Between War and Peace

Between War and Peace 04/30/1995 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Airborne Symphony (1943-46) – Eric a. Gordon, author, Mark the Music; The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein Between War and Peace: The End of the Second World War – Leon Botstein Symphony No.3, “Liturgique” (1945-46) – Richard…

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Unjust Obscurity? (II)

Unjust Obscurity? (II) 03/10/1995 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Unjust Obscurity? – Leon Botstein Psalm 114, “When Israel Out of Egypt Came,” for Double Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 51 – Felix Mendelssohn Concerto (Quasi una fantasia) for Violin and Orchestra in B-flat major, Op. 21 – Chris Walton, Head…

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Bruckner and 20th Century Politics

Bruckner and 20th Century Politics 01/13/1995 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Bruckner and 20th –Century Politics – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major [Schalk edition] (1894) – Leon Botstein Bruckner and Politics – Paul Hawkshaw, Yale School of Music

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Paris in the 1860s

Paris in the 1860s 09/25/1994 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Djamileh (1871) – Lesley A. Wright, University of Hawaii Paris in the 1860s The Origins of Impressionism – Leon Botstein More on Paris in the 1860s – Matthew Truesdell, University of California Berkeley La Vie Parisienne: Excerpts (1866) –…

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