Imperial Russian 1912 Emil Sauer Pianist, Ernst Wendel Conductor Program
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Moscow, 1912The illustrated cover by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky [monogramed МД]6 pages + 2 portraitsCondition: used, good----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Koussevitsky's ConcertsHall of the Noble AssemblySeason 1912-1913November 28, 1912The 4th Symphony ConcertConductor - Ernst WendelSoloist - Emil Sauer (piano)Program1. Anton Bruckner: - Sy...mphony No.9 (for the 1st time) [in Russia]---2. Schumann - Piano ConcertoPerforms E. Sauer3. Liszt - Tasso, symphonic poem***================== Koussevitsky's Concerts. From 1909 on, Koussevitsky went from triumph to triumph. He conducted a series of concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, chartered a ship and orchestra for concerts on the Volga River, and even formed his own private orchestra through auditions to perform a series of innovative concerts in Russia's main cities. In 1920 after the revolution, he decided to leave the country permanently to work in Paris.= Emil Georg Conrad von Sauer (8 October 1862 – 27 April 1942) was a German composer, pianist, score editor, and music (piano) teacher. He was a pupil of Franz Liszt and one of the most distinguished pianists of his generation. Josef Hofmann called von Sauer "a truly great virtuoso." Martin Krause, another Liszt pupil, called von Sauer "the legitimate heir of Liszt; he has more of his charm and geniality than any other Liszt pupil."= Ernst Wendel (German: Ernst Wendel; March 26, 1876, Breslau - May 21, 1938) - German violinist and conductor. He graduated from the Berlin Higher School of Music (1896), a student of Joseph Joachim and Emanuel Wirth (violin), Voldemar Bargil and Reinhold Zucco (composition and theory).In 1896-1897 on the recommendation of Joachim he worked as accompanist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Theodore Thomas. In 1898-1909 he worked in Königsberg as a soloist, first violin of the string quartet and accompanist, and then the conductor of the orchestra. Then in 1909 he headed the Philharmonic Society of Bremen, in 1922-1935. general director of Bremen. At the same time in 1912-1915. Conducted concerts by the Berlin Society of Friends of Music.He toured many times in Russia: in 1910 he conducted in Moscow, within the Seasons of Sergei Kussevitsky, a concert from the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, including the Ninth Symphony (vocal solos in the finale - Antonina Nezhdanova, Evgenia Zbrueva, Ivan Alchevsky and Vladimir Kastorsky) and the Fourth concert of Nikolai Medtner (Medtner as soloist): Wendel was urgently called in to replace Willem Mengelberg, who provoked a scandal with Medtner at a rehearsal of a similar concert a week earlier in St. Petersburg. In 1912, in Moscow, Wendel for the first time in Russia performed the Ninth Symphony by Anton Bruckner, and in 1930 in Leningrad he again performed a program composed entirely of Beethoven’s works.Georg Kulenkampf began to study music at Wendel.
Koussevitsky's ConcertsHall of the Noble AssemblySeason 1912-1913November 28, 1912The 4th Symphony ConcertConductor - Ernst WendelSoloist - Emil Sauer (piano)Program1. Anton Bruckner: - Sy...mphony No.9 (for the 1st time) [in Russia]---2. Schumann - Piano ConcertoPerforms E. Sauer3. Liszt - Tasso, symphonic poem***================== Koussevitsky's Concerts. From 1909 on, Koussevitsky went from triumph to triumph. He conducted a series of concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, chartered a ship and orchestra for concerts on the Volga River, and even formed his own private orchestra through auditions to perform a series of innovative concerts in Russia's main cities. In 1920 after the revolution, he decided to leave the country permanently to work in Paris.= Emil Georg Conrad von Sauer (8 October 1862 – 27 April 1942) was a German composer, pianist, score editor, and music (piano) teacher. He was a pupil of Franz Liszt and one of the most distinguished pianists of his generation. Josef Hofmann called von Sauer "a truly great virtuoso." Martin Krause, another Liszt pupil, called von Sauer "the legitimate heir of Liszt; he has more of his charm and geniality than any other Liszt pupil."= Ernst Wendel (German: Ernst Wendel; March 26, 1876, Breslau - May 21, 1938) - German violinist and conductor. He graduated from the Berlin Higher School of Music (1896), a student of Joseph Joachim and Emanuel Wirth (violin), Voldemar Bargil and Reinhold Zucco (composition and theory).In 1896-1897 on the recommendation of Joachim he worked as accompanist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Theodore Thomas. In 1898-1909 he worked in Königsberg as a soloist, first violin of the string quartet and accompanist, and then the conductor of the orchestra. Then in 1909 he headed the Philharmonic Society of Bremen, in 1922-1935. general director of Bremen. At the same time in 1912-1915. Conducted concerts by the Berlin Society of Friends of Music.He toured many times in Russia: in 1910 he conducted in Moscow, within the Seasons of Sergei Kussevitsky, a concert from the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, including the Ninth Symphony (vocal solos in the finale - Antonina Nezhdanova, Evgenia Zbrueva, Ivan Alchevsky and Vladimir Kastorsky) and the Fourth concert of Nikolai Medtner (Medtner as soloist): Wendel was urgently called in to replace Willem Mengelberg, who provoked a scandal with Medtner at a rehearsal of a similar concert a week earlier in St. Petersburg. In 1912, in Moscow, Wendel for the first time in Russia performed the Ninth Symphony by Anton Bruckner, and in 1930 in Leningrad he again performed a program composed entirely of Beethoven’s works.Georg Kulenkampf began to study music at Wendel.
