Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. 40, also known as the Cockaigne Overture, is a concert overture for full orchestra written by the British composer Edward Elgar in 1900–1901. History [ edit ]
The Year 1812, Solemn Overture, Op. 49, popularly known as the 1812 Overture, [1] is a concert overture in E ♭ major written in 1880 by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The piece commemorates Russia 's successful defense against the French invasion of the nation in 1812.
The Overture di Ballo is a concert overture by Arthur Sullivan.Its first performance was in August 1870 at the Birmingham Triennial Festival, conducted by the composer. It predates all his work with W. S. Gilbert, and is his most frequently recorded concert work for orchestra.
A stand-alone overture intended for concert performance, made up of material and themes from Berlioz's opera Benvenuto Cellini, including some music from the opera's carnival scene – hence the overture's title. It is scored for large orchestra, is in the key of A major, and features a prominent and famous solo for the cor anglais.
The Overture and Ballet Scene are notable for two reasons. First, they are Sibelius's earliest compositions for orchestra (prior to them, he had mainly written chamber music, pieces for solo piano, and a few songs), which eventually became his chosen medium of artistic expression. Second, Sibelius had conceived of the two pieces as Movements I ...
The overture is run through with Beethovenian riffs, flourishes and humor and is like a deconstruction of Beethoven. [5] The piece, full of extended techniques, [3] has a cut-and-paste structure. [5] The timpani are in the focus from the beginning of the overture. The metronome markings are deliberately selected at a fast speed. [1]
At the concert on 3 August, once again without warning, he took personal command of the orchestra and conducted the premiere of the work himself; he also went on to "tactlessly" conduct a Beethoven overture that Tausch had rehearsed but Schumann had not. [10] The Julius Caesar Overture produced little noticeable effect on the audience. [11]
Overture. (Andante con moto in E minor [2] – Allegro in E major and time [3]) (sketched and completed in April 1841) [1] Scherzo. Vivo, in 6 8 time and in C ♯ minor, [4] whose theme is based on that of the overture. [1] It has a trio section in D ♭ major, in contrasting 2 4 time [5] whose material reappears as the coda of the movement. [6 ...