Concerts
Tower, Beethoven, Strauss
Tower, Beethoven, Strauss 09/19/2008 at 08:00 PM – Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts The American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the three-time Grammy Award winning composer and Bard Professor of Music Joan Tower in a program of her work, Strike Zones, alongside Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, and Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration and Four Last…
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Spatial Explorations 06/01/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Spatial Explorations – Leon Botstein Sfaerernes musik (Music of the Spheres) (1918) – Peter Laki Apparitions (1958-59) – Paul Griffiths Atmosphères (1961) – Paul Griffiths Sinfonia di Sfere (1975) – Peter Laki Cassiopeia (1971) – Frank J. Oteri
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Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor 04/27/2008 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Erica Kiesewetter, Violin It begins as if emerging from a misty fjord. What makes Jean Sibelius’s music so unmistakably Scandinavian? Why did he completely rewrite this Concerto? Why has it held its place on the concert stage for more than…
Read MoreA New Italian Renaissance
A New Italian Renaissance 04/18/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes A New Italian Renaissance – Leon Botstein Italia, Rhapsody for Orchestra, Op. 11 (1909) – Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare Magazine Pause del Silenzio I (1917) – Harvey Sachs, writer, journalist, and music historian Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 81…
Read MoreCopland: Symphony No. 3
Copland: Symphony No. 3 02/03/2008 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space His music captured the spirit of America, and forged a new sound.What influenced the singular musical voice of Aaron Copland? How did the mood of the nation color what may be his grandest orchestral work? How did his Fanfare for the Common…
Read MoreRussian Futurists
Russian Futurists 01/25/2008 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Russian Futurists – Leon Botstein Chant funèbre sur la mort d’un poète (1921) – Klara Moricz, Amherst College The Iron Foundry, from the Ballet Steel, Op.19 (1928) – Laurel E. Fay Symphonic Suite No. 1 (1932) – Laurel E. Fay Symphony…
Read MoreHuman Elements
Human Elements 11/18/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Human Elements – Leon Botstein Theme and Variations, “Die vier Temperamente” (The Four Temperaments) (1940) – Adrian Corleonis, Fanfare magazine Symphony No. 2, “De fire temperamenter” (The Four Temperaments), Op. 16 (1901-02) – Fred Kirshnit Die vier Temperamente (The Four Temperaments…
Read MoreDvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor 09/16/2007 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space A musical message of love for America, with a distinctively Czech accent. What brought Antonin Dvorak to the United States? How did he encourage American composers to create a unique American sound? Why did this Symphony’s premiere make the…
Read MoreUncommon Comrades
Uncommon Comrades 06/03/2007 at 12:00 AM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Uncommon Comrades – Leon Botstein Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 “Babi Yar” (1962) – Laurel E. Fay Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 94 (1967) – David Fanning, University of Manchester
Read MoreMaking Music
Making Music 02/09/2007 at 08:00 PM – Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center Concert Notes Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” (1949/65) – Carol J. Oja, Professor of Music, Harvard University Making Music – Leon Botstein Double Concerto for Violin and Percussion (2006) – Harold Farberman Violin Concerto, Op. 19 (1928) – Timothy L. Jackson,…
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