The Orchestra Now: Transcription as Translation
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage),
New York,
NY,
United States
$16.50-$60 (student/senior discounts available at the box office)
- Leon Botstein, conductor
Mily Balakirev
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Suite sur 4 morceaux de Chopin
Bedřich Smetana — String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life" (arr. George Szell)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (arr. Felix Weingartner)
Bedřich Smetana — String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life" (arr. George Szell)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (arr. Felix Weingartner)
The Orchestra Now performs three orchestral transcriptions of works by well-known composers: Balakirev's orchestral suite of four pieces by Chopin, Weingartner's orchestration of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier," and Szell's orchestral transcription of Smetana's String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life."