The American Symphony Orchestra is a New York-based American orchestra foun… Read Full Bio ↴The American Symphony Orchestra is a New York-based American orchestra founded in 1962 by Leopold Stokowski whose mission is to demystify orchestral music and make it accessible and affordable for all audiences. Leon Botstein is the current orchestra's music director and principal conductor. They perform regularly at Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space in New York City, and are also the resident orchestra of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. Its concertmaster is Erica Kiesewetter.
Stokowski was 80 years old when he founded the orchestra. He served as music director together with assistant Amos Meller until May 1972 when, at the age of 90, he returned to England. Following Maestro Stokowski's departure, Kazuyoshi Akiyama was appointed music director from 1973-1978. Music directors during the early 1980s included as principal conductors, Moshe Atzmon and Giuseppe Patanè. In 1985, John Mauceri assumed the post as music director. In 1991, Catherine Comet left her post at the end of her tenure with the orchestra and was succeeded by Bard College president Leon Botstein.
Under music director Leon Botstein, the ASO has pioneered the concept of presenting concerts curated around various themes drawn from the visual arts, literature, politics, and history, and unearthing rarely-performed masterworks for well-deserved revival. These concerts are performed in the Vanguard Series at Carnegie Hall. The ASO seeks to preserve the rare works it performs from disappearing from the repertoire. While some rare works are available with complete parts and a score in usable condition, others require extensive restoration and even creation to render them performable. ASO’s efforts to create these parts mean that these works are now available for performance by other orchestras.
The orchestra also performs in the concert series Classics Declassified at Peter Norton Symphony Space, and is the resident orchestra of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, where it appears in a winter subscription series as well as the annual Bard SummerScape Festival and the Bard Music Festival. In 2010, the American Symphony became the resident orchestra of The Collegiate Chorale, performing regularly in the Chorale’s New York concert series. The orchestra has made several tours of Asia and Europe, and has performed in numerous benefits for organizations including the Jerusalem Foundation and PBS.
ASO’s award-winning music education program, Music Notes, integrates symphonic music into core humanities classes in high schools across the tri-state area.
In addition to many albums released on the Telarc, New World, Bridge, Koch, and Vanguard labels, many live performances by the American Symphony are now available for digital download. In many cases, these are the only existing recordings of some of the rare works that have been rediscovered in ASO performances.
Stokowski was 80 years old when he founded the orchestra. He served as music director together with assistant Amos Meller until May 1972 when, at the age of 90, he returned to England. Following Maestro Stokowski's departure, Kazuyoshi Akiyama was appointed music director from 1973-1978. Music directors during the early 1980s included as principal conductors, Moshe Atzmon and Giuseppe Patanè. In 1985, John Mauceri assumed the post as music director. In 1991, Catherine Comet left her post at the end of her tenure with the orchestra and was succeeded by Bard College president Leon Botstein.
Under music director Leon Botstein, the ASO has pioneered the concept of presenting concerts curated around various themes drawn from the visual arts, literature, politics, and history, and unearthing rarely-performed masterworks for well-deserved revival. These concerts are performed in the Vanguard Series at Carnegie Hall. The ASO seeks to preserve the rare works it performs from disappearing from the repertoire. While some rare works are available with complete parts and a score in usable condition, others require extensive restoration and even creation to render them performable. ASO’s efforts to create these parts mean that these works are now available for performance by other orchestras.
The orchestra also performs in the concert series Classics Declassified at Peter Norton Symphony Space, and is the resident orchestra of the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, where it appears in a winter subscription series as well as the annual Bard SummerScape Festival and the Bard Music Festival. In 2010, the American Symphony became the resident orchestra of The Collegiate Chorale, performing regularly in the Chorale’s New York concert series. The orchestra has made several tours of Asia and Europe, and has performed in numerous benefits for organizations including the Jerusalem Foundation and PBS.
ASO’s award-winning music education program, Music Notes, integrates symphonic music into core humanities classes in high schools across the tri-state area.
In addition to many albums released on the Telarc, New World, Bridge, Koch, and Vanguard labels, many live performances by the American Symphony are now available for digital download. In many cases, these are the only existing recordings of some of the rare works that have been rediscovered in ASO performances.
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03St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr" (Chorale)1:33American Symphony Orchestra
04St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Die Menge der Gläubigen" (Recitative) - "Wir haben ihn gehört Lästerworte" (Duet)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
05St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Dieser Mensch hört nicht auf zu reden Lästerworte" (Chorus)American Symphony Orchestra, Alexandra Coku & Scott Williamson
06St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Und sie sahen auf ihn alle" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra, Alexandra Coku & Scott Williamson
07St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Jerusalem! Die du tötest die Propheten" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
08St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Sie aber stürmten auf ihn ein..." (Recitative) - "Steiniget ihn" (Chorus)American Symphony Orchestra & Scott Williamson
09St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Und sie steinigten ihn..." (Recitative) - "Dir, Herr, dir will ich mich ergeben" (Chorale)American Symphony Orchestra & Scott Williamson
10St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Und die Zeugen legten ab ihre Kleider" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
11St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene I, "Siehe, wir preisen selig, die erduldet" (Chorus)3:24American Symphony Orchestra
12St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Saulus aber zerstörte die Gemeinde" (Recitative) - "Vertilge sie, Herr Zebaoth" (Aria)American Symphony Orchestra, Scott Williamson & Paul Hay
13St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Und zog mit einer Schar" (Recitative) - "Doch der Herr vergißt der Seinen nicht" (Arioso)American Symphony Orchestra & Kelley O'Connor
14St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Und als er auf dem Wege war" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra, Scott Williamson & Paul Gay
15St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Mache dich auf, werde Licht" (Chorus)4:28American Symphony Orchestra
16St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (Chorale)2:18American Symphony Orchestra
17St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Die Männer aber, die seine Gefährten waren" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Scott Williamson
18St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Gott , sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte" (Aria)American Symphony Orchestra & Paul Gay
19St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Es war aber ein Jünger zu Damaskus" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra, Scott Williamson & Alexandra Coku
20St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Ich danke dir, Herr, mein Gott" (Aria With Chorus)American Symphony Orchestra & Paul Gay
21St. Paul, Op. 36: Part I, Scene II, "Und Ananias ging hin" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra, Alexandra Coku & Scott Williamson
23St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene III, "Der Erdkeis ist nun des Herrn" (Chorus)3:51American Symphony Orchestra
24St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene III, "Und Paulus kam zu der Gemeinde" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
25St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene III, "So sind wir nun Botschafter" (Duettino)American Symphony Orchestra, Scott Williamson & Paul Gay
26St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene III, "Wie lieblich sind die Boten" (Chorus)3:22American Symphony Orchestra
27St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene III, "Und wie sie ausgesandt von dem heil'gen Geist" (Recitative) - "Laßt uns singen" (Arioso)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
28St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene IV, "Da aber die Juden das Volk sah'n" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Scott Williamson
29St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene IV, "Ist das nicht, der zu Jerusalem" (Chorus) - "O Jesu Christe wahres Licht" (Chorale)American Symphony Orchestra, Alexandra Coku, Kelley O'Connor, Scott Williamson & Paul Gay
30St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene IV, "Paulus aber und Barnabus sprachen frei und öffentlich" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra, Scott Williamson & Paul Gay
31St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene IV, "Denn also hat uns der Herr geboten" (Duet)American Symphony Orchestra, Scott Williamson & Paul Gay
32St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene V, "Und es war ein Mann zu Lystra" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
33St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene V, "Die Götter sind den Menschen gleich geworden" (Chorus)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
34St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene V, "Und nannten Barnabus Jupiter, und Paulus Mercurius" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
35St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene V, "Seid und gnädig, hohe Götter" (Chorus)2:24American Symphony Orchestra
36St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene V, "Da das die Apostel hörten" (Recitative) - "Wisset ihr nicht, daß ihr Gottes Tempel seid" (Aria)American Symphony Orchestra, Scott Williamson & Paul Gay
37St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VI, "Da ward das Volk erreget wider sie" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
38St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VI, "Hier ist das Herren Tempel" (Chorus)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
39St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VI, "Und sie alle verfolgten Paulus auf seinem Wege" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
40St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VI, "Sei getreu bis in den Tod" (Cavatina)American Symphony Orchestra & Scott Williamson
41St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VII, "Paulus sandte hin" (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra, Alexandra Coku & Paul Gay
42St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VII, "Schone doch deiner selbst!" (Chorus)American Symphony Orchestra, Paul Gay & Scott Williamson
43St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VII, "Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat und der Vater erzeiget" (Chorus)American Symphony Orchestra, Alexandra Coku & Scott Williamson
44St. Paul, Op. 36: Part II, Scene VII, "Und wenn er gleich geopfert wird..." (Recitative)American Symphony Orchestra & Alexandra Coku
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Mendelssohn: St. Paul, Op. 36
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