Symposium 91 - Waltzes
Waltzes
4 October 2009
“Of all the God-gifted dispensers of joy, Johann Strauss II is to me the most endearing. How could
I have composed the Rosenkavalier Waltzes without thinking of the laughing genius of Vienna?” — Richard Strauss
Program
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Two Pieces for Piano Quartet (written before 1890)
Arabischer Tanz
Liebesliedchen
1864-1949 -
Two Pieces for Cello and Piano (1899)
Langsam
Langsam
1883-1945 -
Roses of the South, Op. 388 (1880, arr.1921)
Harmonium, Piano, String Quartet
1825-1899
arr. Arnold Schoenberg
1874- 1951 -
Lagoon Waltzes, Op. 411 (1883, arr. 1921) New York Premiere
Harmonium, Piano, String Quartet
arr. Schoenberg -
Emperor Waltzes, Op. 437 (1889, arr. 1925)
Flute, Clarinet, Piano, String Quartet
arr. Schoenberg -
Arrangements created for the Society for Private Musical Performances, Vienna.
Musicians
- Colin Jacobsen Violin
- Kristi Helberg Violin
- Nicholas Cords Viola
- Eric Jacobsen Cello
- Ilya Poletaev harpsichord & fortepiano
- Steven Beck harmonium
- Alexandra Sopp flute
- Richard Faria clarinet