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Second Rhapsody (1931)
Second Rhapsody (1931) By. Carol J. Oja, College of William and Mary Written for the concert Music and Visual Imagination, performed on Nov 11, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “Play me a Cézanne,” an art collector once requested of George Gershwin. The composer reportedly sat at the piano and did just that.…
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“Mathis der Maler” Symphony (1934) By Bernard Jacobson Written for the concert Music and Visual Imagination, performed on Nov 11, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. It may seem curious that a composer as closely allied as Hindemith to the central tradition of German music should not have produced a substantial series of…
Read MoreBegleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene (1930)
Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene (1930) By Joseph H. Auner, State University of new York at Stonybrook Written for the concert Music and Visual Imagination, performed on Nov 11, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Film music for a nonexistent film. Schoenberg’s Accompaniment to a Film Scene, Op. 34, was conceived independently of any…
Read MorePromethee, le poeme du feu (1910)
Promethee, le poeme du feu (1910) By Royal S. Brown, Fanfare Written for the concert Music and Visual Imagination, performed on Nov 11, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The bulk of the work by Alexander Scriabin, who was born in Moscow on January 6, 1872, and died there on April 27, 1915,…
Read MoreKings and Prophecies: A Road of Promise
Kings and Prophecies: A Road of Promise 10/04/1998 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Eternal Road, Acts III and IV – Leon Botstein
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The Eternal Road, Acts III and IV By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Kings and Prophecies: A Road of Promise, performed on Oct 4, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Whether in excerpts or in its entirety, The Eternal Road has eluded revival for over sixty years. One might think that such…
Read MoreNadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger 05/13/1998 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Symphony No. 1, Op. 3 (1958) – Kyle Gann Nadia Boulanger: Teacher of the Century – Leon Botstein D’un matin du printemps (1918) – Kyle Gann Orchestral Variantions (1957) – Kyle Gann Icare (1952) – Bernard Jacobson
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Symphony No. 1, Op. 3 (1958) By Kyle Gann Written for the concert Nadia Boulager: Teacher of the Century, performed on May 13, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Easley Blackwood has been associated with the University of Chicago for over three decades, and is also a phenomenal pianist, known for his performances…
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Nadia Boulanger: Teacher of the Century By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Nadia Boulanger: Teacher of the Century, performed on May 13, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. If one imagines a history of twentieth-century music written around 1970, one would assume that such a history would describe twentieth-century musical modernism as…
Read MoreD’un matin du printemps (1918)
D’un matin du printemps (1918) By Kyle Gann Written for the concert Nadia Boulager: Teacher of the Century, performed on May 13, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Nadia Boulanger’s life was one lived surrounded by composers. Arguably, the most crucial composer in her life was her younger sister Lili, with whom her…
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