New Voices From the 1930s
- May 12, 2022 at 7 PM
- Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage
Artists
Leon Botstein conductor
Gilles Vonsattel piano
Deborah Nansteel mezzo-soprano
Frank Corliss piano
Part of TŌN’s Carnegie Hall concert series
Conductor Leon Botstein leads this concert spotlighting works from the late 1930s, including William Grant Still’s 1935 portrait of enslaved people taking refuge while seeking freedom, and Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s 1936 commentary on conditions under the Nazi regime. These works are performed alongside Carlos Chávez’s 1938 Piano Concerto, which debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1941, and Witold Lutosławski’s 1938 Symphonic Variations.
Program
Brief remarks by TŌN percussionist Luis Herrera Albertazzi
William Grant Still Dismal Swamp
Frank Corliss piano
14 min
>Read concert notes by TŌN bass trombonist Austin Pancner
Brief remarks by TŌN harpist Taylor Ann Fleshman
Carlos Chávez Piano Concerto
Gilles Vonsattel piano
36 min
>Read concert notes by TŌN clarinetist Juan Martinez
Intermission
20 min
Brief remarks by TŌN percussionist Luis Herrera Albertazzi
Witold Lutosławski Symphonic Variations
9 min
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Sarit Dubin
Brief remarks by TŌN harpist Taylor Ann Fleshman
Karl Amadeus Hartmann Symphony No. 1, Essay for a Requiem
Deborah Nansteel mezzo-soprano
30 min
>Read concert notes by TŌN percussionist Felix Ko
Sample the Music
William Grant Still Dismal Swamp
Carlos Chávez Piano Concerto
Witold Lutosławski Symphonic Variations
Karl Amadeus Hartmann Symphony No. 1, Essay for a Requiem
Photo by David DeNee
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