Emmy Lindström (b. 1984) is a Swedish composer with a rapidly growing audience. Her music has been described as both emotional and moving, but it is also noted that her compositions contain humorous elements, all arranged and composed within a finely tuned balancing act.
A suite in seven movements.
Known commonly as the Christmas Concerto, this work was commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni and published posthumously in 1714.
Still writing under the influence of classically-oriented German masters like Mendelssohn and Brahms, scored the Serenade for a wind ensemble very similar to that of Mozart’s great Serenade for Thirteen Winds.
Heralded as a “promising new compositional voice” by the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Kansas City native Stephanie Berg’s music has been met with enthusiasm, and has been described as fun, creative, vivid and unabashedly cinematic.
The piece established Rachmaninoff’s fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces.
A set of dances composed in 1926 by Peter Warlock, considered one of his most popular works. Originally composed as a piano duet, the Capriol Suite is most often performed by string orchestras. It’s a perfect piece for both musicians and audiences, blending ancient melodies with modern flair.
Gottschalk’s First Symphony is one of the earliest examples of an orchestral work by an American composer that integrates elements of Afro-Caribbean music and rhythm. The movement we are performing is titled “Festa Criolla,” and is based on the samba.
Ravel spoke of it as “a virtuoso piece in the style of a Hungarian rhapsody”. It has also been described as “fiery”, “dazzling”, “full of fireworks”, and “scorching.”
First performed in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic under Nicolai Malko on 12 May 1926, Shostakovich wrote this work as his graduation piece at the Petrograd Conservatory, completing it at the age of 19.
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