Program Note: Brahms’s Symphony No. 3
Posted January 6, 2025Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings Johannes Brahms...
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Program Note: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, “Emperor”
Posted January 6, 2025Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings Ludwig van Beethoven (Born in...
Program Note: Ruehr’s “Sky Above Clouds”
Posted January 6, 2025Sky Above Clouds Elena Ruehr (b. 1963) Sky Above Clouds is based on one of a series of Georgia O’Keeffe paintings...
Program Note: Williams’s London Symphony
Posted October 31, 2024Instrumentation: 3 flutes (+ piccolo), 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 cornets...
Program Note: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major
Posted October 31, 2024Instrumentation: flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, strings Ludwig van Beethoven (Born in Bonn...
Program Note: Singer’s London Landscapes
Posted October 31, 2024During the COVID-19 pandemic, Neal Gittleman got in touch with me. We had not had been in contact for many...
Program Note: Brahms’s Symphony No. 4
Posted August 26, 2024Instrumentation: 2 flutes (+ piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, triangle,...
Program Note: Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto in D
Posted August 26, 2024Instrumentation: solo violin, piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, E-flat clarinet, 3 bassoons (+ contrabassoon), 4 horns,...
