Posts by beaverbase
The Music of Spain: Composers of the Civil War
The Music of Spain: Composers of the Civil War 02/25/2011 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie HallThe Spanish Civil War was a period of intense cultural activity that had a dramatic impact on its artists.Hear how the music changed with a pre-war symphonic poem, followed by works by composers who fled the country, but kept Spain…
Read MoreBeethoven, Wellington's Victory
Beethoven, Wellington’s Victory 02/15/2011 at 07:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony SpaceHear a musical tale about the origin of Beethoven’s Wellington’s Victory, then enjoy a full performanceand Q&A with Maestro Botstein and the orchestra. Concert Notes
Read MoreBeethoven's Symphony No. 7
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 02/13/2011 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony SpaceHear a musical tale about the origin of Beethoven’s seventh symphony, then enjoy a full performanceand Q&A with Maestro Botstein and the orchestra. Concert Notes
Read MoreAlbéric Magnard's Bérénice
Albéric Magnard’s Bérénice 01/30/2011 at 02:00 PM – Carnegie HallThis dramatic tour de force, considered by many to be the best of the French Wagnerian operas, tells of the dramatic love affair between the Queen of Judea and Titus, heir to the Roman Empire. It explores contrasts between East and West, romantic and classic, female…
Read MoreOn Behalf of Albéric Magnard
On Behalf of Albéric Magnard By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Bérénice, performed on Jan 20, 2011 at Carnegie Hall. The conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler defended his tendency to play particular works from the past over and over again, stating that as a musician he was not “a curious wanderer” or driven by “a scholarly…
Read MoreAlbéric Magnard, Bérénice
Albéric Magnard, Bérénice By Steven Huebner Written for the concert Bérénice, performed on Jan 20, 2011 at Carnegie Hall. “Noble melancholy” . . . Thus did Jean Racine describe the tone he sought to create in Bérénice (1670). In a preface to the play, Racine further explained his aesthetic predilections: uncomplicated plots, heroic characters, roiling passions. A…
Read MoreMusic and the Bible
Music and the Bible 11/02/2010 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie HallCommunal singing and sacred oratorios were a vital part of Europe’s religious resurgence in the 1800s. The two major works on this program are by Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix’s sister; and Louis Spohr, whose contemporaries found him as masterful as Beethoven and Mozart. Conductor’s Notes Maestro…
Read MoreFanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Mendelssohn By R. Larry Todd Written for the concert Music and the Bible, performed on Nov 2, 2010 at Carnegie Hall. FANNY MENDELSSOHN (1805–47) Oratorium (nach Bildern der Bibel) (“Scenes from the Bible”) (1831) Fanny Mendelssohn’s Cholera Music Of the diseases that ravaged the nineteenth century, few had more sweeping social and cultural repercussions…
Read MoreLouis Spohr, The Final Judgement
Louis Spohr, The Final Judgement By Clive Brown Written for the concert Music and the Bible, performed on Nov 2, 2010 at Carnegie Hall. LOUIS SPOHR (1784–1859) Die letzen Dinge (“The Final Judgment”) (1827) Premiere: Kassel, Germany, March 24, 1826 Spohr was at the height of his powers when he wrote Die letzten Dinge in…
Read MoreBeethoven's Symphony No. 6
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 10/24/2010 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Hear a musical tale about the origin of Beethoven’s sixth symphony, then enjoy a full performance andQ&A with Maestro Botstein and the orchestra. Concert Notes
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