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The Young People's Concerts
The Sound of an Orchestra

NYP


Major works:

Haydn - Sym. No. 88 (Largo); Beethoven - Sym. No. 5 (Opening Theme, Mvt. 3), Sym. No. 7; Brahms - Sym. No. 1 (Mvts 1, 2, 3, Finale); Debussy - Iberia (Mvt. 2); Stravinsky - L'Histoire du Soldat (The Royal March); Gershwin - An American In Paris; Bach - Partita; Copland - Rodeo (Hoedown)

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
Two Ballet Birds

NYP


Major works:

Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Opening Act II, Black Swan Pas de Deux, Introduction & Adagio; Male Variation, Female Variation, Coda); Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (Introduction & Firebird Variation), Ronde of the Princesses, Infernal Dance of King Kastchei, Berceuse & Finale

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What Does Music Mean?

NYP; Reri Grist, Soprano; Helen Raab, Contralto; William Lewis, Tenor


Major works:

Rossini - Overture to William Tell; Chopin - Nocturne; Beethoven - Waldstein Sonata; R. Strauss - Don Quixote; Beethoven - Sym. No. 6; Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition; Tchaikovsky - Sym. Nos.4 & 5; Webern - Six Pieces; Ravel - La Valse

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What is a Concerto?

NYP


Major works:

Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Mandolins, Strings & Cimbalo (Mvt. 1); Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 for Harpsichord, Violin, Flute & String Orchestra (Finale); Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra (Mvt. 2); Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin & Orchestra (Finale); Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra (Mvts. 5 & 6)

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What is a Melody?

NYP


Major works:

Wagner - Prelude to Tristan and Isolde; Mozart - First Mvt. from Sym. No. 40, Hindemith - Concert Music for Strings and Brass; Brahms - Finale from Sym. No. 4

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What is a Mode?

NYP


Major works:

Debussy - Nocturnes: Fetes; Moussorgsky - Boris Godunov (Polonaise from Act III); Bernstein - Fancy Free: Danzon

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What is American Music?

NYP


Major works:

Gershwin - An American in Paris; Dvorak - Sym. No. 5; Gilbert - Dance on Place Congo; Stravinsky - Ragtime; Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue; Schuman - American Festival Overture;Harris - Sym. No. 3; R. Thompson - Sym. No. 2; V. Thompson - Mother of Us All; Copland - Music for the Theatre, Billy the Kid, Sym. No. 3

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What is Classical Music?

NYP


Major works:

Haydn - Sym. No. 102; Mozart - Sym. No. 40, Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Piano Concerto No. 21; Beethoven - Egmont Overture

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What is Impressionism?

NYP


Major works:

Debussy - La Mer; Ravel - Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2 (Final Dance)

[Kultur: D1503]


The Young People's Concerts
What is Orchestration?

NYP


Major works:

Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnole; Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; Hindemith - Kleine Kammermusik for 5 Winds; Stravinsky - Sym. For Instruments; Vaughan Williams - Fantasy on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Schuman - Sym. for Strings; Ravel -Introduction and Allegro; Stravinsky - L'histoire de Soldat; Ravel - Bolero

[Kultur: D1503]


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