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Franz Liszt, Psalm 13
Franz Liszt, Psalm 13 By Dana Gooley, Brown University Written for the concert The Art of the Psalm, performed on Oct 22, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. If Franz Liszt had done nothing after retiring from the concert stage in 1847, his place in history would have been assured. He had vastly…
Read MoreAlexander Zemlinsky, Psalm 23, Op. 14
Alexander Zemlinsky, Psalm 23, Op. 14 By Christopher Hailey, Director, Franz Schreker Foundation Written for the concert The Art of the Psalm, performed on Oct 22, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. As a teenager Zemlinsky had served as an organist in his synagogue in Vienna and thus, like Schreker, had early experience working…
Read MoreMax Reger, Psalm 100, Op. 106
Max Reger, Psalm 100, Op. 106 By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert The Art of the Psalm, performed on Oct 22, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Outside of the arcane world of the organ, the works of Max Reger are not generally known. This is odd because in the early years…
Read MoreThe Art of the Psalm
The Art of the Psalm 10/22/2006 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Art of the Psalm – Leon Botstein Psalm 150 (1892) – Christopher H. Gibbs, Bard College Psalm 13 (1863) – Dana Gooley, Brown University Psalm 100, Op. 106 (1909) – Fred Kirshnit Psalm 116, Op. 6 (1900)…
Read MoreFrom Russia With Mozart
From Russia With Mozart 06/11/2006 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes From Russia with Mozart – Leon Botstein Motsart i Sal’yeri (Mozart and Salieri), Opera in One Act (1898) – Laurel E. Fay
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Motsart i Sal’yeri (Mozart and Salieri), Opera in One Act (1898) By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert From Russia with Mozart, performed on June 11, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. As did the other members of the circle of young composers known as the “Mighty Kuchka,” Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) lionized…
Read MoreSwiss Accounts
Swiss Accounts 05/21/2006 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Swiss Accounts – Leon Botstein Pacific 231 (1923) – Fred Kirshnit Symphony No. 5, “Di tre re” (1950) – Fred Kirshnit Concerto for cello and orchestra (1965-6) – Peter Laki Nachhall, Op. 70 (1955) – Michael Baumgartner
Read MorePacific 231 (1923)
Pacific 231 (1923) By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert Swiss Accounts, performed on May 21, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “So many, many critics have so minutely described the onrush of my locomotive across the great spaces that it would be inhuman to disabuse them! One of them, confusing Pacific with…
Read MoreSymphony No. 5, “Di tre re” (1950)
Symphony No. 5, “Di tre re” (1950) By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert Swiss Accounts, performed on May 21, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Arthur Honegger was born in 1892 in France of Swiss parents and retained dual citizenship throughout his life. This allowed him to pursue his musical education on…
Read MoreConcerto for cello and orchestra (1965-6)
Concerto for cello and orchestra (1965-6) By Peter Laki Written for the concert Swiss Accounts, performed on May 21, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Frank Martin was truly Swiss in the way he fused French and German musical sensitivities. One of the first French-speaking composers to respond to Schoenberg’s twelve-tone technique, he…
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