Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Juliet as a Young Girl – a more lively piece to the usual Dance of the Knights

Mozart: The Magic Flute Overture – from a 2 act opera which was the last to be composed by Mozart

Offenbach: Barcarole – originally a duet Beautiful Night, O Night of Love but we play the instrumental version

 

Edward’s Insights Stravinsky: Pulcinella – hear Edward tell us how some previous music was re-orchestrated

 

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major 2nd movement Andante – from a Austrian composer and pianist who wrote sonatas and concertos for several other solo instruments

Rossini: La Cenerentola Overture – from his 20th opera, musical mischief in a story based on Cinderella

Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade 1st movement Prelude The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship – once a sailor, let Rimsky-Korsakov take us on an exciting musical sea voyage

Schumann: Spring Symphony No 1 in B flat major 2nd movement Larghetto – this 4 part symphony was sketched in 4 days and finished in a month

 

 

FOR OUR COFFEE BREAK THIS WEEK we have an alliterative piece from 20th English composer

Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony – it’s the third movement Sentimental Sarabande  

 

 

Saint Saens: Danse Macabre – a symphonic poem where no one escapes the dance with death

Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for Oboe and Strings 2nd movement Larghetto – a graceful and lyrical piece

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves – from a traditional melody dating back to Tudor times

Dvorak: Symphony No 9 in E minor From the New World 3rd movement Scherzo molto vivace – an anthem to American roots

Haydn: Cello Concerto No 1 in C major 3rd movement Allegro molto – composed for his friend and principal cellist at the court of Prince Esterhazy

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G 1st movement Allegro moderato – the most popular of these 6 instrumental works

Waldteufel: Les Patineurs – inspired by the skaters at the Bois de Boulogne rink Paris

Crusell: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat No 1 2nd movement Adagio – the first of three composed by this Swedish-Finnish clarinettist