Concert Notes
Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Mieczyslaw Weinberg By David Fanning, University of Manchester Written for the concert Uncommon Comrades, performed on June 3, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996) – A Brief Profile Mieczyslaw Weinberg—to use the Germanised spelling he himself reportedly preferred—had a remarkable life, even by the standards of those many composers buffeted…
Read MoreDmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 “Babi Yar”
Dmirti Shostakovich, Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 “Babi Yar” By Laurel E. Fay Written for the concert Uncommon Comrades, performed on June 3, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In late September 1961, while Shostakovich was in Leningrad attending rehearsals of his new Twelfth Symphony, “The Year 1917” (dedicated to the memory of…
Read MoreThe Distant Sound
The Distant Sound 04/15/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Distant Sound – Leon Botstein Der ferne Klang (1910) – Christopher Hailey, Edward T. Cone Membership in Music Studies in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
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Franz Schreker, Der ferne Klang By Christopher Hailey, Edward T. Cone Membership in Music Studies in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Written for the concert The Distant Sound, performed on April 15, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The premise of Der ferne Klang is simply told. A…
Read MoreMaking Music
Making Music By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Making Music: Composer-Conductors, performed on Feb 9, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Compared to other fields of musical performance, conducting is a relatively recent and modern phenomenon as a primary activity for a musician. It became a common and widespread profession only towards…
Read MoreGeorge Szell, Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 4
Geroge Szell, Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 4 By Richard Wilson Written for the concert Making Music: Composer-Conductors, performed on Feb 9, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. George Andreas Szell was born in Budapest on June 7, 1897 and died in Cleveland on July 30, 1970. Growing up in Vienna, he…
Read MorePaul Kletzki, Violin Concerto, Op. 19
Paul Kletzki, Violin Concerto, Op. 19 By Timothy L. Jackson, PhD, Professor of Music Theory, University of North Texas Written for the concert Making Music: Composer-Conductors, performed on Feb 9, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1900 in Łódž as Pavel Klecki, Paul Kletzki (the Germanicized form of his name) became famous…
Read MoreHarold Farberman, Double Concerto for Violin and Percussion
Harold Farberman, Double Concerto for Violin and Percussion By Harold Farberman Written for the concert Making Music: Composer-Conductors, performed on Feb 9, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The “Double Concerto” was born of affection and admiration for Guillermo Figueroa. It was composed in 2005-2006. It is a work I wanted to create.…
Read MoreLeonard Bernstein, Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety”
Leonard Bernstein, Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” By Carol J. Oja, Professor of Music, Harvard University Written for the concert Making Music: Composer-Conductors, performed on Feb 9, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Leonard Bernstein delighted in juxtaposing the epic and the everyday, linking classics with the vernacular. Think of Candide (1956),…
Read MorePioneering Influence: Cesar Franck
Pioneering Influence: Cesar Franck By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Pioneering Influence: César Franck, performed on Jan 7, 2007 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In the history of music, the influence exerted by a composer and his work has had little correlation with whether the composer ever engaged in formal teaching. Not…
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