Capriol Suite
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Philip Heseltine was an enigmatic figure at best; a notorious partier and boozer, he also was a brilliant music critic and composer (under the better-known pseudonym Peter Warlock). Tonight we'll hear his "Capriol" Suite, based on 16th-century themes by another gentleman who also wrote under a psuedonym, French composer Jehan Tabourot (better known as Thoinot Arbeau).
Later in the evening, we'll preview pianist Leon Fleisher's upcoming Carnegie Hall concert on November 30th with Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 4. Also, we'll mark the anniversary of Russian composer Alfred Schnittke's birth in 1934. Schnittke was a prolific composer, in spite of harrassment from Soviet-era authorities and chronically poor health (he was clinically declared dead several times but recovered to resume composing until his final demise in 1998). We'll hear two selections of his: the "Suite in the Old Style" for violin and piano, and his choral work, "Voices of Nature."
» Leon Fleisher at Carnegie Hall
Later in the evening, we'll preview pianist Leon Fleisher's upcoming Carnegie Hall concert on November 30th with Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 4. Also, we'll mark the anniversary of Russian composer Alfred Schnittke's birth in 1934. Schnittke was a prolific composer, in spite of harrassment from Soviet-era authorities and chronically poor health (he was clinically declared dead several times but recovered to resume composing until his final demise in 1998). We'll hear two selections of his: the "Suite in the Old Style" for violin and piano, and his choral work, "Voices of Nature."
» Leon Fleisher at Carnegie Hall
