Jews and the European Musical Tradition

Jews and the European Musical Tradition 01/26/1996 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 52 – R. Larry Todd, Duke University Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938) – Walter Frisch, Columbia University Jews and the European Musical Tradition – Leon Botstein

Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 52 By R. Larry Todd, Duke University Written for the concert Jews and the European Musical Tradition, performed on Jan 26, 1996 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang Symphony stands as the composer’s most ambitious symphonic achievement, one that figured during his lifetime as one of…

Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938) By Walter Frisch, Columbia University Written for the concert Jews and the European Musical Tradition, performed on Jan 26, 1996 at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. In the summer of 1938 Rabbi Jakob Sonderling of Los Angeles asked Arnold Schoenberg to arrange the traditional melody Kol Nidre for the…