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    Walton : Symphony No. 1

    Sir William Walton (1902-1983) Born March 29, 1902, in Oldham, Lancashire Died  March 8 1983, on the Island of Ischia, Italy Symphony No. 1 Composed 1932-1935 First Performances: First three movements only: 3 December 1934. Queen's Hall, London. London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty conductor. First complete performance: 6 November 1935. Queen's Hall, London. BBC Symphony Orchestra, ...
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    Hindemith : Symphonie Mathis der Maler

    Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Born November 16, 1895, Hanau (near Frankfurt) Died December 28, 1963, Frankfurt. Symphonie Mathis der Maler Composed 1933-1935 First Performance: March 12, 1934 in Berlin conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. Instrumentation: 2 flutes (second doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (second doubling English Horn), 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 ...
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    Schoenberg : Verklärte Nacht

    Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Born: September 13, 1874 in Vienna Died: July 13, 1951 in Brentwood Park, Los Angeles, California Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 Completed: December 1, 1899. Arranged for string orchestra in 1917 and revised in 1943. First performance: March 18, 1902 by the Rosé Quartet with an extra violist and cellist at the Vienna Tonkünstlerverein. Instrumentation: originally a...
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    Barber : Adagio

    Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Born March 9, 1910 in West Chester, PA. Died January 23, 1981 in New York City. Adagio for String Orchestra, Op. 11 Composed 1936. First Performance: November 5, 1938 with Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony. Instrumentation: string orchestra (first and second violins with divided parts, viola divided, cello divided and bass) Duration: ~ 8 minutes. Samuel...
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Animated Prokofiev film

Jan 30th

Posted by gene in Video

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This is a wonderful animated short – even if you don’t know who Prokofiev was or understand Russian. Just enjoy the animation.

I liked the portrait of Rimsky Korsakov (then Liadov and Glazunov) that came “alive” to give him advice.

Apparently this won a medal in some film competition.

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Prokofiev : “Classical” Symphony

Jan 24th

Posted by gene in Program Notes

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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, More >

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Prokofiev : Pushkin Waltzes

Apr 27th

Posted by gene in Program Notes

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Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Born April 23, 1891 in Sontsovka, Ukraine.

Died March 5, 1853 in Moscow.

Pushkin Waltzes, Op. 120

Composed in 1949.

First Performance: January 1, 1952, Moscow Radio performance, conducted by Samuel Samosud.

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, More >