Brahms: "Alto Rhapsody" | The Orchestra Now

Published: 22 March 2024
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Mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, the Bard Festival Chorale (James Bagwell, choral director), and The Orchestra Now (TŌN), conducted by Leon Botstein, perform Brahms' "Alto Rhapsody" in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on February 4, 2024.
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Johannes Brahms
Born: 5/7/1833 in Hamburg, Germany
Died: 4/3/1897 at age 63 in Vienna

Written: 1869, at age 36
Premiered: 3/3/1870 in Jena, Germany; Ernst Naumann, conductor; Pauline
Viardot-García, mezzo-soprano
Text: from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s "Harzreise im Winter" ("Harz Mountain Journey in Winter")
Translation: Lena Platt and Daniel Platt

Concert notes by TŌN oboist Quinton Bodnár-Smith at https://ton.bard.edu/brahms-alto-rhap...


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