Concert Notes
Hermann Goetz, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Hermann Goetz, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra By Peter Palmer Written for the concert The Remains of Romanticism, performed on Nov 15, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. From his early teens onwards, Hermann Goetz’s life was overshadowed by the tuberculosis which ended it in December 1876, four days short of his 36th…
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Sigmund von Hausegger, Wieland der Schmied, symphonic poem By Byron Adams Written for the concert The Remains of Romanticism, performed on Nov 15, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Siegmund von Hausegger was the son of a passionate Wagnerite who instilled into his child a lifelong devotion to the Master of Bayreuth. As…
Read MoreLudwig Thuille, Romantic Overture
Ludwig Thuille, Romantic Overture By Byron Adams Written for the concert The Remains of Romanticism, performed on Nov 15, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. “Those whom the gods love die young.” With this familiar quotation from Menander, the composer Edgar Istel began a concise but perceptive article that was published in a…
Read MoreRichard Strauss, Symphony No. 2 in F minor
Richard Strauss, Symphony No. 2 in F minor By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert The Remains of Romanticism, performed on Nov 15, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Toward the end of his life, Richard Strauss communicated in his string orchestra piece Metamorphosen his deep sense of nostalgia for a world now…
Read MoreFervaal
Fervaal By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Vincent d’Indy Fervaal, performed on Oct 14, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. This concert performance of Vincent D’Indy’s Fervaal is probably the work’s first North American performance. Yet Fervaal is an opera that occupies a significant place in the history of French music. Indeed,…
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Vincent d’Indy, Fervaal By Vincent Giroud, Professor, Université de Franche-Comté Written for the concert Vincent d’Indy Fervaal, performed on Oct 14, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1851, Vincent d’Indy was 20 when France, having rashly declared war on Prussia, suffered one of the most humiliating defeats of its history. An ardent…
Read MoreComposing A Nation
Composing A Nation By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The creation of the state of Israel and the history of Zionism as a modern nationalist movement are among the most widely debated subjects in recent history.…
Read MoreJosef Tal, Symphony No. 2
Josef Tal, Symphony No. 2 By Assaf Shelleg, Hebrew University Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Israeli Art music never truly consolidated, since the years around the statehood consisted of a variety of responses to the search for a…
Read MoreÖdön Pártos, Ein Gev, Symphonic Fantasy
Ödön Pártos, Ein Gev, Symphonic Fantasy By Yuval Sheked, Hebrew University Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Kibbutz Ein Gev was established in 1937 in the framework of the Wall and Tower settlements on the east shores of the Sea…
Read MoreMordecai Seter, Midnight Vigil
Mordecai Seter, Midnight Vigil By Yuval Sheked, Hebrew University Written for the concert Composing A Nation: Israel’s Musical Patriarchs, performed on May 31, 2009 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Midnight Vigil (in Hebrew tikun hatzot) refers to an ancient custom. While living in the land of Israel, leaders of the people used to…
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