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Leon Kirchner

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Serenade, Op. 24: VII. FinaleLeon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart

Listen to Serenade, Op. 24: VI. Lied (ohne Worte) by Leon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serenade, Op. 24: VI. Lied (ohne Worte)Leon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart

Listen to Serenade, Op. 24: V. Tanzscene by Leon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serenade, Op. 24: V. TanzsceneLeon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart

Listen to Serenade, Op. 24: IV. Sonett No. 217 von Petrarca by Leon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serenade, Op. 24: IV. Sonett No. 217 von PetrarcaLeon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart

Listen to Serenade, Op. 24: III. Variationen by Leon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serenade, Op. 24: III. VariationenLeon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart

Listen to Serenade, Op. 24: II. Menuett by Leon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serenade, Op. 24: II. MenuettLeon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart

Listen to Serenade, Op. 24: I. Marsch by Leon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart, see lyrics, music video & more!

Serenade, Op. 24: I. MarschLeon Kirchner, Thomas Paul, Jaime Laredo, Samuel Rhodes, Madeline Foley, Jacob Glick, Stanley Silverman & Don Stewart

Listen to Sonata concertante for Violin and Piano (1952): II. Grazioso by Leon Kirchner & Ludwig Shapero, see lyrics, music video & more!

Sonata concertante for Violin and Piano (1952): II. GraziosoLeon Kirchner & Ludwig Shapero

Listen to Sonata concertante for Violin and Piano (1952): I. Andante Maestoso by Leon Kirchner & Ludwig Shapero, see lyrics, music video & more!

Sonata concertante for Violin and Piano (1952): I. Andante MaestosoLeon Kirchner & Ludwig Shapero

Listen to Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954): II. Movement 2 by Leon Kirchner, Nathan Rubin & George Neikrug, see lyrics, music video & more!

Trio No. 1 for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954): II. Movement 2Leon Kirchner, Nathan Rubin & George Neikrug

More albums from Leon Kirchner

Listen to Transformations by Elizabeth Chang, Steven Beck & Alberto Parrini

ALBUMTransformationsElizabeth Chang, Steven Beck & Alberto Parrini

Listen to Kirchner: Trio No. 1 - Sonata concertante (Remastered) by Leon Kirchner, Nathan Rubin & George Neikrug

ALBUMKirchner: Trio No. 1 - Sonata concertante (Remastered)Leon Kirchner, Nathan Rubin & George Neikrug

Listen to Leon Kirchner: Music for Orchestra by Boston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose

ALBUMLeon Kirchner: Music for OrchestraBoston Modern Orchestra Project & Gil Rose

Listen to Into the Light by Telegraph Quartet

ALBUMInto the LightTelegraph Quartet

ALBUMGone into Night Are All the EyesTrio Appassionata

Listen to Howard Karp: Concert Recordings (1962-2007) by Howard Karp

ALBUMHoward Karp: Concert Recordings (1962-2007)Howard Karp

Listen to Leon Kirchner: Orchestral Works by New York Philharmonic, The Former Harvard Chamber Orchestra, Leon Kirchner, Diana Hoagland, James Buswell, Mobuko Imai, Laurence Lesser, Paul Lustig Dunkel, Richard Stoltzman & Allan Vogel

ALBUMLeon Kirchner: Orchestral WorksNew York Philharmonic, The Former Harvard Chamber Orchestra, Leon Kirchner, Diana Hoagland, James Buswell, Mobuko Imai, Laurence Lesser, Paul Lustig Dunkel, Richard Stoltzman & Allan Vogel

Listen to Viennese School: Teachers and Followers: Arnold Schönberg Vol. 2 by Steffen Schleiermacher

ALBUMViennese School: Teachers and Followers: Arnold Schönberg Vol. 2Steffen Schleiermacher

Listen to Kirchner: Complete String Quartets by Orion String Quartet

ALBUMKirchner: Complete String QuartetsOrion String Quartet

Listen to Leon Kirchner: Concerto; Trio; Five Pieces; Music for 12 by Boston Symphony Chamber Players

ALBUMLeon Kirchner: Concerto; Trio; Five Pieces; Music for 12Boston Symphony Chamber Players

Listen to Kirchner: Chamber Works by Cheryl Seltzer, Continuum & Joel Sachs

ALBUMKirchner: Chamber WorksCheryl Seltzer, Continuum & Joel Sachs

Listen to Harvard Composers by Mendelssohn Quartet & Lucy Shelton

ALBUMHarvard ComposersMendelssohn Quartet & Lucy Shelton

Listen to Leon Kirchner: Toccata for Strings, Solo Winds, & Percussion - Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from "Hamlet," Op. 32 by The Louisville Orchestra & Jorge Mester

ALBUMLeon Kirchner: Toccata for Strings, Solo Winds, & Percussion - Dmitri Shostakovich: Suite from "Hamlet," Op. 32The Louisville Orchestra & Jorge Mester

Listen to American Music For Violin & Piano by Ann Schein, Ilse von Alpenheim, Jaime Laredo, Rafael Druian & Ruth Laredo

ALBUMAmerican Music For Violin & PianoAnn Schein, Ilse von Alpenheim, Jaime Laredo, Rafael Druian & Ruth Laredo

Listen to Brahms Schumann Schoenberg Kirchner by Max Levinson

ALBUMBrahms Schumann Schoenberg KirchnerMax Levinson

Listen to Danielpour, Kirchner & Rouse: Concertos for Violoncello and Orchestra by Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman & The Philadelphia Orchestra

ALBUMDanielpour, Kirchner & Rouse: Concertos for Violoncello and OrchestraYo-Yo Ma, David Zinman & The Philadelphia Orchestra

Listen to In Real Time - World Premieres Written for Peter Serkin by Peter Serkin

ALBUMIn Real Time - World Premieres Written for Peter SerkinPeter Serkin

Listen to Complete String Quartets of Leon Kirchner by Boston Composers String Quartet

ALBUMComplete String Quartets of Leon KirchnerBoston Composers String Quartet

ALBUMMade in AmericaYo-Yo Ma

Listen to Kirchner: Lily & String Quartet No. 2 (Remastered) by Lorin Hollander, Columbia Chamber Soloists & The Lenox String Quartet

ALBUMKirchner: Lily & String Quartet No. 2 (Remastered)Lorin Hollander, Columbia Chamber Soloists & The Lenox String Quartet

Listen to Copland: Piano Sonata - Sessions: From My Diary - Kirchner: Piano Sonata - Rorem: Three Barcarolles by Leon Fleisher

ALBUMCopland: Piano Sonata - Sessions: From My Diary - Kirchner: Piano Sonata - Rorem: Three BarcarollesLeon Fleisher

Listen to Schuman: Credendum - Kirchner: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Remastered) by Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leon Kirchner & Dimitri Mitropoulos

ALBUMSchuman: Credendum - Kirchner: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Remastered)Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Leon Kirchner & Dimitri Mitropoulos

Listen to Kirchner: Sting Quartet No. 1 - Fine: String Quartet (1952) [Remastered] by Juilliard String Quartet & American Art String Quartet

ALBUMKirchner: Sting Quartet No. 1 - Fine: String Quartet (1952) [Remastered]Juilliard String Quartet & American Art String Quartet

About Leon Kirchner

Hometown

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Born

1919

Genre

Classical

American composer Leon Kirchner (1919-2009) was born to Russian parents in New York, but grew up in Los Angeles; he studied with Ernst Toch, Ernest Bloch, and Roger Sessions. Influenced by Hindemith and Bartók early on, Kirchner adopted the language of twelve-tone music advanced by the Schoenberg school, but adapted this technique in his own private and individual idiom. Kirchner won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for his String Quartet No. 3 with tape (1966); his music has been performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Russell Sherman, James Levine, Peter Serkin, and the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. Kirchner was also a very talented pianist.