Lecture: Charles E. Ives - The Unanswered Question

Описание: Educational Pre-Concert Lecture, Biography, Music History:
Kara Dahl Russell presents a biographical "Pre-Concert Lecture" on the life of Charles Ives, and his "The Unanswered Question" (pub. 1946). This is a very good introduction to the more experimental works of Ives, as it challenging, but brief. It is also informative about works of his contemporaries and contemporary works, many of which are mentioned in this video.

Performance Links:
The link in the video is to Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic:    • Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question  

A more recent performance, with score to follow,
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra:    • Ives: "The Unanswered Question"  
Performance with score, Northen Sinfornia conducted by James Sinclair:
   • Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question  

I have also included a link to a portion of a talk by Leonard Bernstein on "the tonal crisis" where he includes some comments on Ives:
   • Bernstein: The Twentieth Century Crisis · ...  
Bernstein did a series of lectures titled "The Unanswered Question" which are available here on YouTube... it is a lengthy series, but worth a deep dive if you are interested in understanding more about modern music.

Additional links:
Mentioned in this video & on end page, are 2 related works,
Maurice Ravel's "Deux Melodies Hebraiques" - this is a link to my own performance of this work with Baritone Jeffrey Todd:
   • Maurice Ravel - Deux Melodies Hebraique (2...  

"Overture en Forme d'Etoile" by living Composer Regis Campo. (This is a link to my lecture about this piece by Campo, and within that lecture is a link to that piece of music.):    • Lecture:  Regis Campo - "Overture en forme...  

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Kara is a regularly performing professional harpist, singer and teacher. She is the Adjunct Prof. of Applied Harp at Salisbury University. Kara is currently the professional Pre-Concert lecturer for the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra (performing regionally in Maryland - Baltimore, Annapolis, Easton, Ocean Pines, Ocean City, and Ocean View, DE).

Kara is also professional union actress, and a professional host, researching, writing, and presenting "Pre-Concert Lectures" and currently performs and offers acting classes at the Dorchester Center for the Arts in Cambridge, MD. For 6 years, Kara was a full time Classical Music Program Director and host at an NPR affiliate station. During this time, she achieved the rarity of winning 3 Associated Press "Specialty Reporting" awards for series on Classical Music!

To find out more about Kara, you can visit her website:
www.karadahlrussell.com

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