The Serenade for strings of Mieczysław Karłowicz has gained its spot in the repertoire. Winking at Tchaikovsky and Dvořák, this serenade, with its beautiful melodies, is fun to play and to listen to.

The Serenade for strings of Mieczysław Karłowicz has gained its spot in the repertoire. Winking at Tchaikovsky and Dvořák, this serenade, with its beautiful melodies, is fun to play and to listen to.
The Prelude to Fauré ‘s Pelléas et Mélisande is imbued with the gentleness and drama of the characters . Rich in orchestration, it’s a gorgeous page where the main challenge for a conductor lies in the subtleties of the constant push-and-pull
Embued in the richness of the folk tunes of Hungary, Bartók’s Rumanian Folk Dances are an orchestral miniature firmly set in the repertoire, often appearing in conducting auditions and competitions.
IntroductionThe name of Franz Schreker, unfortunately, will not sound familiar to many of you. Schreker was a composer...
IntroductionInspired by the novel by Antoine François Prévost "History of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut"...
IntroductionBetween 1809 and 1810, Beethoven wrote a set of incidental music pieces to the 1787 play titled Egmont by...
IntroductionTill Eulenspiegel is the name of a young boy in a fairy tale written in 1511. We don't know if he really...
IntroductionMa mère l'Oye was originally written as a five-movement piano duet, between 1908 and 1910, for 2 children:...
IntroductionUndoubtedly one of the most beloved operas of all times, Die Zauberflöte - The Magic Flute - was the...
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