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Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations – Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk. This composition consists of 14 variations on an original theme, known as the “Enigma,” Op. 36….
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Benjamin Britten – War Requiem
Britten’s “War Requiem,” presented in a concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I, conducted by Marin Alsop….
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Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei – Performed by The Dale Warland Singers
Composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981) transcribed his well-known piece, Adagio for Strings, into an eight-part choir arrangement called Agnus Dei. The Dale Warland Singers perform this version. The string version of…
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University of Warwick Brass Performs Saint Saens’ Marche Militaire
University of Warwick Brass performs Saint Saens’ Marche Militaire….
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John Williams – The Imperial March from Star Wars
John Williams conducts the Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back at the LA Opening Gala 2014.
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Felix Mendelssohn – War March of the Priests, Op. 74
German composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote incidental music for Jean Racine’s play “Athalie” in 1845. The play was first performed in Berlin and Mendelssohn’s op. 74 was part of the performance….
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Fritz Kreisler
…a concert tour of the United States to financially support Austria. However, when the U.S. entered the war, Kreisler was forced to withdraw from performing and retired to Maine. Post-War…
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Benjamin Britten
…a devout pacifist, refused to bear arms during World War II, a stance that influenced his music profoundly. His most poignant anti-war statement, War Requiem (1962), combined the Latin Requiem…
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Igor Stravinsky
…a seminal work of the 20th century, marking a major turning point in Stravinsky’s career. The Swiss Period: 1914-1920 The outbreak of World War I forced Stravinsky to take refuge…
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Frédéric Chopin
…great reverence. Early Life Frédéric François Chopin was born on either February 22nd or March 1st, 1810, in the small village of Żelazowa Wola, near Warsaw in the Duchy of…
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Georges Bizet
…Bizet’s operas that did reach the stage during this time, Les pêcheurs de perles and La jolie fille de Perth, were not immediately successful. Personal Life and the Franco-Prussian War…
