Posts: William Dawson

Program Notes — SERENATAS DE MOZART

marzo 7, 2024

Richard Strauss (1864–1949) Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7 (1881) Richard Strauss may have been a mere puppy when he wrote his Serenade for wind ensemble, but he was a frisky puppy indeed, already the author of a handful of compositions including a string quartet, a piano sonata, and even an unpublished symphony. He was…

2023-24 Season, Jason Marsalis, Martin Jaffe, MOZART SERENADES, William Dawson

Program Notes — GERSHWIN IN NEW YORK

enero 2, 2024

Samuel Barber (1910­–1981) Symphony No. 1, in One Movement, Op. 9 (1936, rev. 1942) It must have been lonely to be Samuel Barber there for a while. Almost alone of mid-twentieth-century American composers he eschewed the era’s prevailing bleak modernism in favor of a rich musical language that emphasized melody, opulent harmonies, and traditional structures….

2023-24 Season, Barber, George Gershwin, GERSHWIN IN NEW YORK, Jason Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Martin Jaffe, William Dawson