Concert Notes
Note by the Composer
Note by the Composer By Franz Schmidt Written for the concert A Politically Incorrect Masterpiece, performed on November 22, 1996 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Certain parts of the Apocalypse which are especially suitable for setting to music have often been used by composers, hut as far as I know mine is the…
Read MoreAgainst the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century
Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century 04/13/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century – Leon Botstein Istar, Op. 42 (1896) – Peter J. Rabinowitz, Hamilton College…
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Istar, Op. 42 (1896) By Peter J. Rabinowitz, Hamilton College Written for the concert Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century, performed on April 13, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. From the intensity with which he pursued military history to the rigor or his…
Read MoreSymphony No. 3, Op. 11 (1896)
Symphony No. 3, Op. 11 (1896) By Adrian Corleonis Written for the concert Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century, performed on April 13, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. On March 9 1828 the newly formed Societé des Concerts du Conservatoire, at its initial…
Read MorePsalm 47, Op. 38 (1904)
Psalm 47, Op. 38 (1904) By Robert McColley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Written for the concert Against the Grain: The German Influence in French Music at the Turn of the Century, performed on April 13, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Igor Stravinsky knew and greatly admired the pathbreaking Psalm 47, Op.38,…
Read MoreDreams & Realities: Reinventing American Music 1929-42
Dreams & Realities: Reinventing American Music 1929-42 By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Dreams & Realities: Reinventing American Music performed on March 12, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In his classic 1983 study Music in the New World, Charles Hamm characterizes the period from 1894 to the outbreak of the second…
Read MoreRissolty Rossolty (1939)
Rissolty Rossolty (1939) By Judith Tick, Author, Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer’s Search for American Music Written for the concert Dreams & Realities: Reinventing American Music performed on March 12, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. After the concert on April 6, 1938, Ruth Crawford Seeger took questions from an audience which had…
Read MoreThe Soul of Poland in Modern Times: The Music of Karol Szymanowski
The Soul of Poland in Modern Times: The Music of Karol Szymanowski By Leon Botstein Written for the concert The Soul of Poland in Modern Times, performed on Jan 24, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Karol Szymanowski’s life and work are bound up with the question of Polish independence and identity, and…
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Slopiewnie (1928) By Thos. Callen Written for the concert The Soul of Poland in Modern Times, performed on Jan 24, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Now is the time for us to lay our foundations for the future. . . Let our music be national in its Polish characteristics but not falter…
Read MoreSymphony No. 4 (“Symphony Concertante”) (1932)
Symphony No. 4 (“Symphony Concertante”) (1932) By Peter J. Rabinowitz, Hamilton College Written for the concert The Soul of Poland in Modern Times, performed on Jan 24, 1997 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Szymanowski was an ecstatic composer in at least two senses. On the one hand, he wrote trance-like works aiming at…
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