This six-movement serenade was Brahms first major orchestral work and was published in 1860. While Brahms initially intended this piece to be an octet, he first expanded it into a work for small orchestra and finally settled on this version for large orchestra. The D...
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Third Orchestral Suite
This is one of Bach's best-known works for large orchestral ensemble. It was probably composed in the 1720s originally as a suite for strings and oboes, to which trumpets and timpani were later added. It is a work in 5 movements, made up of an Overture (prelude), Air,...
Concerto No. 10 in B Minor
The collection of 12 concertos known as “L’Estro Armonico” (Harmonic Inspiration) was first published in 1711 in Amsterdam. It includes some of Vivaldi’s most famous concerti, known to beginning violin students and professionals alike. The collection itself is divided...
“London” Symphony
It is clear from the title that Joseph Haydn was a very prolific composer, and all of his symphonies are mature, brilliant and well-crafted works. Haydn wrote this masterpiece in 1795 during his second triumphal visit to London. This symphony — his last —...
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
This extraordinary work was composed for tenor Peter Pears and horn player Dennis Brain in 1943. It consists of six songs set to English poems framed by a solo horn prologue and epilogue. While many of the poems deal in some fashion with sleep, decay, or death, each...
“The Belle of Chicago”
Sousa reigned as the “March King” in the latter part of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries. His musical output was prodigious, consisting of marches (well over 100), operettas, suites, songs, arrangements, etc. His “Belle of Chicago” march dates from 1892...
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor
Revolutionary in its time, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony is seen by many as the quintessential symphony.
Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Franz Schubert grew up in the most important symphonic center of his time, Vienna. Schubert’s teachers, Salieri and Holzer, were primarily opera composers; but Schubert’s inner drive propelled him to an amazing and early symphonic output. Schubert composed nine...
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major
The fifth concerto for violin, K. 219, is one of a series of great works for Mozart’s “other” instrument. We associate Mozart, and rightly so, with the keyboard. But Mozart’s skills on the violin were quite accomplished. Scholars believe Mozart performed his own...
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
In the early to mid-twentieth century, as the revival of interest in early music continued and intensified, composers explored the possibilities of this music using a modern orchestral sound. Some of the more notable are the Pulcinella Suite of Stravinsky, the...
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