Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor 09/16/2007 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space A musical message of love for America, with a distinctively Czech accent. What brought Antonin Dvorak to the United States? How did he encourage American composers to create a unique American sound? Why did this Symphony’s premiere make the…

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Uncommon Comrades

Uncommon Comrades 06/03/2007 at 12:00 AM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Uncommon Comrades – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 “Babi Yar” (1962) – Laurel E. Fay Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 94 (1967) – David Fanning, University of Manchester

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Making Music

Making Music 02/09/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” (1949/65) – Carol J. Oja, Professor of Music, Harvard University Making Music – Leon Botstein Double Concerto for Violin and Percussion (2006) – Harold Farberman Violin Concerto, Op. 19 (1928) – Timothy L. Jackson,…

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Pioneering Influence

Pioneering Influence 01/07/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Pioneering Influence: Cesar Franck – Leon Botstein Poeme de l’amour et de la mer, Op.19 – Paul Griffiths Symphony in C – Paul Griffiths Symphony in D minor (1888) – Vincent Giroud Hymn to Venus, Op. 17 (1904) – Fred Kirshnit

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Symphonic Mexico

Symphonic Mexico 11/17/2006 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Symphonic Mexico – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 1, Sinfonía de Antígona (1933) – Leonora Saavedra, University of California Riverside Violin Concerto (1943) – Leonora Saavedra, University of California Riverside La noche de los Mayas (1939) – Peter Laki

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The Art of the Psalm

The Art of the Psalm 10/22/2006 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Art of the Psalm – Leon Botstein Psalm 150 (1892) – Christopher H. Gibbs, Bard College Psalm 13 (1863) – Dana Gooley, Brown University Psalm 100, Op. 106 (1909) – Fred Kirshnit Psalm 116, Op. 6 (1900)…

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Bruckner’s Journey

Bruckner’s Journey 01/10/2003 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Bruckner’s Journey – Leon Botstein Mass No. 3 in F minor – Benjamin M. Korstvedt, Clark University

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Dante's Inferno

Dante’s Inferno 01/25/2002 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Dante’s Inferno – Leon Botstein A Symphony to Dante’s Divine Comedy – Bernard Jacobson Francesca da Rimini – Maya Pritsker

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After Carmina Burana: an Historical Perspective

After Carmina Burana: an Historical Perspective 05/16/2001 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes After Carmina Burana – Leon Botstein Reclaiming Antiquity for the Present: Carl Orff and the Trionfi – Hans Jörg Jans, Orff-Zentrum, Munich

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Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music

Nostalgia: The Past Idealized Through Music 02/04/2001 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Debussy, Wagner, and Le roi Arthus – Steven Huebner, McGill University Le roi Arthus (1895) – John Ashbery, Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages & Literature, Bard College

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