Edward Markward, Music Director
Lectures at the redwood library & athenaeum
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Redwood Library and Athenaeum 2020-2021
Music Appreciation Series
2020 – 2021
Edward Markward, Lecturer
Wednesdays: 6:00 pm via Crowdcast
I. September 16, 2020
The Later 19th Century: Part I
Franck, Fauré and their French Contemporaries
II. October 14, 2020
The Later 19th Century: Part II
Tchaikovsky and “The Mighty Five”
III. November 18, 2020
The Later 19th Century: Part III
The Nationalists: Smetana, Dvořák
IV. December 16, 2020
George Frideric Handel: Messiah
V. January 13, 2021
The Later 19th Century: Part IV
The Nationalists continued: Grieg, Sibelius, Falla
VI. February 17, 2021
The Rites of Spring: Part I
Debussy, Ravel, Ives
VII. March 10, 2021
The Rites of Spring: Part II
Stravinsky: The Three Ballets
VIII. April 14, 2021
Between the Wars: Part I
France: “Les Six”
IX. May 19, 2021
Between the Wars: Part II
Germany: Weill, Hindemith et al
X. June 16, 2021
Between the Wars: Part III
The Soviet Union: Prokofiev and Shostakovich
XI. July 14, 2021
Between the Wars: part IV
The Americanists: Ives, Copland Gershwin, Still, et al
XII. August 11, 2021
The Nationalists Continued:
Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály
Music Appreciation Series
2020 – 2021
Edward Markward, Lecturer
Wednesdays: 6:00 pm via Crowdcast
I. September 16, 2020
The Later 19th Century: Part I
Franck, Fauré and their French Contemporaries
II. October 14, 2020
The Later 19th Century: Part II
Tchaikovsky and “The Mighty Five”
III. November 18, 2020
The Later 19th Century: Part III
The Nationalists: Smetana, Dvořák
IV. December 16, 2020
George Frideric Handel: Messiah
V. January 13, 2021
The Later 19th Century: Part IV
The Nationalists continued: Grieg, Sibelius, Falla
VI. February 17, 2021
The Rites of Spring: Part I
Debussy, Ravel, Ives
VII. March 10, 2021
The Rites of Spring: Part II
Stravinsky: The Three Ballets
VIII. April 14, 2021
Between the Wars: Part I
France: “Les Six”
IX. May 19, 2021
Between the Wars: Part II
Germany: Weill, Hindemith et al
X. June 16, 2021
Between the Wars: Part III
The Soviet Union: Prokofiev and Shostakovich
XI. July 14, 2021
Between the Wars: part IV
The Americanists: Ives, Copland Gershwin, Still, et al
XII. August 11, 2021
The Nationalists Continued:
Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály