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Concerto in E-flat, inscribed Dumbarton Oaks, 8.v.38 (1937–38) is a chamber concerto by Igor Stravinsky, named for the Dumbarton Oaks estate of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss in Washington, D.C., who commissioned it for their thirtieth wedding anniversary.
Igor Stravinsky conducted the concerto in the Dumbarton Oaks music room on April 25, 1947 and again for the Bliss's golden wedding anniversary, on May 8, 1958. He also conducted the first performance of his Septet, which is dedicated to the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, in the music room on January 24, 1954.
Igor Stravinsky around 1925. Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer, pianist, ... Concerto in E-flat Dumbarton Oaks, for chamber orchestra (1938) Symphony in C (1940)
The Septet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, piano, violin, viola and cello is a Chamber music composition by Igor Stravinsky. It was composed between July 1952 and February 1953, and the first performance took place at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., on 23 January 1954. The score is dedicated to the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and ...
Concerto in E-flat “Dumbarton Oaks” Dumbarton Oaks Festival Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky (May 28, 1947) Columbia Symphony Orchestra members; Igor Stravinsky (Mar. 29, 1964 – Hollywood) Symphony in C. Cleveland Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky (Dec. 14, 1952 – Cleveland) CBC Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky (Dec. 2-3, 1962 – Toronto) Tango
The Symphony in E-flat, Op. 1, is the first published work composed by Igor Stravinsky during his apprenticeship with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It is also his first composition for orchestra. Of classical structure, it is broadly influenced by Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Wagner. [1] It was composed in 1905–1907 and revised in 1913.
Stravinsky's goal in arranging Petrushka for the piano (along with Piano-Rag-Music) was to attempt to influence Arthur Rubinstein into playing his music. (A 1961 live recording featuring Rubinstein at Carnegie Hall was published in 2012.) [ 2 ] In order to gain the latter's attention, Stravinsky ensured that Rubinstein would find the ...
Stravinsky dedicated Duo Concertant to Samuel Dushkin, a well-known violinist he met in 1931.The composer premiered the work with Dushkin in Berlin in 1932, and the pair gave recitals together across Europe for the next several years.