EVENINGS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
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PROGRAMME FOR 18 JUNE 2003
ANNIVERSARIES  2003
400 YEARS AGO

1.          Baldassare DONATO  -  [1525/30(?) - 1603]  -  Italian composer/singer
                    Ahi miserelle
                                        Concordia  -  Mark Levy (director)









350 YEARS AGO

2.          Arcangelo CORELLI  -  [1653 - 1713]  -  Italian composer/violinist
                    Concerto grosso in D, Op. 6/1
                    i     Largo - [Allegro] - [Adagio] - [Allegro] - [Adagio] - [Allegro]
                    ii    Largo - [Allegro]
                    iii   Largo
                    iv   Allegro - [Adagio]
                    v    Allegro
                                        Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment  -  Catherine Mackintosh (director)





3.          Johann PACHELBEL -  [1653 - 1706]  -  German composer/organist
                    Partie a 5 in G
                    Sonatina - Ballet - Sarabande - Aria - Gigue - Finale
                                        London Baroque


200 YEARS AGO

4.          Johann STICH, a.k.a. Giovanni PUNTO  -  [1746 - 1803]  -  Bohemian horn player
                    Horn Concerto No. 6 in E flat
                    i     Allegro moderato
                    ii    Adagio cantabile
                    iii   Rondo (Moderato)
                                        Barry Tuckwell (horn)
                                        Academy of St Martin in the Fields  -  Neville Marriner (conductor)




5.          Hector BERLIOZ  -  [1803 - 1869]  -  French composer
                    Hungarian March (from "La Damnation de Faust")
                                        Orchestra of the Lyon National Opera  -  Kent Nagano (conductor)









6.          Adolphe ADAM  -  [1803 - 1856]  -  French composer
                    Giselle
                                        Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  -  Herbert von Karajan (conductor)









100 YEARS AGO

7.          Aram KHACHATURIAN  -  [1903 - 1978]  -  Armenian composer
                    Gayaneh Suite No. 1
                    i     Sabre Dance
                    ii    Dance of the Young Maidens
                    iii   Mountaineer's Dance
                    iv   Lullaby
                    v    Lezghinka
                                        Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra  -  Loris Tjeknavorian (conductor)





8.          Hugo WOLF  -  [1860 - 1903]  -  Austrian composer
                    Seemans Abschied
                                        Thomas Allen (baritone);  Roger Vignoles (piano)






50 YEARS AGO

9.          Arnold BAX  -  [1883 - 1953]  -  English composer
                    Nympholept
                                        Royal Scottish National Orchestra  -  David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)








10.          Sergei PROKOFIEV  -  [1891 - 1953]  -  Russian composer/pianist
                    Waltz for the New Year's Eve Ball (from "War and Peace")
                                        BBC Philharmonic  -  Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)






Donato
Corelli
Stich
Berlioz
Adam
Wolf
Bax
Prokofiev
Khachaturian
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