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…in C Major Op. 17 San Francisco, CA October 6, 2012 featuring Mark Padmore, tenor SCHUMANN Gesänge der Frühe Op. 133 BERG Sieben Frühe Lieder SCHUBERT Heine songs, from Schwanengesang…
In his Four Psalms John Harbison interweaves Hebrew poems (a Babylonian prayer, Psalms 114, 126, 133, and 137) with English texts of his own devising. The new material was compiled…
…imaginative and impassioned accounts of the eight Noveletten Op. 21, the Allegro Op. 8, and Fantasiestücke Op. 111, followed by his simply phrased and well-sustained Gesänge Der Frühe Op. 133….
…sense of air between the notes that is hard to describe yet easy to hear. The heels on the C major K. 133’s dancing shoes kick up a whirling storm,…
…order to bring out the clashing dissonances, and he also articulates the C major K. 133’s embellishments with stunning focus. Hao shapes the modest little B-flat K. 440 Menuet simply…
…133. Some commentators have expressed uncertainty or skepticism regarding the effectiveness or even advisability of performing Beethoven’s monumental quartets with string orchestra. But Beethoven’s music always seems bigger than its…
…Schumann’s Op. 133 Gesänge der Frühe, where the escalating 16th notes take a back seat to the organ-like sustained chords and long melody lines. It’s similar to Mitsuko Uchida’s Decca…
…withdrawal” in a jail cell, you’re pulled immediately into what proves to be a very intense drama–or series of dramatic scenes–that really doesn’t let up for this work’s entire 133…
…ensembles share the string quartets: the Melos (Op. 18), Emerson (Op. 59, 74, and 95), and Hagen (Op. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, and 135). Bernstein’s Fidelio and Gardiner’s Missa…
On Monday, 21 May 2012, in recognition of her accomplishments as musician, educator, and community engagement activist, violinist Midori was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree (Mus.D.) by Yale…