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Richard Strauss’s Die agyptische Helena
Richard Strauss’s Die agyptische Helena By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Richard Strauss’s Die agyptische Helena, performed on Jan 18, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Librettists have a strange habit of disappearing from view as individuals in their own right. For instance, everyone knows that Lorenzo Da Ponte collaborated with Mozart…
Read MoreThe Egyptian Helen (Original Version, 1928)
The Egyptian Helen (Original Version, 1928) By Bryan Gilliam, Duke University Written for the concert Richard Strauss’s Die agyptische Helena, performed on Jan 18, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “What could be more serious than married life?,” Richard Strauss once remarked about his Sinfonia domestica (1904), “marriage is the most profound event…
Read MoreStrauss, Marriage, and The Egyptian Helen
Strauss, Marriage, and The Egyptian Helen By James Miller Written for the concert Richard Strauss’s Die agyptische Helena, performed on Jan 18, 1998 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Die ägyptische Helena, the fifth Strauss opera for which Hugo von Hofmannsthal provided the libretto, takes its basic plot from ancient attempts to explain how…
Read MoreThe Other Voice of Johannes Brahms
The Other Voice of Johannes Brahms 11/30/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Other Voice of Johannes Brahms – Leon Botstein Liebeslieder Walzer (1869) – David Brodbeck, University of Pittsburg, Contributor, The Compleat Brahms Rinaldo (1869) – John Daverio, Boston University, Contributor, The Compleat Brahms Triumphlied (1871) – Daniel…
Read MoreLiebeslieder Walzer (1869)
Liebeslieder Walzer (1869) By. David Brodbeck, University of Pittsburg, Contributor, The Compleat Brahms Written for the concert The Other Voice of Johannes Brahms, performed on Nov 30, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Brahms’s three sets of waltzes celebrate a predominantly Schubertian heritage. Indeed, each of these works–Op. 39 for four-hand piano, as…
Read MoreRinaldo (1869)
Rinaldo (1869) By John Daverio, Boston University, Contributor, The Compleat Brahms Written for the concert The Other Voice of Johannes Brahms, performed on Nov 30, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Rinaldo is among the largest of Brahms’s works for vocal and orchestral forces. Indeed, only Ein deutsches Requiem surpasses it in length…
Read MoreTriumphlied (1871)
Triumphlied (1871) By Daniel Beller-McKenna, University of South Carolina, Contributor, The Compleat Brahms Written for the concert The Other Voice of Johannes Brahms, performed on Nov 30, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Brahms composed this “German Te Deum” in 1870-71 during the patriotic fervor of the Prussian military victory over France and…
Read MoreUptown Downtown
Uptown Downtown 10/22/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930 – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 3 in F major (1894) – Steven Ledbetter Selections from Operettas – Steven Ledbetter Showboat: A Scenario – Steven Ledbetter Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 – Steven Ledbetter
Read MoreUptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930
Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930 By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930, performed on Oct 22, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The American Symphony Orchestra, founded by Leopold Stokowski as a way of supporting American instrumentalists and composers, is pleased to begin its thirty-fifth season by presenting a program…
Read MoreSymphony No. 3 in F major (1894)
Symphony No. 3 in F major (1894) By Steven Ledbetter Written for the concert Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930, performed on Oct 22, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. At his death, George W. Chadwick was hailed by Olin Downes in the New York Times as “the dean of American composers”; for fifty years…
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