Concert Notes
Fanny Mendelssohn
Fanny Mendelssohn By R. Larry Todd Written for the concert Music and the Bible, performed on Nov 2, 2010 at Carnegie Hall. FANNY MENDELSSOHN (1805–47) Oratorium (nach Bildern der Bibel) (“Scenes from the Bible”) (1831) Fanny Mendelssohn’s Cholera Music Of the diseases that ravaged the nineteenth century, few had more sweeping social and cultural repercussions…
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Louis Spohr, The Final Judgement By Clive Brown Written for the concert Music and the Bible, performed on Nov 2, 2010 at Carnegie Hall. LOUIS SPOHR (1784–1859) Die letzen Dinge (“The Final Judgment”) (1827) Premiere: Kassel, Germany, March 24, 1826 Spohr was at the height of his powers when he wrote Die letzten Dinge in…
Read MoreJames Joyce
James Joyce 10/06/2010 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie Hall One of the most influential authors of his time, Joyce was also a composer and singer proficient in many sorts of music. Experience the music of his favorite composers, along with a cantata inspired by his most famous work. Conductor’s Notes Maestro Leon Botstein explains it…
Read MoreBallet mécanique, Buried Alive, Ulysses
Ballet mécanique, Buried Alive, Ulysses By Paul Griffiths Written for the concert James Joyce, performed on Oct 6, 2010 at Carnegie Hall. GEORGE ANTHEIL (1900–1959) Ballet mécanique (1953 version) OTHMAR SCHOECK (1886–1957) Lebendig begraben (“Buried Alive”), Op. 40 (1926) U.S. Premiere MÁTYÁS SEIBER (1905–1960) Ulysses (1947) U.S. Premiere Among the most musical of writers, Joyce,…
Read MoreApollo and Dionysus
Apollo and Dionysus By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. It is difficult to imagine a history of Western art that does not begin with the legacy of the classical world. Indeed the entire notion of “Western,” the idea of…
Read MoreSir Arthur Bliss, Hymn to Apollo
Sir Arthur Bliss, Hymn to Apollo By John Wright, 2010, The Arthur Bliss Society (arthurbliss.org) Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. It has never been easy to pin a convenient label to the music of Sir Arthur Bliss, encompassing as he does…
Read MoreLuigi Dallapiccola, Frammenti Sinfonici from the ballet Marsia
Luigi Dallapiccola, Frammenti Sinfonici from the ballet Marsia By Byron Adams Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Phoebus Apollo may have been the golden god of music, healing, and the life-giving sun, radiating light from the nimbus around his head, but he could be…
Read MoreHans Werner Henze, Symphony No. 3
Hans Werner Henze, Symphony No. 3 (1949–50) By Byron Adams Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. An Apollonian concept of “beauty” has always been an essential part of Han Werner Henze’s aesthetics. Henze’s espousal of the beautiful in music is far from…
Read MoreGranville Bantock, Prelude to 'The Bacchanals'
Granville Bantock, Prelude to ‘The Bacchanals’ By Lewis Foreman Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The British composer Granville Bantock succeeded Elgar as Richard Peyton Professor of Music at Birmingham University in 1908 and remained there for more than twenty years while…
Read MoreAlbert Roussel, Bacchus et Ariane
Albert Roussel, Bacchus et Ariane By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert Apollo and Dionysus, performed on May 9, 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. For oenophiles, the name Bacchus et Ariane may conjure delights of the famous Parisian wine shop, while visitors to the National Gallery may first think of the Titian…
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