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Dallas Symphony performs "Epitaph for a Man who Dreamed" by Adolphus Hailstork, a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., Thursday & Friday, Jan. 13 & 14, 7 PM
Adolphus Hailstork Dallas Symphony Jan. 13 & 14, 2022 at 7 PM FABIO LUISI conductsJAMES EHNES violin ELGAR Violin ConcertoADOLPHUS HAILSTORK Epitaph for a Man who DreamedSCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, “Spring” In 1905, the famed Austrian violinist Fritz Kreisler told the Hereford Times “If you want to know whom I consider to be the greatest living composer, I say without hesitation, Elgar. I wish Elgar would write something for the violin. He could do so, and it would certainly be something effective.” Five years later Elgar delivered Kreisler a concerto by turns grand, brooding and heroic. American composer Adolphus Hailstork’s Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed is a solemn orchestral homage to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Inspired by the pastoral poetry of Adolf Böttger, Schumann’s First Symphony brims with spirited melodies and fanfares […]
2020-01-28 17:15:00
Vibrant Schumann Symphonies 1 & 3, John Eliot Gardiner, LSO
[…] songs form a larger work internally connected by theme and form. Appreciating Schumann's Symphony no 1 in this context helps us appreciate him as symphonist. The associations with Spring aren't merely descriptive, but may refer to the Early Romantic symbolism of Spring as identification with Nature, and its purity. In four movements, the symphony is "classical" though the spirit is distictively individual. The exuberant fanfare follows speech rhythms, quoting a line from the poet Adolf Böttger, "Im Thale blüht der Frühling auf". The andante picks up to vigorous allegro molto vivace, ending with emphatic affirmation. This accentuates the restraint of the second movement, which briefly had the title "Evening". The scherzo repeats the fanfare, this time more earthy, highlighting the charm of the two trios. "The fanastic, mercurial humour of Schumann's great solo piano cycles", says Gardiner, "is here recreated brilliantly in orchestral terms". The final movement quotes Schubert's C […]
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Faces of classical music
2019-12-06 13:09:00
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B flat major "Spring" | Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique – Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons (HD 1080p)
Mariss Jansons conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker in Robert Schumann's Symphony No.1 in B flat major "Spring", Op.38, and Hector Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique: Épisode de la vie d'un Artiste, H.48 / Op.14. The concert was recorded live at Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, on June 5, 2019.✻Schumann's First Symphony came with astonishing speed. He noted "beginning of a symphony in C minor" on 21 January 1841, but the work was abandoned. Two days later, however, inspired by a poem by Adolf Böttger, he wrote "Spring Symphony started". On 24 January, the first movement of the new work was sketched and the "adagio and scherzo made ready"; on 25 January "Symphony fire – sleepless nights – on the last movement" and on the fourth and final day, "Hurrah! Symphony finished!". Orchestration would occupy him till 20 February, but in four days and nights – "it mostly seems to have been written at night" – […]
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Faces of classical music
2018-04-10 17:07:00
Robert Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B flat major "Spring" | Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor | Claude Debussy: Printemps – Ray Chen, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu – Friday, April 13, 2018, 10:45 AM EDT (GMT-4) – Livestream
[…] and his writing is otherwise sensitive to the limited tone of a solo violin playing amid a large ensemble. A typical performance of this work lasts about 35 minutes.Source: Robert Cummings (allmusic.com)✻Robert Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B flat major "Spring", Op.38Schumann's First Symphony came with astonishing speed. He noted "beginning of a symphony in C minor" on 21 January 1841, but the work was abandoned. Two days later, however, inspired by a poem by Adolf Böttger, he wrote "Spring Symphony started". On 24 January, the first movement of the new work was sketched and the "adagio and scherzo made ready"; on 25 January "Symphony fire – sleepless nights – on the last movement" and on the fourth and final day, "Hurrah! Symphony finished!". Orchestration would occupy him till 20 February, but in four days and nights – "it mostly seems to have been written at night" – he had effectively […]
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