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- John Harbison
Koussevitzky Said (2012)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
- 3(pic).2.2.3(cbn)/4.2.3.0/timp.perc/str
- SATB
- 7 min
Programme Note
First performance:
August 26, 2012
Tanglewood Festival of Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
Lenox, MA
August 26, 2012
Tanglewood Festival of Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor
Lenox, MA
Scores
Reviews
So as texts for his brief choral scherzo Harbison instead chose from the informal literature of
Koussevitzky-isms, casual phrases attributed to him, often quoted by BSO musicians with the
original creative syntax passed down through the years. The piece for instance opens with a
richly contrapuntal setting of Koussevitzky’s famous pronouncement: “The next Beethoven will
from Colorado come.” Later the chorus sings “I will keep playing this music — until you hear it”;
“I am an American, but I still love Russia”; and finally, “Let's do it together for our own
satisfaction.”
Koussevitzky-isms, casual phrases attributed to him, often quoted by BSO musicians with the
original creative syntax passed down through the years. The piece for instance opens with a
richly contrapuntal setting of Koussevitzky’s famous pronouncement: “The next Beethoven will
from Colorado come.” Later the chorus sings “I will keep playing this music — until you hear it”;
“I am an American, but I still love Russia”; and finally, “Let's do it together for our own
satisfaction.”
28th August 2012