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Carnegie Hall Preview: Before and After Soviet Communism

April 29–30, 2023

Add to Calendar2023-04-29 7:00 pm2023-04-29 7:00 pmEDTCarnegie Hall Preview: Before and After Soviet CommunismFisher Center, Sosnoff Theater,
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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…. Hear this program at the Fisher Center just days before TŌN performs it at Carnegie Hall.

Artists

Leon Botstein conductor
Sun-Ly Pierce VAP ’19 mezzo-soprano

Saturday
Hiromi Kikuchi 
violin
Ken Hakii viola

Sunday
Luosha Fang ’10 
violin
Rosemary Nelis ’17 viola

Program

Karol Szymanowski
Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin

György Kurtág
…concertante…

Boris Tishchenko
Symphony No. 5

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