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Symphony No. 3 in A (1949-1951)
Symphony No. 3 in A (1949-1951) By Hartmut Krones Written for the concert The Uses of History: Reincarnations of Beethoven, performed on March 30, 2001 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Egon Wellesz (born in Vienna1885 – died in Oxford 1974) was world renowned not only as a composer, but as a musicologist and…
Read MoreNostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music
Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music 02/04/2001 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Debussy, Wagner, and Le roi Arthus – Steven Huebner, McGill University Le roi Arthus (1895) – John Ashbery, Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages & Literature, Bard College
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Debussy, Wagner, and Le roi Arthus By Steven Huebner, McGill University Written for the concert Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music, performed on Feb 4, 2001 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. I often see Debussy. He is very sorry that I am refusing to listen to his “Pelléas et Mélisande.” In truth, such…
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Le roi Arthus (1895) By John Ashbery, Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages & Literature, Bard College Written for the concert Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music, performed on Feb 4, 2001 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Chausson is hardly an unknown composers. His Poème for violin and orchestra is still a…
Read MoreForgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History
Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History 12/13/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History – Leon Botstein Symphony NO. 6, Op. 23 (1923) – Maya Pritsker Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History – Maya Pritsker Symphony No. 2 (1927) – Robert McColley, Fanfare
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Symphony No. 6, Op. 23 (1923) By Maya Pritsker Written for the concert Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History , performed on Dec 13, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. During his lifetime Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950) was regarded along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich as one of the greatest Soviet composers and at one…
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Symphony No. 2 (1927) By Robert McColley, Fanfare Written for the concert Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History, performed on Dec 13, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The prevailing view of the life and art of Shostakovich, is that both express the immense tragedy of the twentieth century. The composer lived his…
Read MoreThe Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy
The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy 11/19/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy – Leon Botstein Millennium Concerto for Cello and Orchestra – Harold Faberman Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra – Jonathan Haas Symphony No. 2, Op. 12…
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Millennium Concerto for Cello and Orchestra By Harold Faberman Written for the concert The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy, performed on Nov 19, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Influences: 1. Percussion. My experience as a player has been invaluable. Early on, playing drum-set with bands and working with jazz musicians…
Read MoreConcerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra By Jonathan Haas Written for the concert The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy, performed on Nov 19, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Jonathan Haas approached me almost ten years ago with an invitation to write a Timpani Concerto for him. It seemed we…
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