Christopher Hogwood conducts the Academy of Ancient Music. This piece would make a good concert opener.
Stravinsky conducts ‘Pulcinella’
Composer Igor Stravinsky conducts the Toronto Symphony in the ending of his own ballet “Pulcinella.” This is in 1967, very late in his life, the latest I’ve seen him conducting on film. He would have been about 85 here. Stravinsky
A Schubert playlist
Although Schubert tragically died young and left many unfinished compositions (not just the famous “Unfinished” Symphony), his legacy is as prolific composer. Completing his first symphony at 16, he went on to compose more than 1500 works, including seven symphonies,
That pounding bit in ‘The Rite of Spring’
Here are those 11 beats in Part II of Stravinsky’s “Le sacre du printemps” (today is the anniversary of its 1913 premiere) in 103 different performances. Warning: This is bizarre.
Haydn: Symphony No. 22 in E flat, ‘The Philosopher’
A wonderful early symphony, not played often enough.
Pacific Overtures: May
My monthly newsletter … Pacific Overtures. May, 2018.
A Shostakovich playlist
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10, second movement
Every time I hear this performance I’m astounded. Yevgeny Mravinsky conducts the Leningrad Philharmonic. Carl St.Clair and Pacific Symphony perform Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 on May 3-5.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, 3rd movement
Here’s another piece you can play for your friends who think classical music is boring. It’s the third movement, Allegro molto vivace, of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique.” Even if you know the music, you might want to listen to