Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger 05/13/1998 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Symphony No. 1, Op. 3 (1958) – Kyle Gann Nadia Boulanger: Teacher of the Century – Leon Botstein D’un matin du printemps (1918) – Kyle Gann Orchestral Variantions (1957) – Kyle Gann Icare (1952) – Bernard Jacobson

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Richard Strauss's Die agyptische Helena

Richard Strauss’s Die agyptische Helena 01/18/1998 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Richard Strauss’s Die agyptische Helena – Leon Botstein The Egyptian Helen (Original Version, 1928) – Bryan Gilliam, Duke University Strauss, Marriage, and The Egyptian Helen – James Miller

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Uptown Downtown

Uptown Downtown 10/22/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Uptown/Downtown: American Music 1880-1930 – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 3 in F major (1894) – Steven Ledbetter Selections from Operettas – Steven Ledbetter Showboat: A Scenario – Steven Ledbetter Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 – Steven Ledbetter

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Dreams & Realities: Reinventing American Music

Dreams & Realities: Reinventing American Music 03/12/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Dreams & Realities: Reinventing American Music 1929-42 – Leon Botstein Rissolty Rossolty (1939) – Judith Tick, Author, Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer’s Search for American Music

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The Soul of Poland in Modern Times

The Soul of Poland in Modern Times 01/24/1997 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes The Soul of Poland in Modern Times: The Music of Karol Szymanowski – Leon Botstein Slopiewnie (1928) – Thos. Callen Symphony No. 4 (“Symphony Concertante”) (1932) – Peter J. Rabinowitz, Hamilton College Symphony No. 2 (1910)…

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The Composer’s Voice

The Composer’s Voice 10/06/1996 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Inventing an American Music – Nicholas E. Tawa The Composer’s Voice: Influence and Originality in Hartmann and Mahler – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 1 (1948), Symphony No. 6 (1953) – Robert Maxham, Executive Director, Ames International Orchestra Festival Das klagende…

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Faith: Meditation and Mysticism

Faith: Meditation and Mysticism 04/28/1996 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Faith: Meditation and Mysticism in Turn-of-the-Century France – Leon Botstein Le Martyre de Saint Sebastian (1911) – David Grayson, University of Minnesota Resurrection: Symphonic Prelude after Tolstoy, Op. 4 (1903) – Brian Hart, Indiana University

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America’s Musical Pioneer

America’s Musical Pioneer 03/03/1996 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes J. S. Bach / Leopold Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BMV 565 (1952) – Walter Frisch, Columbia University America’s Musical Pioneer: Homage to Leopold Stokowski – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 63 (1911) –…

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Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain 10/01/1995 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 23 (1975) – Laurel E. Fay Symphony No. 21 in F-sharp minor, Op. 51 (1940) – Maya Pritsker Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141 (1971) – Elizabeth Wilson

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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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