Concert Notes
Alfredo Casella, Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 11
Alfredo Casella, Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 11 By Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare Magazine Written for the concert A New Italian Renaissance, performed on April 18, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In the early 1920s, the Sphinx-like Ferrucio Busoni noted of Alfredo Casella that he was “very adroit in conversation, but not so adroit…
Read MoreOttorino Respighi, Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome)
Ottorino Respighi, Fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome) By Fred Kirshnit Written for the concert A New Italian Renaissance, performed on April 18, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In 1830 Mikhail Glinka traveled from St. Petersburg to Milan and upon journeying home brought back to his native land the bel canto sensibilities…
Read MoreThe Destruction of Jerusalem
The Destruction of Jerusalem 03/04/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Destruction of Jerusalem – Leon Botstein The Destruction of Jerusalem (Hiller) – R. Larry Todd, Arts & Sciences Professor, Duke University, and author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music
Read MoreFerdinand Hiller, Die Zerstörung Jerusalems
Ferdinand Hiller, Die Zerstörung Jerusalems By R. Larry Todd, Arts & Sciences Professor, Duke University, and author of Mendelssohn: A Life in Music Written for the concert The Destruction of Jerusalem, performed on March 16, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Though no longer a familiar name in the history of nineteenth-century music,…
Read MoreRussian Futurists
Russian Futurists By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The period from the mid-1890s to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, particularly its last years, has been termed the “Silver Age” in the history of Russian art and culture. This was an…
Read MoreAlexander Mosolov, The Iron Foundry, from the Ballet Steel, Op.19
Alexander Mosolov, The Iron Foundry, from the Ballet Steel, Op.19 By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. A graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, Alexander Mosolov (1900-73) was one of the driving forces on Moscow’s new music scene in the 1920s, a…
Read MoreDmitri Shostakovich, Incidental Music from The Bed Bug, Op. 19
Dmitri Shostakovich, Incidental Music from The Bed Bug, Op. 19 By Gerard McBurney Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Vesevolod Meyerhold (1874-1940) was one of the most important theater directors of the twentieth century. His influence spread in every direction, even beyond Russia. Modern…
Read MoreGavriil Nikolayevich Popov, Symphonic Suite No. 1
Gavriil Nikolayevich Popov, Symphonic Suite No. 1 By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Like his friend Dmitri Shostakovich, Gavriil Popov (1904-72) was a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory, where he studied composition with Vladimir Shcherbachov. Popov was an early and…
Read MoreArthur Lourié, Chant funèbre sur la mort d’un poète
Arthur Lourié, Chant funèbre sur la mort d’un poète By Klara Moricz, Amherst College Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Chant funèbre sur la mort d’un poète [Funeral Song on the Death of a Poet] by Arthur Lourié (1891-1966), a setting of Anna Akhmatova’s…
Read MoreVladimir Shcherbachov, Symphony No. 2, “Blokovskaya”
Vladimir Shcherbachov, Symphony No. 2, “Blokovskaya” By David Haas, University of Georgia Written for the concert Russian Futurists, performed on Jan 25, 2008 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. When Shcherbachov’s Second Symphony received its premiere on December 14, 1927, more than a few music critics of Leningrad admitted preferring it to young Shostakovich’s Second…
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