Concerts
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…
Read MoreBruckner 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
Read MoreParis 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) –…
Read MoreCommon Ground
Common Ground 04/15/1994 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Common Ground: African-American & Jewish-American Composers, 1930-1955 – Leon Botstein “Night Creature” for Jazz Band and Orchestra (1956) – Duke Ellington “I Got Rhythm” Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1934) – Richard E. Rodda Spirituals for String Choir and Orchestra (1941)…
Read MoreFocus on a Masterwork: Brahms's Fourth Symphony
Focus on a Masterwork: Brahms’s Fourth Symphony 04/30/1993 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Botstein Focus on a Masterwork, Brahms’s Fourth Symphony – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 (1885) – Walter Frisch, Columbia University Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (1909; rev. 1949) – Richard…
Read MoreSurrealism and Music? The Musical World Around René Magritte
Surrealism and Music? The Musical World Around René Magritte 11/13/1992 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Surrealism and Music?: The Musical World Around René Magritte – Leon Botstein Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra – Mark Swed Les Bandar-Log – Leon Botstein Suite from Les Biches – Leon Botstein Collage…
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