Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection Sat November 7, 2009
Works by Salomon Jadassohn and Gloria Coates Works by American
Composer Gloria Coates and German Composer Salomon Jadassohn The
20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is November 9th,
2009. Inspired by this historic event, the American composer
Gloria Coates (who has lived in Germany for years) dedicated her
seventh symphony "to those who brought down the Wall in PEACE."
Salomon Jadassohn was an eminent composer, pianist, conductor,
and teacher in Germany. Although he died in 1902, his works were
still banned by anti-Semitic followers of Wagner in the 1930s.
Fortunately, his music (ironically influenced by Wagner) is
beginning to be heard once again. Read more... Salomon Jadassohn
(1831-1902): Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor (1887), Markus
Becker, piano, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael
Sanderling, conductor Gloria Coates (b.1938): Symphony No. 7
(1991), Stuttgart Philharmonic, Georg Schm?he, conductor Salomon
Jadassohn attended th