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POGHOSYAN FEATURED IN THE GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Armenian Weekly
Tue, May 17 2011
NEWBURGH, N.Y.-On May 14, the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra,
directed and conducted by Woomyung Choe, presented "Tonight We Love"
at Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh. Acclaimed
Armenian-American pianist Karine Poghosyan performed Tchaikovsky's
(1840-1893) popular Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B-flat minor. The
other enduringly popular crowd-pleaser to be performed was Bruckner's
magnificent Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, "Romantic."
Poghosyan during the performance.
Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23 is very likely the
most beloved work in its category ever set before the public. When
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed it, he could not have
dreamed it would have its premiere in America, where he was then
entirely unknown. But it did, and Hans von Bulow triumphed with the
work in its 1875 Boston premiere. That enthusiasm has been sustained
ever since-for more than 130 years. Listeners of sufficient antiquity
will remember that the theme of the introduction flourished in the
early forties as a pop song, "Tonight We Love." Poghosyan, with her
passionate musicality, was the perfect choice for the passionate
Tchaikovsky Concerto.
Karine Poghosyan Ms. Poghosyan's music studies began in her native
Yerevan, Armenia and continued in the United States after her arrival
in 1998. She made her orchestral debut at 14 playing Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No. 1 and her solo Carnegie Hall debut at 23. Karine is
the winner of a very long list of competitions. Recently, she helped
organize the "Requiem and Resurrection" concert in commemoration of the
95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Saint Vartan Armenian
Cathedral in New York, where her performance of the Piano Sonata by
Khachaturian received a standing ovation. In addition to performing,
Ms. Poghosyan teaches at her alma mater, the Manhattan School of Music.
Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was at his most individual
in his magnificent symphonies in spite of extensive revisions driven
more by external pressures than inner conviction.
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, "Romantic," was his first great
success. Romantic, in this case, does not have the modern meaning
but refers to imaginative, unrestrained and mysterious or perhaps to
nostalgic reverie. According to the program, which Bruckner wasn't all
that serious about, the beginning paints a medieval city at sunrise,
reveille sounding from the tower, gates opening, knights sallying forth
into the countryside on spirited horses surrounded by the magic of
nature, complete with forest murmurs and bird song. All this entails
brilliant spotlighting of the instruments, particularly the horns.
Armenian Weekly
Tue, May 17 2011
NEWBURGH, N.Y.-On May 14, the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra,
directed and conducted by Woomyung Choe, presented "Tonight We Love"
at Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh. Acclaimed
Armenian-American pianist Karine Poghosyan performed Tchaikovsky's
(1840-1893) popular Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B-flat minor. The
other enduringly popular crowd-pleaser to be performed was Bruckner's
magnificent Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, "Romantic."
Poghosyan during the performance.
Concerto for Piano No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23 is very likely the
most beloved work in its category ever set before the public. When
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed it, he could not have
dreamed it would have its premiere in America, where he was then
entirely unknown. But it did, and Hans von Bulow triumphed with the
work in its 1875 Boston premiere. That enthusiasm has been sustained
ever since-for more than 130 years. Listeners of sufficient antiquity
will remember that the theme of the introduction flourished in the
early forties as a pop song, "Tonight We Love." Poghosyan, with her
passionate musicality, was the perfect choice for the passionate
Tchaikovsky Concerto.
Karine Poghosyan Ms. Poghosyan's music studies began in her native
Yerevan, Armenia and continued in the United States after her arrival
in 1998. She made her orchestral debut at 14 playing Beethoven's
Piano Concerto No. 1 and her solo Carnegie Hall debut at 23. Karine is
the winner of a very long list of competitions. Recently, she helped
organize the "Requiem and Resurrection" concert in commemoration of the
95th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the Saint Vartan Armenian
Cathedral in New York, where her performance of the Piano Sonata by
Khachaturian received a standing ovation. In addition to performing,
Ms. Poghosyan teaches at her alma mater, the Manhattan School of Music.
Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) was at his most individual
in his magnificent symphonies in spite of extensive revisions driven
more by external pressures than inner conviction.
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, "Romantic," was his first great
success. Romantic, in this case, does not have the modern meaning
but refers to imaginative, unrestrained and mysterious or perhaps to
nostalgic reverie. According to the program, which Bruckner wasn't all
that serious about, the beginning paints a medieval city at sunrise,
reveille sounding from the tower, gates opening, knights sallying forth
into the countryside on spirited horses surrounded by the magic of
nature, complete with forest murmurs and bird song. All this entails
brilliant spotlighting of the instruments, particularly the horns.