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Ludwig Thuille, Romantic Overture
Ludwig Thuille, Romantic Overture By Byron Adams Written for the concert The Remains of Romanticism, performed on Nov 15, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “Those whom the gods love die young.” With this familiar quotation from Menander, the composer Edgar Istel began a concise but perceptive article that was published in a…
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Richard Strauss, Symphony No. 2 in F minor By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert The Remains of Romanticism, performed on Nov 15, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Toward the end of his life, Richard Strauss communicated in his string orchestra piece Metamorphosen his deep sense of nostalgia for a world now…
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The Remains of Romanticism 11/15/2009 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Romantic music seemed in danger of becoming obsolete in the modern world, but there were those who were determined to save it. Some of the greatest composers of the age tried to revive Romanticism through formal innovation, others by connecting it to…
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 10/20/2009 at 07:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Concert Notes
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 10/18/2009 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Concert Notes
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Beethoven 10/17/2009 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (1800) Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (1801-02) SHULAMIT RAN (b. 1949) The Show Goes On, Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (2008) Concert Notes
Read MoreLudwig Van Beethoven
Ludwig Van Beethoven 10/16/2009 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770 – 1827) Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (1800) Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (1801-02) SHULAMIT RAN (b. 1949) The Show Goes On, Clarinet Concerto (2008) Concert Notes
Read MoreVincent d'Indy: Fervaal
Vincent d’Indy: Fervaal 10/14/2009 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Fervaal’s fate was set before he was born: renounce human passion and save his kingdom. But that was before he met the daughter of his enemy. D’Indy’s great opera was inspired by Wagner, but Debussy and Dukas thought Fervaal was even better than Wagner’s…
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Fervaal By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Vincent d’Indy Fervaal, performed on Oct 14, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. This concert performance of Vincent D’Indy’s Fervaal is probably the work’s first North American performance. Yet Fervaal is an opera that occupies a significant place in the history of French music. Indeed,…
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Vincent d’Indy, Fervaal By Vincent Giroud, Professor, Université de Franche-Comté Written for the concert Vincent d’Indy Fervaal, performed on Oct 14, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1851, Vincent d’Indy was 20 when France, having rashly declared war on Prussia, suffered one of the most humiliating defeats of its history. An ardent…
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