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Overture to Klein Idas Blumen [Little Ida’s Flowers] (1916)
Overture to Klein Idas Blumen [Little Ida’s Flowers] (1916) By Anna Harwell Celenza Written for the concert Hans Christian Andersen, performed on March 11, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “When words fail, music speaks.” Hans Christian Andersen included this motto in the Thirty-Second Night of his Picturebook without Pictures, and in many…
Read MoreChant du rossignol [Song of the Nightingale] (1917)
Chant du rossignol [Song of the Nightingale] (1917) By Maya Pritsker Written for the concert Hans Christian Andersen, performed on March 11, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Works of Hans Christian Andersen have been translated and published in Russia since 1845. The last decades of the nineteenth century, however, witnessed a special…
Read MoreDie Seejungfrau [The Mermaid] (1903)
Die Seejungfrau [The Mermaid] (1903) By Christopher H. Gibbs, Bard College Written for the concert Hans Christian Andersen, performed on March 11, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “At first Schoenberg’s teacher, he later became his pupil.” Alma Mahler’s verdict on Alexander von Zemlinsky, her own former teacher and lover, is neither literally…
Read MoreAn Operatic Rarity
An Operatic Rarity 02/03/2005 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes An Operatic Rarity – Leon Botstein Le roi malgré lui (1887) – Vincent Giroud, Visiting Professor, Bard and Vassar Colleges
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Le roi malgré lui (1887) By Vincent Giroud, Visiting Professor, Bard and Vassar Colleges Written for the concert An Operatic Rarity, performed on Feb 13, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1841 in Auvergne, Emmanuel Chabrier was three years younger than Saint-Saëns and Bizet, and Massenet’s senior by one year. Unlike…
Read MoreRevolution 1905
Revolution 1905 01/16/2005 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Revolution 1905 – Leon Botstein Song of Destiny, Op. 84 (1908) – Fred Kirshnit Silentium, Op. 9 (1909) – Maya Pritsker Symphony No. 11 in G minor, “The Year 1905,” Op. 103 (1957) – Laurel E. Fay Fireworks, Op. 4 (1908-09)…
Read MoreSong of Destiny, Op. 84 (1908)
Song of Destiny, Op. 84 (1908) By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert Revolution 1905, performed on Jan 16, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The student rebellion of 1905 was devastating for some and inspiring for others; for Alexander Glazunov it turned out to be a rather fortuitous career move. A lowly…
Read MoreSilentium, Op. 9 (1909)
Silentium, Op. 9 (1909) By Maya Pritsker Written for the concert Revolution 1905, performed on Jan 16, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In 1905 Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881–1950), who would become one of the most prolific and significant Russian composers of the twentieth century, author of twenty-seven symphonies, was still in the military.…
Read MoreSymphony No. 11 in G minor, “The Year 1905,” Op. 103 (1957)
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, “The Year 1905,” Op. 103 (1957) By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert Revolution 1905, performed on Jan 16, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. After the phenomenal international success of his Tenth Symphony (1953), Shostakovich’s Eleventh, “The Year 1905” (1957)—a large-scale programmatic work timed to…
Read MoreFireworks, Op. 4 (1908-09)
Fireworks, Op. 4 (1908-09) By Christopher Gibbs, Bard College Written for the concert Revolution 1905, performed on Jan 16, 2005 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. As the son of a leading bass in the Russian Imperial Opera, Igor Stravinsky’s exposure to music started young. Feodor Stravinsky was not anxious, however, for his son…
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