Concert Notes
Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History
Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History 12/13/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History – Leon Botstein Symphony NO. 6, Op. 23 (1923) – Maya Pritsker Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History – Maya Pritsker Symphony No. 2 (1927) – Robert McColley, Fanfare
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Symphony No. 6, Op. 23 (1923) By Maya Pritsker Written for the concert Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History , performed on Dec 13, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. During his lifetime Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950) was regarded along with Prokofiev and Shostakovich as one of the greatest Soviet composers and at one…
Read MoreSymphony No. 2 (1927)
Symphony No. 2 (1927) By Robert McColley, Fanfare Written for the concert Forgotten Patriotisms: Music as Political History, performed on Dec 13, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The prevailing view of the life and art of Shostakovich, is that both express the immense tragedy of the twentieth century. The composer lived his…
Read MoreThe Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy
The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy 11/19/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy – Leon Botstein Millennium Concerto for Cello and Orchestra – Harold Faberman Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra – Jonathan Haas Symphony No. 2, Op. 12…
Read MoreMillennium Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Millennium Concerto for Cello and Orchestra By Harold Faberman Written for the concert The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy, performed on Nov 19, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Influences: 1. Percussion. My experience as a player has been invaluable. Early on, playing drum-set with bands and working with jazz musicians…
Read MoreConcerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra By Jonathan Haas Written for the concert The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy, performed on Nov 19, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Jonathan Haas approached me almost ten years ago with an invitation to write a Timpani Concerto for him. It seemed we…
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Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 By Matthias Schmidt Written for the concert The Anxiety of Influence: Music as Historical Legacy, performed on Nov 19, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In 1916, in the midst of World War I, Ernst Krenek began his career as a professional artist. The sixteen-year-old started studying with…
Read MoreRemembrance of Things Past
Remembrance of Things Past By Leon Botstein Written for the concert After Carmina Burana: an Historical Perspective, performed on May 16, 2001 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Over the past forty years, Gustav Mahler has become one of the most discussed and performed composers in American concert life. He was the author of…
Read MoreA Symphonic Saga
A Symphonic Saga By Leon Botstein Written for the concert A Symphonic Saga: Glière’s Ilya Muramets, performed on April 16, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In this afternoon’s concert, two recurrent features of the American Symphony Orchestra’s continuing effort to challenge the boundaries of the standard repertory (or the idea of a…
Read MoreGliere’s Ilya Muramets: a “Wagner Symphony”
Gliere’s Ilya Muramets: a “Wagner Symphony” By Robert McColley, Fanfare Written for the concert A Symphonic Saga: Glière’s Ilya Muramets, performed on April 16, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Reinhold Gliere’s Symphony No. 3 (1911), Ilya Muramets, carried into the twentieth century a host of great legacies of the nineteenth century: one…
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