
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
The concert will last approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Brief remarks by a TŌN musician
Karol Szymanowski Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin
Sun-Ly Pierce VAP ’19 soprano
16 min
Brief remarks by a TŌN musician
György Kurtág …concertante…
Luosha Fang ’10 violin
Rosemary Nelis ’17 viola
23 min
Intermission
20 min
Brief remarks by a TŌN musician
Boris Tishchenko Symphony No. 5
45 min
All timings are approximate. 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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