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Nachhall, Op. 70 (1955)
Nachhall, Op. 70 (1955) By Michael Baumgartner Written for the concert Swiss Accounts, performed on May 21, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The song cycle Nachhall [Echo], Op. 70, first performed at the Tonhalle Zürich on December 6, 1955 with the alto Elsa Cavelti, and under the direction of Erich Schmid, marks…
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The Gathering Storm 04/07/2006 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Concerto for piano and orchestra in B-flat major (1939) – Byron Adams The Gathering Storm – Leon Botstein Oration (Concerto Elegiaco) for solo cello and orchestra (1930) – Byron Adams Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1934) – Byron Adams
Read MoreConcerto for piano and orchestra in B-flat major (1939)
Concerto for piano and orchestra in B-flat major (1939) By Byron Adams Written for the concert The Gathering Storm, performed on April 7, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Arthur Bliss once opined that “composition is self-expression: it is an attempt to record in musical notation the jumble of feelings and experiences, of…
Read MoreOration (Concerto Elegiaco) for solo cello and orchestra (1930)
Oration (Concerto Elegiaco) for solo cello and orchestra (1930) By Byron Adams Written for the concert The Gathering Storm, performed on April 7, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Frank Bridge was emotionally scarred by the carnage of the First World War. His firmly held pacifism prevented him from enlisting, as did his…
Read MoreSymphony No. 4 in F minor (1934)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor (1934) By Byron Adams Written for the concert The Gathering Storm, performed on April 7, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In her study of post-traumatic stress disorder, Trauma and Recovery, psychologist Judith Lewis Herman notes that it may take veterans many years to process the horror…
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Paradise 01/29/2006 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Paradise – Leon Botstein Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (1843) – Christopher H. Gibbs, Bard College
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Listen on ASO Online to experience the grand oratorio that helped launch Schumann’s international reputation. LISTEN NOW Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 (1843) By Christopher H. Gibbs, Bard College Written for the concert Paradise, performed on Jan 29, 2006 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Although posterity tends not to associate Schumann,…
Read MoreCreative Links
Creative Links 11/18/2005 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Creative Links – Leon Botstein Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra (1985) – Michael Klein, Temple University Musique funèbre (1958) – Michael Klein, Temple University Symphony No. 3 (1983) – Michael Klein, Temple University Symphony No. 1 (1947) – Michael…
Read MoreChain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra (1985)
Chain 2, Dialogue for Violin and Orchestra (1985) By Michael Klein, Temple University Written for the concert Creative Links: The Career of Witold Lutoslawski, performed on Nov 18, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Beginning with the completion of his Jeux vénitiens in 1961, Lutoslawski composed a long line of large-scale works of…
Read MoreMusique funèbre (1958)
Musique funèbre (1958) By Michael Klein, Temple University Written for the concert Creative Links: The Career of Witold Lutoslawski, performed on Nov 18, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Lutoslawski wrote that after a performance of his Symphony No. 1 in 1949, the Polish minister of culture “stormed into the conductor’s room and…
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