Bruno Peterschmitt

Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a well-known piece written for solo piano by Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under...

Piano, Flute, Oboe, A Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

This original piece is constructed as the overture of a fantasy opera. It proposes 5 distinct environments with contrasting moods (solemn, humorous ...) which could symbolize 5 characters or situation...

French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) composed his 'Requiem in D minor', Op. 48, between 1887 and 1890. It became the best-known compositions of his large works. In seven movements, the work is sc...

French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) composed his 'Requiem in D minor', Op. 48, between 1887 and 1890. It became the best-known compositions of his large works. In seven movements, the work is sc...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. Charpentier dominated the Baroque musical scene in seventeenth century France because of the quality o...

Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792) was a German-Czech composer and a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. Rosetti wrote over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental music including many symphonies...

Francesco Antonio Rosetti (1750 - 1792) was a German-Czech composer and a contemporary of Haydn and Mozart. Rosetti wrote over 400 compositions, primarily instrumental music including many symphonies...

'Urlicht' belongs to Mahler's 'Wunderhornlieder' and is also used in in his second symphony called 'Auferstehung'. The text of the song deals about the great pain and despair that mankind is living in...

'Urlicht' belongs to Mahler's 'Wunderhornlieder' and is also used in in his second symphony called 'Auferstehung'. The text of the song deals about the great pain and despair that mankind is living in...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

Most of Mozart's solo horn music was composed between 1781 and 1789 for his friend and fellow freemason, Ignaz Leutgeb, an accomplished player from Salzburg who continued to perform after setting up a...

'Der Ring des Nibelungen' (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and th...

'Der Ring des Nibelungen' (The Ring of the Nibelung) is a cycle of four epic operas by German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and th...

The Piano Concerto No. 23, KV 488 was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786. The slow second movement, in ternary form, is somewhat operatic in tone. The piano begins alone w...

The Piano Concerto No. 23, KV 488 was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786. The slow second movement, in ternary form, is somewhat operatic in tone. The piano begins alone w...

Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The third movement is titled 'Scherzo'. This scherzo is depicting a hunting scene with series of horn...

Bruckner's fourth symphony - the 'Romantic' - is a veritable pinnacle of the symphonic repertoire. The third movement is titled 'Scherzo'. This scherzo is depicting a hunting scene with series of horn...

Concert Band

Concert Band, Harp or Piano

The first Vienna Philharmonic Ball was held in 1924, and set precedents which the ball committee has maintained to this day. Richard Strauss, who collaborated artistically with the orchestra for many...