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Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; German: Wiener Philharmoniker) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. [1] [2] [3]The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.
An energetic restatement of the theme by the orchestra follows, but this quickly digresses into a section marked by string arpeggios and the arrival of a new thematic element for further development. A distinctive 'turning' motif , derived from the main theme, appears in the winds, traded between flute and oboe with lush string harmony ...
The work was begun in the summer of 1812, immediately after the completion of the Seventh Symphony. [3] At the time Beethoven was 41 years old. According to Antony Hopkins, the mood of the work betrays nothing of the events that were taking place in Beethoven's life at the time, which involved his interference in his brother Johann's romantic relationships. [3]
The premiere of the Ninth Symphony involved an orchestra nearly twice as large as usual [13] and required the combined efforts of the Kärntnertor house orchestra, the Vienna Music Society (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde), and a select group of capable amateurs. While no complete list of premiere performers exists, many of Vienna's most elite ...
Lincoln Portrait (also known as A Lincoln Portrait) is a 1942 classical orchestral work written by the American composer Aaron Copland.The work involves a full orchestra, with particular emphasis on the brass section at climactic moments.
Sergei Rachmaninoff. Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, is an orchestral suite in three movements completed in October 1940 by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.It is his final major composition, and his only piece written in its entirety while living in the United States.
The symphony is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, triangle and strings.Schumann especially expanded the use of timpani in the symphony, using the unusual tuning of B ♭, G ♭, and F in the first movement, and D, A, and F in the third, at the suggestion of Schumann's cousin-in-law, Ernst Pfundt.
While most of Messiaen's compositions are religious in inspiration, at the time of writing the symphony the composer was fascinated by the myth of Tristan and Isolde, and the Turangalîla Symphony forms the central work in his trilogy of compositions concerned with the themes of romantic love and death; the other pieces are Harawi for piano with soprano and Cinq rechants for unaccompanied ...