This overture recounts the magical re-awakening of Spring's arrival in Sweden with the help of two Swedish folk songs. A melancholic, haunting song is first heard from afar as various instruments from...
Summer is the second in a series of symphonic poems, inspired by the seasons and the folk music of Scandinavia. In Spring, the composer made use of two Swedish folk tunes, whereas Summer incorporates...
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (Op...
The one-act opera Suor Angelica is set in the cloisters of an Italian convent at the end of the seventeenth century. Of noble birth, Angelica has been a nun for seven years, forced there by her family...
The first movement of Nielsen's spectacular 3rd Symphony, skillfully arranged for wind orchestra by Johan de Meij.
La Danza is a playful Neapolitan tarantella, composed by Gioacchino Rossini, that became world famous in the orchestration by Ottorino Respighi. It's hard to sit still during this fresh whirlwind!
