Reviving the forgotten legacy of a brilliant Russian-Jewish composer
Success in Germany!On May 27, 2011, Achron's Third Violin Concerto was performed for the first time in over 70 years, thanks to the Joseph Achron Society! Using our performance edition - the first to ever be published - the Brandenburg Symphony and soloist Gernot Süßmuth wowed sold-out audiences and critics alike with Achron's masterful fusion of American, Jewish, and classical traditions. The following excerpt comes from this historic performance and is paired with the corresponding measures of our performance edition. | Now on Facebook and Twitter!Follow us for online recordings, concert announcements, project updates, fun facts, and more!
Praise for Joseph Achron:"He is one of our foremost modern composers and I cannot say enough on his behalf both as a musician and as a man." -- Jascha Heifetz (1935) "Achron was one of the most under-rated modern composers. The originality and profound elaboration of his ideas guarantee that his works will last." -- Arnold Schoenberg (1945) "Achron's Sextet... is quite the most impressive thing I've heard for years -- really very extraordinary in every respect. We must publish it, and soon, even if we have to sidetrack something else." -- Gerald Strang to Henry Cowell (1941) |
