Withered Flowers
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Wilhelm Müller's "Trockne Blumen" (Withered Flowers) gave Schubert the words for a song from his cycle “Die schöne Müllerin"; the melody then gave rise to flute variations...
Mozart's composed his Symphony No. 25, the "Little" G-Minor, during a visit to Salzburg when he was only seventeen. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Prague Chamber Orchestra in this darkly dramatic work during our first hour. Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 is the second hour's feature, Emanuel Ax at the keyboard, Mackerras again at the podium, but this time leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Ax can be heard playing this very work in person with the New York Philharmonic during the last week of November. Eric Ewazen composed his "Ballade, Pastorale, and Dance" in the winter of 1992-93. As the composer says, the combination of just flute, horn, and piano offers "wonderful possibilities in terms of contrasting colors and textures." Margaret Swinchoski, Scott Brubaker, and Ron Levy are the respective instrumentalists.
Bass Shura Gehrman sings the doleful words to Schubert’s "Withered Flowers" (the famous Trockne Blumen from “Die schöne Müllerin”). Then we hear Barthhold Kuijken playing Schubert's own variations on the theme of "Trockne Blumen" on a transverse flute, the type for which the work may have been written. Luc Devos supports him on pianoforte.
No one should miss the Orion String Quartet's performance of Debussy's beautiful and singular (literally) String Quartet. The Orion members can be heard live, playing Bartók, at Lincoln Center on November 22nd and 23rd.
Mozart's composed his Symphony No. 25, the "Little" G-Minor, during a visit to Salzburg when he was only seventeen. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts the Prague Chamber Orchestra in this darkly dramatic work during our first hour. Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 is the second hour's feature, Emanuel Ax at the keyboard, Mackerras again at the podium, but this time leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Ax can be heard playing this very work in person with the New York Philharmonic during the last week of November. Eric Ewazen composed his "Ballade, Pastorale, and Dance" in the winter of 1992-93. As the composer says, the combination of just flute, horn, and piano offers "wonderful possibilities in terms of contrasting colors and textures." Margaret Swinchoski, Scott Brubaker, and Ron Levy are the respective instrumentalists.
Bass Shura Gehrman sings the doleful words to Schubert’s "Withered Flowers" (the famous Trockne Blumen from “Die schöne Müllerin”). Then we hear Barthhold Kuijken playing Schubert's own variations on the theme of "Trockne Blumen" on a transverse flute, the type for which the work may have been written. Luc Devos supports him on pianoforte.
No one should miss the Orion String Quartet's performance of Debussy's beautiful and singular (literally) String Quartet. The Orion members can be heard live, playing Bartók, at Lincoln Center on November 22nd and 23rd.
