Concerts
Music U.
In a country without kings and courts, universities have served as the patrons for many of America’s greatest composers. Five Ivy League composers are featured in this concert. Maestro Leon Botstein shares the stories behind the music in a lively 30-minute Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 1 PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Free for all ticket…
Read MoreOpus Posthumous
Thursday, March 26, 2015 Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7 PM Concert 8 PM—10:10 PM Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage) PROGRAM Franz Schubert – Overture from Claudine von Villa Bella Anton Bruckner – Symphony No. 00 Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 1 ARTISTS Leon Botstein, conductor CONCERT NOTES Reception and Reputation by Leon Botstein Franz Schubert,…
Read MoreMona Lisa
Friday, February 20, 2015 Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7 PM Concert 8 PM—10:20 PM Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage) PROGRAM Max von Schillings – Mona Lisa (sung in German) English translations will be provided in the concert program CONCERT NOTES The Stolen Smile by Leon Botstein Max von Schillings, Mona Lisa by Walter Frisch A…
Read MoreTchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony
Sunday, February 8, 2015 Discussion/Performance/Q&A 4 PM—6:30 PM Peter Norton Symphony Space PROGRAM Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 ARTISTS Leon Botstein, conductor Elliott Forrest, host Hard reality. Swiftly passing dreams. Visions of happiness. This is how Tchaikovsky described his alternately defiant and joyous fourth symphony, written during a tumultuous period in his life.…
Read MoreThe Long Christmas Dinner
Holiday Opera! Friday, December 19, 2014 8 PM—10 PM Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center PROGRAM Thornton Wilder – The Long Christmas Dinner (one-act play) Paul Hindemith – The Long Christmas Dinner (one-act opera, libretto by Thornton Wilder, sung in English) Read the Playbill for this program. (©Playbill, Inc.) CONCERT NOTES Thornton Wilder and Music—A Note…
Read MoreRequiem for the 20th Century
Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7 PM Concert 8 PM—10:10 PM Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage) PROGRAM Ralph Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 6 György Ligeti – Requiem (N.Y. Premiere of full piece, sung in Latin) Alfred Schnittke – Nagasaki (U.S. Premiere, sung in Russian) English translations will be provided in the…
Read MoreSchubert’s Great C Major Symphony
Sunday, October 26, 2014 Discussion/Performance/Q&A 4 PM—6:30 PM Peter Norton Symphony Space PROGRAM Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 9 (“The Great”) ARTISTS Leon Botstein, conductor Elliott Forrest, host Schubert’s last symphony wasn’t heard until 10 years after his death. It was praised for its “heavenly length” and is considered his finest work for orchestra. Find…
Read MoreMarriage Actually
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7 PM Concert 8 PM—10:10 PM Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage) PROGRAM All-Richard Strauss Program 4 Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo Parergon on Symphonia Domestica Symphonia Domestica ARTISTS Leon Botstein, conductor Mark Bebbington, piano CONCERT NOTES Marriage Actually by Leon Botstein Richard Strauss, 4 Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo…
Read MoreForged from Fire
Friday, May 30, 2014, 8pm—10pm Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7pm Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage) Max Reger — A Patriotic Overture Charles Ives — Orchestral Set No. 2 Ernest Bloch — Israel Symphony Karol Szymanowski — Symphony No. 3 Leon Botstein, conductor Blair McMillen, piano Denis Sedov, bass Corey Bix, tenor The Collegiate Chorale Singers…
Read MoreBrahms’ Symphony No. 2
Sunday, April 13, 2014, 4pm—6:30pm Peter Norton Symphony Space Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 2 Leon Botstein, conductor The nostalgic beauty of this work is matched by its exuberance and thrilling drama. Leon Botstein and the orchestra will guide you through this bittersweet work with a vibrant talk with musical excerpts, and then after intermission…
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