A selection of music from one of Stephen Sondheim’s most popular works.
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC: Suite for Orchestra
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“Reformation” Symphony
The “Reformation” is one of Mendelssohn’s most programmatic works. As befits its title, the symphony’s first and last movements each contain elements of religious struggle and triumph. Though catalogued as Mendelssohn’s fifth symphony, it is actually his second “full” symphony, written in 1829-30, just three years after Beethoven’s death.
Trumpet Concerto
The prominent Soviet and Armenian composer, Alexander Arutiunian fused Russian and Armenian musical traditions to form his own unique style. His compositions span a wide range and include a series of well-regarded brass and woodwind concertos. Of these, the trumpet concerto, composed in 1950, is one of his best-known works and a staple of the trumpet solo literature.
Violin Concerto in D Major
Brahms composed his violin concerto in the last half 1878, close on the heels of his second symphony.
Bridges
A five-movement suite for orchestra.
Symphony No. 31 in D Major
The work was composed in 1778 during Mozart’s unsuccessful job-hunting sojourn in Paris.
Symphony No. 5 in F Major
The symphony is dedicated to Hans von Bülow, in gratitude for the conductor’s systematic championing of Dvořák’s orchestral works.
Konzertstück for 4 Horns
Schumann composed this masterpiece for four French horns and orchestra in 1849, one of his most productive musical years.
Incidental Music to Abdelazer, or the Moor’s Revenge
Purcell composed his incidental music in 1695, shortly before his untimely death at the age of 36.
Symphony No. 3 in F Major
Johannes Brahms wrote his Symphony No. 3 in F Major in 1883 at the age of 50. It is the shortest of his four symphonies, written six years after his Second Symphony, in D Major. During this period Brahms was anything but idle; in fact, these six years were some of the most prolific years in symphonic composition of his life. Masterworks like his Academic Festival Overture, Tragic Overture, Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Violin Concerto were all created in between his two middle symphonies.
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