Baton Orchestral

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

In 1876, Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestral suit...

Charles Ives's 'Symphony No. 1 in D minor', written between 1898 and 1902, is an example of how Ives synthesized ideas from composers who came before him. Many of his later symphonies relied on Protes...

Charles Ives's 'Symphony No. 1 in D minor', written between 1898 and 1902, is an example of how Ives synthesized ideas from composers who came before him. Many of his later symphonies relied on Protes...

Giacomo Puccini's 'Suor Angelica' (Sister Angelica) is one of the three one-act opera's which belong to the triptych 'Il Trittico' which is an example of the verismo-opera, a naturalistic movement in...

Giacomo Puccini's 'Suor Angelica' (Sister Angelica) is one of the three one-act opera's which belong to the triptych 'Il Trittico' which is an example of the verismo-opera, a naturalistic movement in...

Gustav Holst's "Suite de Ballet" (Op. 10) is an orchestral work he composed in 1899. It is one of his lesser-known works, but it shows an interesting use of orchestration and rhythmic variations. The...

Gustav Holst's "Suite de Ballet" (Op. 10) is an orchestral work he composed in 1899. It is one of his lesser-known works, but it shows an interesting use of orchestration and rhythmic variations. The...

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) was a star pupil at the Moscow Conservatory, winning the first time its gold medal in performance and composition. Tanayev was a classicist in a Romantic age. His...

Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915) was a star pupil at the Moscow Conservatory, winning the first time its gold medal in performance and composition. Tanayev was a classicist in a Romantic age. His...

Anton Anton Bruckner's Fifth Symphony in B-flat major was composed in Vienna during the years 1875 and 1876.The crowning glory of the whole work is the Finale. (Concert Band)

Anton Anton Bruckner's Fifth Symphony in B-flat major was composed in Vienna during the years 1875 and 1876.The crowning glory of the whole work is the Finale. (Concert Band)

The 'symphonie Fantastique' (Episode in the life of an artist) was heard for the first time in Paris on 5 December 1830. Still we can feel the beating of the creator's heart at every performance. In t...

La Damnation de Faust was in the beginning a kind of oratorio, although Hector Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) called it himself a concert-opera. To place the Hungarian March in the piece, Hector Berlioz s...

Dmitri Shostakovich' opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was with more than 200 performances very succesful in as well Russia as abroad. But in 1936 Stalin attended a performance and it was imm...

Dmitri Shostakovich' opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was with more than 200 performances very succesful in as well Russia as abroad. But in 1936 Stalin attended a performance and it was imm...

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the first part of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier in 1722 while he was Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold at the court of Cöthen. The somewhat unusual title is based on the dis...

Johann Sebastian Bach composed the first part of Das Wohltemperierte Klavier in 1722 while he was Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold at the court of Cöthen. The somewhat unusual title is based on the dis...

The Prelude and Fugue from The Spitfire (1942) by William Walton had its origin in music for the film The first of the few, a tribute to R.J.Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire, by Leslie Howard .The s...

The Prelude and Fugue from The Spitfire (1942) by William Walton had its origin in music for the film The first of the few, a tribute to R.J.Mitchell, designer of the Spitfire, by Leslie Howard .The s...