Before & After Soviet Communism
- May 4, 2023 at 7 PM
- Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
Program & Artists
Karol Szymanowski Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin
György Kurtág …concertante…
Boris Tishchenko Symphony No. 5
Leon Botstein conductor
Sun-Ly Pierce VAP ’19 mezzo-soprano
Luosha Fang ’10 violin
Rosemary Nelis ’17 viola
Tickets
- Start at $25
Part of TŌN’s Carnegie Hall series
Leon Botstein unearths more rarely-heard masterpieces in this concert examining Eastern European music through the rise and fall of Soviet communism, from Szymanowski’s 1918 Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin to Russian composer Boris Tishchenko’s Fifth Symphony, and György Kurtág’s early-21st-century …concertante….
Concert Details
Brief remarks by TŌN percussionist Petra Elek
Karol Szymanowski Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin
Sun-Ly Pierce VAP ’19 soprano
12 min
>Read concert notes by Sebastian Danilla
György Kurtág …concertante…
Luosha Fang ’10 violin
Rosemary Nelis ’17 viola
23 min
>Read concert notes by TŌN trombonist Stephen Whimple
Intermission
20 min
Boris Tishchenko Symphony No. 5
45 min
>Read concert notes by TŌN cellist Emma Churchill
Program and artists subject to change.
Sample the Music
Karol Szymanowski Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin
György Kurtág …concertante…
Boris Tishchenko Symphony No. 5
Photo by David DeNee
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