Can you hear a sunrise and sunset? Besides his well-known six symphonies, Danish composer Carl Nielsen wrote many short orchestral works, including the “Helios Overture.”
“Helios” Overture
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Bass Concerto in E Major
Vanhal was well-known among the Viennese composers of his era, and his music was respected by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. He was a prolific composer, with 100 string quartets, at least 73 symphonies, 95 sacred works, and a large number of instrumental and vocal works attributed to him.
Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite
Grieg initially composed an eight-piece set of incidental music for a historical play written by his friend Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. It was published as Op. 22 and first performed in Christiania in 1872.
Symphony No. 97
Franz Joseph Haydn so won over London society in his 1791 trip that he was invited back for a second trip, in 1794. A major attraction of these concerts was his celebrated “London Symphonies,” composed between 1791 and 1795.
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Shostakovich wrote the work for his friend Mstislav Rostropovich, who committed it to memory in four days and gave the premiere on October 4, 1959.
Symphony No. 8
Composed shortly after the 7th was finished, this symphony shows off Beethoven’s sense of musical humor.
Violin Concerto in A Minor
A concerto for violin and orchestra composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1879. It was premiered in Prague in 1883 by František Ondříček, who also gave the Vienna and London premieres.
Totenfeier
An early version of the first movement of his Second Symphony (the “Resurrection”).
Overture to “The Abduction from the Seraglio”
The 25-year old Mozart composed this comic opera in 1781-2, shortly after his move from Salzburg to Vienna.
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Rachmaninoff played the solo piano part at the piece’s premiere in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1934.
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