Program Note: Fauré’s Requiem
Posted March 6, 2025Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) Requiem, Op. 48 Fauré’s creation of his beloved Requiem spanned almost a quarter of a century. Beginning...
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Program Note: Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Posted March 6, 2025Joel Thompson (b. 1988) Seven Last Words of the Unarmed From the composer: In November of 2014, a Staten Island...
Neal’s Note: Requiem
Posted March 6, 2025When I first encountered Joel Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed two years ago, I immediately thought, “This is...
Program Note: Boulanger’s Of A Spring Morning & Of A Sad Evening
Posted March 6, 2025Marie-Juliette Olga “Lili” Boulanger (1893–1918) Of A Spring Morning & Of A Sad Evening Lili Boulanger was born into a...
Program Note: Brahms’s Symphony No. 3
Posted January 6, 2025Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings Johannes Brahms...
Program Note: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, “Emperor”
Posted January 6, 2025Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings Ludwig van Beethoven (Born in...
Program Note: Ruehr’s “Sky Above Clouds”
Posted January 6, 2025Sky Above Clouds Elena Ruehr (b. 1963) Sky Above Clouds is based on one of a series of Georgia O’Keeffe paintings...
Program Note: Williams’s London Symphony
Posted October 31, 2024Instrumentation: 3 flutes (+ piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets...
