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Cantata 82 - “Ich habe genug”
Bach: “I have enough.” church cantata for bass, Leipzig, 1727. oboe obbligato
Cantata 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fu∫ im Grabe”
Bach: “I stand with one food in the grave”. church cantata. Leipzig, 1729. for three different voices, alto, tenor, and bass. opening sinfonia for oboe and orchestra.
Cantata 202 “Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten”
Bach, secular cantata for soprano. “wedding cantata.” composed maybe for his wedding to his wife Anna Magdalena in 1721, though the style is from earlier in 1714. oboe part in the first and seventh arias.
Easter Oratorio
Bach. premiere on April 1, 1725, Leipzig for Easter Sunday. oratorio, originally titled “Kommt, gehet und eilet.” renamed in 1735. Based on a secular cantata bwv 249a. text probably by Picander. No narrator, 4 voices: Simon Peter (tenor), John the Apostle (bass), Mary Magdalene (alto), Mary Jacobe (soprano).
choir, orchestra
trumpets, timpani, oboe, oboe d’amore, recorders, flauta transversa, violins, viola, continuo
Brandenburg Concertos
6 concerto grosso, 1721. bwv 1046-1051. presented to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg.
Brandenburg Concerto 1
4 movements, written for 3 oboes, 2 horns, bassoon, violins, viola, basso continuo.
Brandenburg Concerto 2
3 movements, 1 oboe, 1 trumpet, 1 flute, 1 violin, ripieno orchestra.
St. Matthew Passion
religious oratorio (sacred). 1727, solo voices, double choir and double orchestra. from Luther's translation of the Gospel of Matthew. St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 d'amore, 2 da caccia, lute, strings
Barber Violin Concerto
- moto perpetuo third movement
Concerto for Orchestra
Bela Bartok, 1943 (revised 1945). premiered by the BSO and Koussevitsky in 1944. triple winds, each instrument has it’s own moment to be showcased, which is why it’s a concerto for orchestra.
Symphony no. 3 Beethoven
1803-1804. premiered at Prince Lobkowitz’ palace in Vienna. originally dedicated to Napolean, then retracted after he named himself Emperer.
“first Romantic symphony”. length, titled specific movements, stretched the harmonic fabric, development and codas are long. intro is short, just two chords. first time to have 3 horns in a Scherzo in a symphony (usually was a Minuet).
1 mvmt: sonata form
2 mvmt: ABA funeral march
3 mvmt: Scherzo
4 mvmt: theme and variations
Beethoven 5.
premiered in 1808, same night as the 6th symphony in Vienna at the Theatre an der Wien.
Beethoven 6
premiered 1808. “Pastoral Symphony”, first programmatic work, with titles for each movement. 4th/5th mvmts linked.
Beethoven 7
1811-1812. premiered 1813. known for dotted rhythms.
Beethoven 9
premiered 1824 in Vienna. text based on Friederich Schiller, “ode to joy”. employed chorus for final movement and soloists. Commissioned by the Philharmonic Society of London. Beethoven conducted.
Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz, 1839. Wagner was at the premiere. Program music, libretto by Emile Deschamps Symphonie Dramatique choral work inspiration in 1827 by Harriet Smithson Pagannini helped fund the premiere
Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz, opera, 1838, 2 acts, after the sculptor of the same name.
Symphonie Fantastique
Berlioz, 1830. Program Symphony about an artist who is in despair becuase of unrequited love. Poisons himself with opium, hallucinates about killing his love and then being marched to the scaffold.
uses the idée fixe, the theme (harriet smithson, his obsession). utlizes the Dies Irae. often has 2 themes separate and then overlap (did this in R&J also).
Bizet Symphony in C 1
composed in 1855 while studying at the Paris Conservatoire, was 17 when he wrote it. studied with Gounod.
Brahms Haydn Variations
- Theme and Variations. “St. Anthony theme from Haydn”. first written for two pianos, then orchestrated. first performance by the Vienna Phil with Brahms conducting. 5 measure phrases, which is unusual.
Brahms Violin Concerto
- written for his friend Joseph Joachim. premiere in Leipzig in 1879. follows standard fast-slow-fast format
Brahms Symphony 1 in c minor
premiered 1876, took him 21 years to write it, under the shadow of Beethoven. Sometimes called “Beethoven’s Tenth.” first mvmt is sonata form
Brahms Symphony 2 in D Major
- structure of a classical symphony. playful, harkens to Beethoven 6 Pastoral
Brahms Symphony 3 in F Major
- In the time in between his 2nd and 3rd, he wrote his violin concerto and two overtures -Tragic and Academic Festival”
Bruckner 5 in Bb Major
1875-1876.
La Mer
1905 Debussy. 3 movements “Symphonic Sketches”, impressionist, depicting the waves
Nocturnes
1901 Debussy. 3 mvmts
New World Symphony
Dvorak, 1893. traditional symphonic form, utilized folk songs and spirituals (Harry T. Burleigh). Commissioned and performed by NY Phil
Watermusik
Handel 1717, for King George on the River Thames. performed on a barge in the river, a set of dances, french overture,
Symphony 96 “Miracle”
Haydn, 1791 (year Mozart died). One of the 12 London Symphonies
1st: sonata form
2nd: ABA
3rd: Minuet and Trio (extended oboe solo)
4th: rondo: ABACA
Symphony 102
Haydn, 1794.
Escales
Ibert, 1922. Impressionist, lush, three ports of call.
Mahler Symphony 1
“Titan” 1888. tone poem in symphonic form. quotes from his earlier movements, minor version of Frere Jacques. Two parts, 5 mvmts.
Mahler Symphony 3
- 6 movements in 2 parts. his longest symphony
Mahler Symphony 5
- use of counterpoint, purely orchestral. wrote it in the summer. opening trumpet solo echoes Beethoven 5
Scottish Symphony
Mendelssohn, 1842 in Leipzig. (took him about 13 years to write it). Inspired by the Scottish countryside, where he also found the inspiration for the Hebrides Overture. His 5th symphony to be composed, but the 3rd published. All movements are attaca.
Mozart Oboe Concerto
1777, written for Ferlendis
Mozart Oboe Quartet
1781, written for Friedrich Ramm, used high F for the first time, showed an improvement in the instrument.
Allegro
Adagio
Rondeau
Pictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky, 1874 for piano. Orchestrated by Ravel in 1922. Based on pictures by Victor Hartman. each movement is interspersed with the Promenade (5/4 and 6/4)
Classical Symphony
Prokofiev. 1917. Neoclassical structure, but with a Gavotte instead of a Minuet for the 3rd movement.
Daphnis et Chloe
Ravel. performed by ballet Russes in 1912, commissioned by Diaghilev in 1909. impressionistic,
Gli Uccelli
Respighi, 1928. based on 17th and 18th century pieces. attempts to notate birdsong. 5 movements
Scheherazade
Rimsky Korsakov, 1888. Based on the Arabian Nights. Premiered in St. Petersburg, conducted by RK. symphonic suite.
Italian in Algiers
Rossini, 1813. premiered in Venice.
Symphony no. 5 Schubert
- one flute, two oboes, 2 bassoons, horns, strings. mozartean influence, small instumentation
Symphony no 8 Schubert
“unfinished” 1822, even though he lived another 6 years beyond.
Symphony no 9 Schubert
“the Great” 1825. mendelssohn conducted the premiere in 1839.
Shostakovich 1
1925, composed for his degree graduation. slow largo movement is 3rd, utilizes the piano. 3rd and 4th mvmts are played attaca.
Shostakovich 5
1937, premiered Leningrad Philharmonic.
1: sonata form
2: scherzo
3: largo
4: ABA
Shostakovich 7
1941 “Leningrad”. smuggled out of the USSR and represents a resistance to totalitarianism and militarism
Rite of Spring
Stravinsky, ballet 1913: Diaghalev and Nijinsky
Song of the Nightengale
Stravinsky, 1914. natural vs artificial
Symphony in C - Stravinsky
neoclassical
Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky, 1875-6.
Fidelio
Beethoven
Das Lied von der Erde
Mahler, 1909
Symphony in one movement
Barber. 1936, revised 1942. condensed, four movements in 1. modeled after Sibelius’ Symphony 7. 3 themes all appear in first movement and then reappear throughout
Tombeau de Couperin
Ravel. 1919. Tribute to friends who died in WWI, originally for piano. neoclassical, based on Rambeau and Couperin.
La Scala di Seta
Rossini
Tchaikovsky 4
1878
Schumann 2
1847
