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Hermann Suter, Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 23
Hermann Suter, Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 23 (1924) By Dr. Peter Laki, Visiting Associate Professor, Bard College Written for the concert Against the Avant-Garde: Romanticisms of the 1920s, performed on Dec 7, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Verachtet mir die Meister nicht, und ehrt mir ihre Kunst! (“Do not disdain…
Read MoreJoseph Marx, Eine Herbstsymphonie (Autumn Symphony)
Joseph Marx, Eine Herbstsymphonie (Autumn Symphony) By John Wood, Poet and Art Critic Written for the concert Against the Avant-Garde: Romanticisms of the 1920s, performed on Dec 7, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. We are fortunate to live in a time of broadminded musical rediscovery. Doors that once had slammed shut on…
Read MoreAgainst the Avant-Garde: Romanticisms of the 1920s
Against the Avant-Garde: Romanticisms of the 1920s 12/07/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center In Europe in the 1920s, music experienced the revolution of the avant-garde. Composers turned away from Romanticism… But these three great composers struggled to prove that Romantic music was still relevant and thriving as a style of truly…
Read MoreBARD MUSIC FESTIVAL-Prokofiev & His World-10/25/08
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL-Prokofiev & His World-10/25/08 10/25/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, 2008 Program One Sosnoff Theater 7 pm Preconcert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs 8 pm Performance: Mira Wang, violin; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Sergey Prokofiev…
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BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL – Prokofiev & His World 10/24/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, 2008 Program One Sosnoff Theater 7 pm Preconcert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs 8 pm Performance: Mira Wang, violin; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director…
Read MoreLe roi d'Ys
Le roi d’Ys 10/03/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center A tale of passion, scorn and redemption. A city faced with a watery annihilation. And the King’s daughter behind it all. Edouard Lalo’s grandest work, tells the tale of the mythical sunken city of Ys, a subject that has inspired writers, musicians,…
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Édouard Lalo, Le roi d’Ys By Vincent Giroud, Professor, Université de Franche-Comté Written for the concert Le roi d’Ys, performed on Oct 3, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Like his friend and admirer Emmanuel Chabrier, Édouard Lalo (1823-92) had an unorthodox musical career: he was never formally enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire, nor…
Read MoreR. Strauss: Four Last Songs
R. Strauss: Four Last Songs 09/21/2008 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Featured soloist Twyla Robinson, soprano One of the great showpieces for the soprano voice, Richard Strauss’s Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), included personal references to his own life. What was Strauss trying to express in this his final work? What…
Read MoreTower, Beethoven, Strauss-09/20/08
Tower, Beethoven, Strauss-09/20/08 09/20/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts The American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the three-time Grammy Award winning composer and Bard Professor of Music Joan Tower in a program of her work, Strike Zones, alongside Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, and Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration and Four Last…
Read MoreTower, Beethoven, Strauss
Tower, Beethoven, Strauss 09/19/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts The American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the three-time Grammy Award winning composer and Bard Professor of Music Joan Tower in a program of her work, Strike Zones, alongside Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, and Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration and Four Last…
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