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Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Baptized December 17, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. Died March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Composed: 1811-1812. First Performance: December 8, 1813 at Vienna with Beethoven conducting. Instrumentation, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 timpani, and strings.…
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Wolfgang Mozart (1756-1791) Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Died December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria. Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385 Composed July 20-August 7, 1782. First Performance: March 23, 1783 at the Vienna Hofburgtheater conducted by Mozart. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets,…
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Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 is tied with No. 5 for being my favorite Mahler work. So naturally when a friend told me he was going to conduct it I was excited. No. 6 presents two problems that the conductor needs to resolve. One is the ordering of the middle movements. (Andante then Scherzo. End of…
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Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Born March 31, 1732 in Rohrau Austria. Died May 31, 1897 in Vienna Austria. Symphony No. 88 in G Major. Composed: 1787. First Performance: Paris, 1787. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. Duration: ~25 min. Haydn wrote five symphonies between his celebrated Paris[82-87] and…
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Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) Born April 23, 1891 in Sontsovka, Ukraine. Died March 5, 1853 in Moscow. “Classical” Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 Composed:1916-1917. First Performance: April 21, 1918 in Saint Petersburg (then called Petrograd) with Prokofiev conducting the Former Court Orchestra. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns,…
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Born May 7, 1833 in Hamburg Germany. Died April 3, 1897 in Vienna Austria. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68. Composed ~1855 – September, 1876. First Performance: November 4, 1876 at Karlsruhe with Otto Dessoff conducting. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2 trumpets,…
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Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Born May 7, 1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk, Russia. Died November 6, 1893 in St. Petersburg, Russia. Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 Pathétique Composed February 16 to August 31, 1893. First Performance: October 28, 1893 in the Hall of Nobles, St. Petersburg with the composer conducting the Russian Musical Society Orchestra.…
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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) Born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg. Died November 4, 1847 in Leipzig. Symphony No. 4, Op.90 in A Major “Italian” Composed: 1831-March 13, 1833. Revised 1834-1837. First Performance: May 13, 1833 in London with the composer conducting in the Philharmonic Society. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns,…
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Dmitriĭ Shostakovich (1906-1975) Born September 25, 1906 in St. Petersburg. Died August 9, 1975 in Moscow. Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 Composed summer-fall 1953 – possibly earlier. First Performance: December 17, 1953 in Leningrad with Yevgeni Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Instrumentation: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, english horn, Eb clarinet, 2…
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Born May 7, 1833 in Hamburg Germany. Died April 3, 1897 in Vienna Austria. Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 Composed in the summer of 1877 First Performance: December 30, 1877 at the Vienna Musikverein with Has Richter conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2…