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Leon Kirchner, Composer
Composer Leon Kirchner, 1919-2009, was among the most honored of American composers. He was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize (for his third string quartet), the Naumburg Award (for his first piano concerto), the Friedheim Award (for Music for Cello and Orchestra), and two New York Music Critics' Circle Awards (for his first two string quartets). A student of Ernest Bloch and Arnold Schoenberg, Kirchner was a fiercely independent composer who never adopted the twelve-tone technique althoug...
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Recording Date:
Wed 27 Jul 2011
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Interlude II (2003) (5:55)
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Recording Date:
Fri 26 Mar 2010
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Trio II for Violin, Cello, and Piano (20:43)
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Recording Date:
Tue 13 Jul 2010
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Piano Trio (1954) (14:36)
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Recording Date:
Wed 7 Mar 2007
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I - Allegro ma non troppo (5:20)
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II - Adagio (4:44)
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III - Divertimento (3:09)
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IV - Adagio (6:03)
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Tenor Ben Bliss Photo : Kenneth Dolin There are four events in the next two weeks that are worth mentioning, and even more worth seeing, that you ...
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Young-Ah Tak, piano
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall
March 8, 2012
Young-Ah Tak
There was a buzz in the a...
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Composer John Adams John Adams is one of the best known and most often performed of America's composers. Adams was born in Worcester, Massachus...
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PianoForte Foundation presents Joel Fan Friday, February 3rd at 12:15 pm Central in their PianoForte Salon Series Live production which broadc...
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Steve Reich and Music for 18 Musicians comes to Disney Hall on Jan. 18
For the LA Weekly, I compiled a list of what appear to be the best classic...
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17 Aug 2013
Harris Concert Hall
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