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...
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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,...
Program Note: Dvořák’s Carnival Overture
Posted August 26, 2024Instrumentation: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani,...
Program Note: Holst’s The Planets
Posted April 2, 2024Theodore Gustav Holst (Born in Cheltenham, England in 1874; died in London in 1934) The Planets (Symphonic Suite), Op. 32...
Program Note: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 16
Posted April 2, 2024Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756; died in Vienna, Austria in 1791) Piano Concerto No. 16 in...
Program Note: Nielsen’s Helios Overture
Posted April 2, 2024Carl Nielsen (Born in Sortelung, on Funen Island, Denmark in 1865; died in Copenhagen in 1931) Helios Overture, Op. 17...
