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Zemlinsky’s Mirror
Zemlinsky’s Mirror By Christopher Hailey, Visiting Professor, Arnold Schoenberg Institute, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Director, Franz Schreker Foundation Written for the concert Opera and Oscar Wilde, performed on June 9, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In 1912 Alexander Zemlinsky asked Franz Schreker to write an opera libretto about ‘the…
Read MoreScandinavian Romantics
Scandinavian Romantics 05/10/2002 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Scandinavian Romantics – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 8, “Sinfonia Boreale” – Larry Wallach, Simon’s Rock College Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op. 105 – Timothy Jackson, University of North Texas Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 –
Read MoreSymphony No. 8, “Sinfonia Boreale”
Symphony No. 8, “Sinfonia Boreale” By Larry Wallach, Simon’s Rock College Written for the concert Scandinavian Romantics, performed on May 10, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. As a memorial to his brother who died in a concentration camp, Vagn Holmboe (1909-1996) wrote a “Sinfonia Sacra” (Symphony No. 4) in 1944, in which…
Read MoreSymphony No.7 in C Major, Op. 105
Symphony No.7 in C Major, Op. 105 By Timothy Jackson, University of North Texas Written for the concert Scandinavian Romantics, performed on May 10, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. When, on 24 March 1924, the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) mounted the stage in Stockholm to conduct the premiere of his Fantasia…
Read MorePiano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 By Robert Layton Written for the concert Scandinavian Romantics, performed on May 10, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In November 1923, while Sibelius was still working on the Seventh Symphony, Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) paid a visit to Helsinki to play his Second Piano…
Read MoreStrauss' Musical Landscapes
Strauss’ Musical Landscapes 04/14/2002 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Strauss’ Musical Landscapes – Leon Botstein Symphony and Landscape – Bryan Gilliam, Duke University
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Symphony and Landscape By Bryan Gilliam, Duke University Written for the concert Strauss’ Musical Landscapes, performed on April 14, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The theme of this afternoon’s program, landscape and its relationship to art and music, gets to the very essence of German cultural identity. These two orchestral pieces by…
Read MoreDante's Inferno
Dante’s Inferno 01/25/2002 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Dante’s Inferno – Leon Botstein A Symphony to Dante’s Divine Comedy – Bernard Jacobson Francesca da Rimini – Maya Pritsker
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Dante’s Inferno By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Dante’s Inferno, performed on Jan 25, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The choice of sources of inspiration for musical composition makes for a fascinating study, especially when a source is one of the great and canonic works of Western civilization. Like Shakespeare, Dante…
Read MoreA Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy
A Symphony to Dante’s Divine Comedy By Bernard Jacobson Written for the concert Dante’s Inferno, performed on Jan 25, 2002 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Liszt was perhaps the least abstractly inclined of the great composers. Where Chopin’s piano works, for all their wealth of poetic and patriotic feeling, are for the most…
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