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On Richard Strauss and this 1894 Concert
On Richard Strauss and this 1894 Concert By Linda B. Fairtile, New York University Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In December 1894, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and its new conductor, Richard Strauss, were each just beginning to enjoy widespread…
Read MoreRichard Strauss: A Tireless Advocate of “Modern” Works
Richard Strauss: A Tireless Advocate of “Modern” Works By Charles Youmans, Duke University Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Had Strauss assumed the conductorship of the symphony concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in a year other than 1894, the…
Read MoreSymphony No. 2 in C major, Op.42, “Ocean” (1857)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op.42, “Ocean” (1857) By Carol Reynolds, Southern Methodist University Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. When first confronted with a work from the formative period in a composer’s life, listeners cannot help but play…
Read MorePiano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 1 (1893)
Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 1 (1893) By James Parakilas, Bates College Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. We can easily imagine what it meant to Wilhelm Stenhammar to play his Piano Concerto, Op. 1, with the Berlin…
Read MoreSchubert Orchestrated
Schubert Orchestrated 11/18/1994 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Schubert Orchestrated – Leon Botstein About Schubert’s Arrangers: Mottl, Liszt, Brahms, Joachim – Christopher H. Gibbs
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About Schubert’s Arrangers: Mottl, Liszt, Brahms, Joachim By Christopher H. Gibbs Written for the concert Schubert Orchestrated performed on Nov 18, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The conventional three-phase division of an artist’s career by definition concludes with a last period and occasionally with a distinctive late style.” For Schubert, whose active…
Read MoreParis in the 1860s
Paris in the 1860s 09/25/1994 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Djamileh (1871) – Lesley A. Wright, University of Hawaii Paris in the 1860s The Origins of Impressionism – Leon Botstein More on Paris in the 1860s – Matthew Truesdell, University of California Berkeley La Vie Parisienne: Excerpts (1866) –…
Read MoreDjamileh (1871)
Djamileh (1871) By Lesley A. Wright, University of Hawaii Written for the concert Paris in the 1860s performed on Sep 25, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Bizet’s one-act opera comique, Djamileh (1872) evokes a vision of the non-Western world, like so many other musical, literary and artistic efforts in nineteenth-century France. Meyerbeer’s…
Read MoreParis in the 1860s The Origins of Impressionism
Paris in the 1860s The Origins of Impressionism By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Paris in the 1860s performed on Sep 25, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Understanding art and culture as functions of seemingly unique, easily described national character traits has become a convenient and deceptive habit. There is irony,…
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More on Paris in the 1860s By Matthew Truesdell, University of California Berkeley Written for the concert Paris in the 1860s performed on Sep 25, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “The Parisian,” noted a perceptive American visitor to Paris in the late 1860s, “cares but little for his home … As much…
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