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Giuseppe Martucci, Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 81
Giuseppe Martucci, Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 81 By Harvey Sachs, writer, journalist, and music historian Written for the concert A New Italian Renaissance, performed on April 18, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In late nineteenth-century Italy, the word “music” was practically synonymous with the word “opera.” During the single decade of…
Read MoreIldebrando Pizzetti, Per L’Edipo Re di Sofocle: tre preludii sinfonici (Three Preludes to Sophocles’ Oedipus)
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Per L’Edipo Re di Sofocle: tre preludii sinfonici (Three Preludes to Sophocles’ Oedipus) By Frank J. Oteri Written for the concert A New Italian Renaissance, performed on April 18, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Although he lived well into the twentieth century, Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) created music which was…
Read MoreAlfredo Casella, Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 11
Alfredo Casella, Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 11 By Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare Magazine Written for the concert A New Italian Renaissance, performed on April 18, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In the early 1920s, the Sphinx-like Ferrucio Busoni noted of Alfredo Casella that he was “very adroit in conversation, but not so adroit…
Read MoreOttorino Respighi, Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome)
Ottorino Respighi, Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome) By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert A New Italian Renaissance, performed on April 18, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In 1830 Mikhail Glinka traveled from St. Petersburg to Milan and upon journeying home brought back to his native land the bel canto sensibilities…
Read MoreA New Italian Renaissance
A New Italian Renaissance 04/18/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes A New Italian Renaissance – Leon Botstein Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 11 (1909) – Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare Magazine Pause del Silenzio I (1917) – Harvey Sachs, writer, journalist, and music historian Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 81…
Read MoreThe Destruction of Jerusalem
The Destruction of Jerusalem 03/04/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Destruction of Jerusalem – Leon Botstein The Destruction of Jerusalem (Hiller) – R. Larry Todd, Arts & Sciences Professor, Duke University, and author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music
Read MoreFerdinand Hiller, Die Zerstörung Jerusalems
Ferdinand Hiller, Die Zerstörung Jerusalems By R. Larry Todd, Arts & Sciences Professor, Duke University, and author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music Written for the concert The Destruction of Jerusalem, performed on March 16, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Though no longer a familiar name in the history of nineteenth-century music,…
Read MoreCopland: Symphony No. 3
Copland: Symphony No. 3 02/03/2008 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space His music captured the spirit of America, and forged a new sound.What influenced the singular musical voice of Aaron Copland? How did the mood of the nation color what may be his grandest orchestral work? How did his Fanfare for the Common…
Read MoreRussian Futurists
Russian Futurists By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The period from the mid-1890s to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, particularly its last years, has been termed the “Silver Age” in the history of Russian art and culture. This was an…
Read MoreAlexander Mosolov, The Iron Foundry, from the Ballet Steel, Op.19
Alexander Mosolov, The Iron Foundry, from the Ballet Steel, Op.19 By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. A graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, Alexander Mosolov (1900-73) was one of the driving forces on Moscow’s new music scene in the 1920s, a…
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