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This is a collection of program notes, lectures and other writings by Dr. Laurence R. Taylor (1937-2004). Most of them were written for the Princeton Symphony and Opera Festival of New Jersey but some were for the Newtown Chamber Orchestra and Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra as well as some recitals. I am trying to get these online as fast as possible. There will be some strange formatting. Whenever you see a phrase in ALL CAPS he meant italics. Somehow pressing that little i button was too much trouble :) I will edit them to make that change when time allows. Suggestions are also welcome. Also you will find that LRT used British orthography even though he lived most of his life in New Jersey. Those spellings will remain since in his words "[I have had a] Close lifelong with British musical life – with annual return visits to refresh the soul by rejoining British friends, and drinking in a wide range of musical life there."


You may reprint any of the materials posted here for no charge as long as credit is given in the printed material to Laurence R. Taylor. I'd be delighted to receive a copy too.

Gene De Lisa

Saturday, October 5, 2002

Szymanowski : Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23

Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)

Karol Szymanowski, the most important Polish composer to appear in the century following the death of Chopin, wrote a wide range of symphonies, concertos, chamber music, songs and operas, including two of the finest violin concertos of the 20th century. There are a number of smaller compositions for violin and piano, mostly lyrical pieces such as this Romance, which dates from 1910. Characteristic of Szymanowski’s music written before World War I, it is a dreamy, expansive flow of effortless melody, the violin floating and soaring over richly-textured harmonies, twice building to a passionate climax, then drifting away to close in rapt stillness.

For a concert by Darwyn Apple
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