…interpreter, chronicler, assistant conductor and factotum for countless musical and social tasks. Stravinsky’s taste in literature was wide and reflects his constant desire for new discoveries, The texts and literary…
…than twenty countries to an estimated audience of 100 million people. For the occasion, Bernstein reworded Friedrich Schiller’s text of Ode to Joy, substituting the word “freedom” (Freiheit) for “joy”…
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…Max Mathews conducting the orchestral parts with the radio baton. The concert also included the world premiere of Soviet composer Komarov’s electro-acoustic poem “Freedom,” set on a text by the…
