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Composing A Nation
Composing A Nation By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The creation of the state of Israel and the history of Zionism as a modern nationalist movement are among the most widely debated subjects in recent history.…
Read MoreJosef Tal, Symphony No. 2
Josef Tal, Symphony No. 2 By Assaf Shelleg, Hebrew University Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Israeli Art music never truly consolidated, since the years around the statehood consisted of a variety of responses to the search for a…
Read MoreÖdön Pártos, Ein Gev, Symphonic Fantasy
Ödön Pártos, Ein Gev, Symphonic Fantasy By Yuval Sheked, Hebrew University Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Kibbutz Ein Gev was established in 1937 in the framework of the Wall and Tower settlements on the east shores of the Sea…
Read MoreMordecai Seter, Midnight Vigil
Mordecai Seter, Midnight Vigil By Yuval Sheked, Hebrew University Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Midnight Vigil (in Hebrew tikun hatzot) refers to an ancient custom. While living in the land of Israel, leaders of the people used to…
Read MorePaul Ben-Haim, Symphony No. 2
Paul Ben-Haim, Symphony No. 2 By Jehoash Hirshberg, Hebrew University. Author of Paul Ben-Haim, his Life and Works (Second edition, IMI, 2009) and Music in the Jewish Community of Palestine 1880 – 1948 – A Social History (Oxford University Press, 1995) Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31,…
Read MoreComposing a Nation: Israel's Musical Patriarchs
Composing a Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs 05/31/2009 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center The names of those who built the nation of Israel are legendary, but those who forged its cultural voice played a vital role in expressing the identity of the new country. Explore the work of Israel’s musical patriarchs. Thrill…
Read MoreBrahms: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 04/19/2009 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Considered the most intimate of his symphonies, Brahms’s Third symphony is also his shortest and perhaps least known. Why then did such diverse figures as Arthur Rubinstein and Ludwig Wittenstein believe it to be Brahms’s best symphony? What is the deeply personal…
Read MoreWilson, Shostakovich, Brahms-04/18/08
Wilson, Shostakovich, Brahms-04/18/08 04/18/2009 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts The season concludes with Richard Wilson’s The Cello Has Many Secrets, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and Brahms Symphony No. 3. Concert Notes
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Wilson, Shostakovich, Brahms 04/17/2009 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts The season concludes with Richard Wilson’s The Cello Has Many Secrets, Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and Brahms Symphony No. 3. Concert Notes
Read MoreRevisiting William Grant Still
Revisiting William Grant Still By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Revisiting William Grant Still, performed on March 22, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. When this concert, focused on the career of William Grant Still, was scheduled a year and a half ago, those who were betting on who might be the…
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