Description
Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 8pm
Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7pm
Carnegie Hall
(Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage)
Pricing: $25 / $35 / $50
George Antheil — A Jazz Symphony
Charles Griffes — Poem
Carl Ruggles — Men and Mountains
Aaron Copland — Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Edgard Varèse — Amériques
Blair McMillen, piano
Randolph Bowman, flute
Stephen Tharp, organ
From Varèse to Antheil to Copland, ASO presents a glimpse of New York’s modernist musical culture in the years surrounding the 1913 Armory Show, in partnership with New-York Historical Society’s retrospective on the historic exhibit. Maestro Leon Botstein shares the stories behind the music in a lively 30-minute Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7 PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. Free for all ticket holders.
Concert Notes
Echoes of the Armory Show: Modern Music in
New York
by Leon Botstein
George Antheil, A Jazz Symphony
by Matthew Mugmon
Charles Griffes, Poem
by Matthew Mugmon
Aaron Copland, Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
by Matthew Mugmon
Carl Ruggles, Men and Mountains
by Matthew Mugmon
Edgard Varèse, Amériques
by Matthew Mugmon