music appreciation series

Redwood Library and Athenaeum 2020-2021
Music Appreciation Series
2020 – 2021
Edward Markward, Lecturer
Wednesdays: 6:00 pm
 
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