Like Gian Carlo Menotti before him, Ernst Toch was a European composer who won an American prize. Unlike Menotti, Toch did not have the same success in the United States that he had in Europe and never fully identified as an "American" composer. Join us as we find out how his third symphony, inspired by his experience as a Jew fleeing the Nazis in the 1930s, might tell us something about Toch's place in American musical history.
If you'd like to learn more about Ernst Toch, we recommend:
Episode 52 - 1994: Gunther Schuller, Of Reminiscences and Reflections
Episode 51 - 1993: Christopher Rouse, Trombone Concerto
Episode 50 - 1992: Wayne Peterson, The Face of the Night, The Heart of the Dark
Bonus: An Interview with Howard Pollack
Episode 49 - 1991: Shulamit Ran, Symphony
Episode 48 - 1990: Mel Powell, Duplicates
Episode 47 - 1989: Roger Reynolds, Whispers Out of Time
Bonus: An Interview with William Bolcom
Episode 46 - 1988: William Bolcom, Twelve New Etudes
Bonus: An Interview with John Harbison
Episode 45 - 1987: John Harbison, The Flight Into Egypt
Episode 44 - 1986: George Perle, Wind Quintet IV
Episode 43 -1985: Stephen Albert, Symphony RiverRun
Episode 42 - 1984: Bernard Rands, Canti del Sole
Bonus: An Interview with Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Episode 41 - 1983: Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Symphony No.1 (Three Movements for Orchestra)
Episode 40 - 1982: Roger Sessions, Concerto for Orchestra
Episode 39 - 1981: No Winner
Episode 38 - 1980: David Del Tredici, In Memory of a Summer Day
Episode 37 - 1979: Joseph Schwantner, Aftertones of Infinity
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