Concert Notes
Symphony No. 3, “Ilya Muramets,” Op. 42 (1911)
Symphony No. 3, “Ilya Muramets,” Op. 42 (1911) By Anthony Burton 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 Third–and last–Symphony was composed between 1909 and 1911, and first performed in Moscow in 1912. It thus belongs to the…
Read MoreBeyond Good and Evil
Beyond Good and Evil By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The influence of Friedrich Nietzsche on twentieth-century thought can hardly be overestimated. During his lifetime his popularity among his contemporaries was remarkable. Also sprach Zarathustra…
Read MoreMitternachtslied Zarathustras (1898)
Mitternachtslied Zarathustras (1898) By Robert Threlfall, Advisor, The Delius Trust, London Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Towards the end of his life, Delius told Eric Fenby that he became acquainted with the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche in…
Read MoreHymnus An Das Leben
Hymnus An Das Leben By Kyle Gann, Professor of Music, Bard College, New Music Critic, The Village Voice Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1952, Wolfgang Rihm worked with the most famous German composer of his…
Read MoreAbgesangsszene, Nos. 4 (1979) and 5 (1981)
Abgesangsszene, Nos. 4 (1979) and 5 (1981) By Kyle Gann, Professor of Music, Bard College, New Music Critic, The Village Voice Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Born in 1952, Wolfgang Rihm worked with the most famous German…
Read MoreAlso Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (1896)
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (1896) By Bernard Jacobson Written for the concert Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzshe and Music, performed on March 8, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The dramatic and literary bases of Strauss’s early tone poems were diverse and more or less innocent. With the 19th-century German metaphysical poet…
Read MorePolishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu
Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu 02/04/2000 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu – Leon Botstein Concert Overture (on Popular Romanian Themes), Op. 32 (1948) – Anthony Burton Symphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 (1901) – Anthony Burton…
Read MoreConcert Overture (on Popular Romanian Themes), Op. 32 (1948)
Concert Overture (on Popular Romanian Themes), Op. 32 (1948) By Anthony Burton Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In the last years of his life, after the end of World War II, Enescu was living in poverty…
Read MoreSymphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 (1901)
Symphonie Concertante for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 8 (1901) By Anthony Burton Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Assez lent – Majestueux As a performer, George Enescu was endowed with phenomenal gifts, including that of versatility. He…
Read MoreSymphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 13 (1905)
Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 13 (1905) By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Polishing the Jewel: The Genius of George Enescu, performed on Feb 4, 2000 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 vividly reflects Enescu’s training in Vienna, where he studied with Robert Fuchs and mastered…
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