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Lincoln Center Series

Hailed by New York Magazine as "one of the best-programmed music series in New York," the American Symphony Orchestra allows you to explore and discover rare symphonic masterworks at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, under the baton of Music Director Leon Botstein. The 2007-2008 45th Anniversary Season is set to include such thrilling highlights as the U.S. premiere of The Wreckers—an opera by the great Dame Ethyl Smith; the U.S. premiere of Johann Strauss Sr.'s "Four Temperaments Waltz; a program dedicated to the Russian Futurists; the U.S. premiere of Ferdinand Hiller's grand oratorio The Destruction of Jerusalem; and much, much more. You won't want to miss a note!

September 2007
 
The Wreckers
Sunday, September 30,2007
3:00 pm
Avery Fisher Hall
Dame Ethel Smyth - The Wreckers (1904) US Premiere
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November 2007
 
Human Elements
Sunday, November 18,2007
3:00 pm
Avery Fisher Hall
Johann Strauss Sr. - The Four Temperaments Waltz (1832) US Premiere
Carl Nielsen - Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments (1902)
Paul Hindemith - The Four Temperaments, Theme and Variations (1940) - William Wolfram, Piano
Frank Martin - The Four Elements (1964)
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January 2008
 
Russian Futurists
Friday, January 25,2008
8:00 pm
Avery Fisher Hall
Alexander Mosolov - The Iron Foundry, from the Ballet
Dmitri Shostakovich - Incidental Music from "The Bed Bug" (1929) U.S. Premiere
Gavriil Popov - Symphonic Suite No. 1 (1932) New York Premiere
Arthur Lourié - Chant funèbre sure la mort d'un poète (1921) U.S. Premiere
Vladimir Shcherbachov - Symphony No. 2, "Blokovskaya" (1922-26) U.S. Premiere
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March 2008
 
The Destruction of Jerusalem
Sunday, March 16,2008
3:00 pm
Avery Fisher Hall
Ferdinand Hiller - The Destruction of Jerusalem, Op. 24 (1840) US Premiere
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April 2008
 
A New Italian Renaissance
Friday, April 18,2008
8:00 pm
Avery Fisher Hall
Giuseppe Verdi - Triumphal March from Aida (1871)
Gian Francesco Malipiero - Pause del Silenzio I (1917) U.S. Premiere
Giuseppe Martucci - Symphony No. 2 (1904)
Ildebrando Pizzetti - Three Preludes to Sophocles' Oedipus (1903) U.S. Premiere
Alfredo Casella - Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra (1909)
Ottorino Respighi - Fountains of Rome (1914-16)
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June 2008
 
Spatial Explorations
Sunday, June 01,2008
3:00 pm
Avery Fisher Hall
Toru Takemitsu - Cassiopeia
Andrzej Panufnik - Symphony No. 5, Symphony of the Spheres US Premiere
Rued Langgaard - Music of the Spheres US Premiere
György Ligeti - Apparitions
György Ligeti - Atmosphères
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