Concert Performances

Friedrich Gernsheim’s Symphony No. 3, “Song of Miriam”

TŌN, conducted by Leon Botstein, performs the U.S. premiere of Friedrich Gernsheim’s Symphony No. 3, “Song of Miriam”, in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on September 19, 2026.

0:16 Allegro ma non troppo (fast, but not too fast)
12:35 Molto adagio (very slow)
22:53 Molto vivace (very lively)
26:59 Allegro con brio (fast, with spirit)

Friedrich Gernsheim
Born: 7/17/1839 in Worms, Germany
Died: 9/11/1916 at age 77 in Berlin

Written: 1887, at age 48
Premiere: 1/18/1888 in Rotterdam, Netherlands; Gernsheim conductor
>Read concert notes by musicologist Peter Laki