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Human Elements
Human Elements 11/18/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Human Elements – Leon Botstein Theme and Variations, “Die vier Temperamente” (The Four Temperaments) (1940) – Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare magazine Symphony No. 2, “De fire temperamenter” (The Four Temperaments), Op. 16 (1901-02) – Fred Kirshnit Die vier Temperamente (The Four Temperaments…
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The Wreckers 09/30/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Wreckers – Leon Botstein The Wreckers (1904) – Sophie Fuller
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Dame Ethel Smyth, The Wreckers By Sophie Fuller Written for the concert The Wreckers, performed on Sep 30, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. When Ethel Smyth arrived in Leipzig in November 1906 for the dress rehearsal of her third opera, The Wreckers, she was horrified to find that the musical director of…
Read MoreDvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor 09/16/2007 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space A musical message of love for America, with a distinctively Czech accent. What brought Antonin Dvorak to the United States? How did he encourage American composers to create a unique American sound? Why did this Symphony’s premiere make the…
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Uncommon Comrades By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Uncommon Comrades, performed on June 3, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The history of European Jewry is frequently written according to a narrative that suggests an inexorable logic leading to a tragic destiny. The persistence of anti-Semitism over centuries throughout Eastern and Western…
Read MoreMieczyslaw Weinberg
Mieczyslaw Weinberg By David Fanning, University of Manchester Written for the concert Uncommon Comrades, performed on June 3, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) – A Brief Profile Mieczyslaw Weinberg—to use the Germanised spelling he himself reportedly preferred—had a remarkable life, even by the standards of those many composers buffeted…
Read MoreDmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 “Babi Yar”
Dmirti Shostakovich, Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 “Babi Yar” By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert Uncommon Comrades, performed on June 3, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In late September 1961, while Shostakovich was in Leningrad attending rehearsals of his new Twelfth Symphony, “The Year 1917” (dedicated to the memory of…
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Uncommon Comrades 06/03/2007 at 12:00 AM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Uncommon Comrades – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 “Babi Yar” (1962) – Laurel E. Fay Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 94 (1967) – David Fanning, University of Manchester
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The Distant Sound 04/15/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Distant Sound – Leon Botstein Der ferne Klang (1910) – Christopher Hailey, Edward T. Cone Membership in Music Studies in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Read MoreFranz Schreker, Der ferne Klang
Franz Schreker, Der ferne Klang By Christopher Hailey, Edward T. Cone Membership in Music Studies in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Written for the concert The Distant Sound, performed on April 15, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The premise of Der ferne Klang is simply told. A…
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