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James Conlon on Rediscovered Opera
ResumeA world of music, between Mahler and Schoenberg, was blacked out, and its creators lost to the gas chamber or exile.
Now, James Conlon, music director at the Los Angeles Opera, is bringing that music back for American audiences.
This hour, On Point: reclaiming a lost world, with the LA Opera's James Conlon.
Erwin Schulhoff's Symphony No. 2, "Allegro Ma Non Troppo"
Alexander Zemlinsky's "Die Seejungfrau" (The Mermaid), "Sehr gedehnt, mit schmertzvollem Ausdruck"
Alexander Zemlinsky's "Eine Florentinische Tragodie" (A Florentine Tragedy), Opera opening: Feurig sturmend
Viktor Ullmann's Symphony No. 2, Third Movement
Alexander Zemlinsky's "Der Zwerg" (The Dwarf), "Warum den flieht mein Freund?"
Franz Schreker's Romantic Suite, Andante
Erwin Schulhoff's Symphony No. 5, Allegro Con Brio
Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Concerto Funebre, First Movement
Walter Braunfels' Die Vogel (The Birds), Act I Prelude
Alexander Zemlinsky's Chorwerke (Choral Works), "Horch! Vom Hugel, welch ein wieder Klang"
Guest:
James Conlon, Conductor and Music Director of the Los Angeles Opera.
This program aired on February 28, 2008.