for the concert Truth or Truffles, performed on Feb 10, 2013 at Carnegie Hall. To say that Karl Kraus, the radical Viennese essayist and founder of the satirical journal Die Fackel, disliked Richard Strauss’ ballet Schlagobers, op. 70 (“Whipped Cream”) would be an understatement: “But now even his…
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