Search results for: “Edward Elgar”

A Clockwork Orange – Extended Theme & Title Music by Henry Purcell

…compositions, including parts of Beethoven’s Chorale 9th Symphony and works by Sir Edward Elgar. Wendy Carlos has been a personal inspiration and role model for me since my teenage years….
Händel – Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 1 in G Major, HWV 319 – 1 of 4

Händel’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 1 in G Major is a marvelous example of baroque orchestral music. Sir Edward Elgar himself turned to Handel for inspiration when it came…
Fritz Kreisler

…later. Despite the absence of children, their love story endured for sixty years, until Kreisler’s death. The World War I Era In 1910, Kreisler premiered Sir Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto,…
Capricho by Isaac Albeniz, Played by Edward Grigassy

Edward Grigassy performs Isaac Albeniz’s Cuba (Capricho) on classical guitar….
Symphony Fantastique and Enigma Variations Rehearsal

…musicians from ten Berlin schools rehearse and perform with members of the orchestra. They recently worked on pieces by Berlioz and Elgar, culminating in a full orchestral performance conducted by…
Aase’s Death from Edward Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Debussy – Clair de Lune on Guitar

Debussy’s “Clair de lune” guitar solo, arranged and performed by James Edwards. Recording available for download here: Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0093NTDTY iTunes – http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/clair-de-lune-single/id556999611 Sheet music for this arrangement can be…
Leroy Anderson

…with Walter Spalding, counterpoint with Edward Ballantine, canon and fugue with William C. Heilman, and orchestration with Edward B. Hill and Walter Piston. Learning from these eminent musicians played a…
Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron of Aldeburgh, was an English composer, conductor, and pianist whose work helped to shape 20th-century classical music. Britten was best known for his operas, vocal works,…
The Emotional Power of Classical Music: How Timeless Pieces Invoke Our Deepest Feelings

…mournful nature. Nimrod from Elgar‘s Enigma Variations: Often played at British funerals and memorial services, this piece captures a sense of remembrance and loss. Requiem in D minor by Mozart:…
Pomp and Circumstance on Classical Guitar

Classical guitar pomp and circumstance.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, an American composer and pianist, was born on May 8, 1829, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father, Edward Gottschalk, was a London-born Jewish businessman of German origin,…