Satie was a musical iconoclast who sought to lead French music from Impressionism to a more minimalist, experimental approach. Among those influenced by him during his lifetime were Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc, and he is seen as an influence on a number of modern artists, including John Cage, Philip Glass, and Brian Eno.
One of Bach’s most popular and well-known instrumental concertos.
The Symphony No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 97, also known as the Rhenish, is the last symphony composed by Robert Schumann, although not the last published. It was composed from 2 November to 9 December 1850 and premiered on 6 February 1851 in Düsseldorf, conducted by Schumann himself.
Mabel Daniels Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877-1971) was an American composer, conductor, and teacher. Based in Boston, Daniels studied at Radcliffe College, The Royal Conservatory in Munich, and with composer George Chadwick. Daniels was inspired to write “Deep Forest”...
The Ukrainian National anthem was adopted by Ukraine's parliament in 1992. It is based upon a patriotic poem written in 1862 by the poet Pavlo Chubynsky, and music written in 1863 by Mykhailo Verbytsky. In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February...
Grieg subtitle this lush work a “suite in the olden style.” He wrote it to commemorate the bicentenary of the birth of Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754), a celebrated writer, poet and dramatist claimed by both Denmark and Norway as a native son and dubbed “the Molière of the...
This lovely work, which Debussy composed in 1904, had its genesis in a rivalry between two harp makers. Sebastian Erard had perfected the pedal harp early in the 19th century. Pedal harps use foot pedals to raise or lower the pitch of a harp’s strings, and have become...
For three violins, three violas, three cellos, and continuo.
A very personal work, this song cycle by Gustav Mahler arose out of his unrequited love for a soprano he had met as a conductor in the Kassel opera house in the mid-1880s.
Heitor Villa-Lobos’ famous Aria is performed in memoriam Kurt Behnke, one of the early victims of the COVID pandemic.
Nulla porttitor pretium blandit. Suspendisse id nulla et erat feugiat vehicula. Nam ac sapien maximus sem auctor sollicitudin sit amet a enim. Nulla facilisi. Donec et commodo tellus.
