BROOKlYN PHilHARMONIA
SIEGFRIED LANDAU, Conductor
1969-1970
Saturday, January 17, 1970 at 8:30 p.m.
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
GUEST ARTISTS
THE BEAUX ARTS TRIO
ISIDORE COHEN, Violin BERNARD GREENHOUSE, Cello
MENAHEM PRESSLER, Piano
PRO G RA M
LEONORE OVERTURE No. 1 ...... Be ethoven
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO,
PIANO AND ORCHESTRA INc MAJOR .. H •••• HHO ...... B eethoven Allegro Largo Rondo all Polacca BEAUX ARTS TRIO ISIDORE COHEN, Violin BERNARD GREENHOUSE, Cello MENAHEM PRESSLER, Piano
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SYMPHONY N o. 7 IN A MAJOR ...... Beethoven Poco $Ostenuto - vivace Allegretto Presto - assai menu prt:sto Allegro con brio
The Baldwh1 h the official piatlo of the Brooklytl Philharmot1ia PROGRAM OTES By SJEG FRI ED LAc DAU
LUDWIG VA BEETHOVEr 1770-1827 - BICENTENNIAL YEAR The composer whose name is a lmost synonymous with symphonic form and the symphony orchestra is Ludwig van Beethoven. Bo rn on December 16, 1770, his 200th anniversary i..; being celebrated all over the world during the 1969/70 season. T onight's all-Beethoven concert is the Brooklyn Philharmonia's tribute to the great master. Beetho ven· s music not only refl ects the highest level of inspiratio n and intellect, but also an essentially undefinable sense of human dignity and inde pendence. It is this fa.;c in ating combination of arti stic quality and deep sense of mission which makes Beethoven such a re vered personality in Western civiliza tion - n ~t only as a m usician, but as representative of the very best this civiliza tion can produce. For his musical language has the power to inspire: it speaks from the heart and mind to the: heart and mind. A clear voice of hope a nd challenge reflecting the ti pirit of enlig htenment of the early nineteenth century before the chorus of doom, frustnti cn and conformity o f a later century sought to silence it, it is still a vo1ce which refuses to be muffled. because: i t ha> an ete rnal vitalit)' it only we permit ourselves to hea r it.
LEOr ORE OVERT URE r o. I , Opus 1.)8 (Posthumous)
Beethoven wrote the Leonon: O verture No. I for the first production of his opera '"F idtlio" in Vienna on November 20, 1805. But during rehearsals, he rejected it as being "too s imple" and proceeded to write Leonore O verture To. 2. Eventuallr Beethoven was to write four overtures for "Fidelio". T hi.s struggle with the formal and dramatic problems of introducing the opera are symptomatic of his concept of what an opera was supposed to be. H e was quite explicit in hi s view t:1at he could o nly write
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SYMPHONY No. 7 lN A MAJOR, Opus 92 Completed in 1812 and first performed in D ecember, 1813, in the concert hall of the University of Vienna with Beethoven him·elf conducting, the Seventh ymphony was dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries. Wagner characterized this symphony as the " Apotheosis of the Dance·· since its outstanding effe cts are built on rhythmic motifs. A long, slow introduction gradually initiates the rhythm which is the driving force of the first movem{-nt. The slow second movement is replaced by an allegrel/o which abo has a rhythmic moJ if as a coordinating factor. Alternating the contrapuntal treatment of a march-li ke subject with the homophonic treatment of a lovely lyric melody creates an architectural design of convincing musical logic. The third movement is .1 scher=o with all that title implies in form and content. The melody of the Trio is said to havt been derived from a pilgrim·s hymn. The last movement h:b an trresistablt entrgy whith reaches a frenetic cl irmtx.
ABOUT OUR GUEST '!HE B.EA UX ARTS TRIO OF NEW YORK Menahem Pres;ler, Pim10 lsidcrt Cohen, Violin Bernard Greenhouse, Celio f reshness of approach, oneness of ensemble playing, suptrb mu-sicianship and tremendous ztst characterize the ptrformancts of T HE BEAUX ARTS TRIO OF NEW YORK. ow in its 12th season, the Trio has betn hailed on three continents, and played over I ,000 engagements throughout North Amt rica, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In To vember, 1965, the)' performed in hrael, Turkey, and Iran under the auspices of The State Departmenfs Cultural Prtsentation Program . Charles Munch said that "they are worthy succesors to the last great trio - T hi baud, Casals and Cortot." And th is praise has been echoed again and again. For nin e successive sea:sons, T HE BEAU ARTS TRIO was engaged at the famed Berkshire Music Festival. They are also favorites at the festivals of Edinburg h, Lisbon (Gulben kian festival) , and the Holland Fes tival. They are also heard regularly at the festivals cf Dubrovnik. Israel and Etlingen (Germany). l n April , 1969, the TRIO adds another festival and another country: Osaka and Japan. Since their fimt European tour, tht Trio has returned tvtry season, and standing ovations in Berlin, Paris, Lisbon and numerous other music centers have been the order of the day. As recording artists, T HE B E-AU ARTS T RIO has won the Grand Prix du Disque for their recordings of tri ~s of Mendelssohn and D vorak, and The Times of London listed their discs containing all the Beethoven Trios a~ among the best recordings. For Philips they have made all the trio reperto ire of Mozart, Schubert an.d Brahms, in ad dition to the above mentioned Beethovt"n, and additional works of M endelssohn and Dvorak.
COMING EVENTS THIRD SUBSCRIPTIOI CO CERT: Saturday, February 21, 1970 ...... 8:30 p.m. Conce rto Grosso No. I ...... Ernest Bloch Violin Concerto N :>. 5 in A Major ...... Mozart JOH N PJNTAVALLE, Viol in Solo ist .. Ptlleas and M eli sande...... Faure ymphonl' No. 5 i•~ B fl:tt l\lajor ...... Schubert FOURTH SUBSCRIPTIO CO CERT: Saturday, March 14, 1970 ...... 8: 30 p.m. Haydn·s ..1 1HE CREAT IOJ'i .. with MARI A fERR IERO, Soprano; WILLI AM BROWr , T enor; ROBERT PATTER O r , .Baritone and T he Brooki)ll Pbilbm·mo11itt Chort~L Society Sidney M orrow, Assistant Director
/IIIIJOI!IIcillg the 1970 BROOKLYN P'H I LHA RMON IA YOUTH MUS IC FESTIVAL I. O PERA-IN-Er G U SH - Satu rday Afternoon, Apri l 25, 1970 .tt 2:30 p.m . .. ABU HASSAN .. - D elig htful comic one-act opera by Carl M aria v:;n W eber wi th cait to be announctd. 2. D Ar CE AND MUSIC - Saturday Afternoon, May 23, 1970 ,rt 2:30 p.m . .Ethnic - f olk - Ballet - M odern featuring the Dance D epartment of the High chool of Performing Art~ Dr. Rachel Yocom, Chairman
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