Concerts
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL – Prokofiev & His World
BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL – Prokofiev & His World 10/24/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, 2008 Program One Sosnoff Theater 7 pm Preconcert Talk: Christopher H. Gibbs 8 pm Performance: Mira Wang, violin; American Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, music director…
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R. Strauss: Four Last Songs 09/21/2008 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Featured soloist Twyla Robinson, soprano One of the great showpieces for the soprano voice, Richard Strauss’s Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs), included personal references to his own life. What was Strauss trying to express in this his final work? What…
Read MoreTower, Beethoven, Strauss-09/20/08
Tower, Beethoven, Strauss-09/20/08 09/20/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts The American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the three-time Grammy Award winning composer and Bard Professor of Music Joan Tower in a program of her work, Strike Zones, alongside Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, and Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration and Four Last…
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Tower, Beethoven, Strauss 09/19/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts The American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the three-time Grammy Award winning composer and Bard Professor of Music Joan Tower in a program of her work, Strike Zones, alongside Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, and Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration and Four Last…
Read MoreSpatial Explorations
Spatial Explorations 06/01/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Spatial Explorations – Leon Botstein Sfaerernes musik (Music of the Spheres) (1918) – Peter Laki Apparitions (1958-59) – Paul Griffiths Atmosphères (1961) – Paul Griffiths Sinfonia di Sfere (1975) – Peter Laki Cassiopeia (1971) – Frank J. Oteri
Read MoreSibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor 04/27/2008 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Erica Kiesewetter, Violin It begins as if emerging from a misty fjord. What makes Jean Sibelius’s music so unmistakably Scandinavian? Why did he completely rewrite this Concerto? Why has it held its place on the concert stage for more than…
Read MoreA New Italian Renaissance
A New Italian Renaissance 04/18/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes A New Italian Renaissance – Leon Botstein Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 11 (1909) – Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare Magazine Pause del Silenzio I (1917) – Harvey Sachs, writer, journalist, and music historian Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 81…
Read MoreCopland: Symphony No. 3
Copland: Symphony No. 3 02/03/2008 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space His music captured the spirit of America, and forged a new sound.What influenced the singular musical voice of Aaron Copland? How did the mood of the nation color what may be his grandest orchestral work? How did his Fanfare for the Common…
Read MoreRussian Futurists
Russian Futurists 01/25/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Russian Futurists – Leon Botstein Chant funèbre sur la mort d’un poète (1921) – Klara Moricz, Amherst College The Iron Foundry, from the Ballet Steel, Op.19 (1928) – Laurel E. Fay Symphonic Suite No. 1 (1932) – Laurel E. Fay Symphony…
Read MoreHuman Elements
Human Elements 11/18/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Human Elements – Leon Botstein Theme and Variations, “Die vier Temperamente” (The Four Temperaments) (1940) – Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare magazine Symphony No. 2, “De fire temperamenter” (The Four Temperaments), Op. 16 (1901-02) – Fred Kirshnit Die vier Temperamente (The Four Temperaments…
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