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Hymnus An Das Leben
Hymnus An Das Leben By Kyle Gann, Professor of Music, Bard College, New Music Critic, The Village Voice Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1952, Wolfgang Rihm worked with the most famous German composer of his…
Read MoreAbgesangsszene, Nos. 4 (1979) and 5 (1981)
Abgesangsszene, Nos. 4 (1979) and 5 (1981) By Kyle Gann, Professor of Music, Bard College, New Music Critic, The Village Voice Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1952, Wolfgang Rihm worked with the most famous German…
Read MoreAlso Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (1896)
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (1896) By Bernard Jacobson Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The dramatic and literary bases of Strauss’s early tone poems were diverse and more or less innocent. With the 19th-century German metaphysical poet…
Read MorePolishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu
Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu 02/04/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu – Leon Botstein Concert Overture (on Popular Romanian Themes), Op. 32 (1948) – Anthony Burton Symphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 (1901) – Anthony Burton…
Read MoreConcert Overture (on Popular Romanian Themes), Op. 32 (1948)
Concert Overture (on Popular Romanian Themes), Op. 32 (1948) By Anthony Burton Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In the last years of his life, after the end of World War II, Enescu was living in poverty…
Read MoreSymphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 (1901)
Symphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 (1901) By Anthony Burton Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Assez lent – Majestueux As a performer, George Enescu was endowed with phenomenal gifts, including that of versatility. He…
Read MoreSymphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 13 (1905)
Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 13 (1905) By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 vividly reflects Enescu’s training in Vienna, where he studied with Robert Fuchs and mastered…
Read MoreSuite No. 3, “Villageoise” (1938)
Suite No. 3, “Villageoise” (1938) By Bernard Jacobson Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. As a composer, George Enescu (1881-1955) may well have suffered even more than he gained from the breadth of his talents and interests.…
Read MoreRomania’s Bright Emblem
Romania’s Bright Emblem By Norman Manea Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. At Age four he started violin lessons, at seven he was accepted into the Vienna Conservatory, which he graduated cum laude, at eleven he gave…
Read MoreRichard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83 (1940)
Richard Strauss, Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83 (1940) 01/16/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83 (1940) – Leon Botstein Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83 (1940) – Bryan Gilliam, Duke University The Cheerful Mythology – David Murray
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