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Roger Kimball, the editor and publisher of The New Criterion, accepts the 2019 Thomas L. Phillips Career Achievement Award from The Fund for American Studies at their twenty-sixth annual Journalism Awards Dinner on September 12.
As Jay tells us at the beginning, he has been reviewing from two summer festivals: the Mostly Mozart Festival (New York) and the Salzburg Festival, in Mozart’s hometown. He discusses and plays a variety of music performed at these festivals: Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Enescu—and Mozart, for sure.
Tracks played:
Mozart, Overture to The Magic Flute
Mendelssohn, Variations sérieuses
Beethoven, Violin Concerto
Enescu, Octet
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat, K. 595
Handel, “Tornami a vagheggiar,” from Alcina
Handel, “Verdi prati,” from Alcina
Haydn, Symphony No. 88
Occasioned by “Venice's last judgment,” from the September 2019 issue.
Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, discusses highlights in this month’s issue and reads from its opening pages.