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Igor Stravinsky
Speaking about his "Symphony of Psalms," Igor Stravinsky said that "it is not a symphony in which I have included Psalms to be sung. On the contrary, it is the singing of the Psalms that I am symphonizing." Written for the semicentennial anniversary of the Boston Symphony and premiered on this date in 1930, the "Symphony of Psalms" represents a return by Stravinsky to the Russian Orthodox Church after a sixteen year hiatus. We'll hear Stravinsky's own recording of it tonight, made just one year after the premiere.
Later on we'll offer a little preview of cellist Ralph Kirshbaum's upcoming concert at the Frick Museum on Sunday with Brahms's Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor. Leon Botstein leads the London Sinfonietta in Karol Szymanowski's Second Symphony, and we'll bring the evening to a grand close with Gustav Holt's "The Planets" (which premiered on this date in 1920); the composer himself conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
ยป Visit the Frick Museum online.
Later on we'll offer a little preview of cellist Ralph Kirshbaum's upcoming concert at the Frick Museum on Sunday with Brahms's Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor. Leon Botstein leads the London Sinfonietta in Karol Szymanowski's Second Symphony, and we'll bring the evening to a grand close with Gustav Holt's "The Planets" (which premiered on this date in 1920); the composer himself conducts the London Symphony Orchestra.
ยป Visit the Frick Museum online.
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