Concert Notes
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major [Schalk edition] (1894)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major [Schalk edition] (1894) By Leon Botstein Written for the concert Bruckner and 20th –Century Politics performed on Jan 13, 1995 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Amidst all the discussion of politics, a few words should be said about the music in the major work on this program, the…
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Bruckner and Politics By Paul Hawkshaw, Yale School of Music Written for the concert Bruckner and 20th –Century Politics performed on Jan 13, 1995 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. No composer has suffered more at the hands of special interest groups than Anton Bruckner (1824-96). Generations of supporters and adversaries have involved his name…
Read MoreBerlin 1894: A Concert Recreated
Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated 12/11/1994 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated – Leon Botstein On Richard Strauss and this 1894 Concert – Linda B. Fairtile, New York University Richard Strauss: A Tireless Advocate of “Modern” Works – Charles Youmans, Duke University Symphony No. 2…
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On Richard Strauss and this 1894 Concert By Linda B. Fairtile, New York University Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In December 1894, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and its new conductor, Richard Strauss, were each just beginning to enjoy widespread…
Read MoreRichard Strauss: A Tireless Advocate of “Modern” Works
Richard Strauss: A Tireless Advocate of “Modern” Works By Charles Youmans, Duke University Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Had Strauss assumed the conductorship of the symphony concerts of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in a year other than 1894, the…
Read MoreSymphony No. 2 in C major, Op.42, “Ocean” (1857)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op.42, “Ocean” (1857) By Carol Reynolds, Southern Methodist University Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. When first confronted with a work from the formative period in a composer’s life, listeners cannot help but play…
Read MorePiano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 1 (1893)
Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat minor, Op. 1 (1893) By James Parakilas, Bates College Written for the concert Berlin 1894: A Concert Recreated performed on Dec 11, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. We can easily imagine what it meant to Wilhelm Stenhammar to play his Piano Concerto, Op. 1, with the Berlin…
Read MoreSchubert Orchestrated
Schubert Orchestrated 11/18/1994 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Schubert Orchestrated – Leon Botstein About Schubert’s Arrangers: Mottl, Liszt, Brahms, Joachim – Christopher H. Gibbs
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About Schubert’s Arrangers: Mottl, Liszt, Brahms, Joachim By Christopher H. Gibbs Written for the concert Schubert Orchestrated performed on Nov 18, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. The conventional three-phase division of an artist’s career by definition concludes with a last period and occasionally with a distinctive late style.” For Schubert, whose active…
Read MoreDjamileh (1871)
Djamileh (1871) By Lesley A. Wright, University of Hawaii Written for the concert Paris in the 1860s performed on Sep 25, 1994 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Bizet’s one-act opera comique, Djamileh (1872) evokes a vision of the non-Western world, like so many other musical, literary and artistic efforts in nineteenth-century France. Meyerbeer’s…
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