Shaul Ben-meir

The Enigma Variations (Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36) of Edward Elgar is an orchestral work consisting of an original theme with fourteen variations was composed in between 1898 and 1899. Th...

The beloved Clarinet Concerto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in 1791 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler, and was the last purely instrumental piece of music he composed. Here, the second movem...

Semiramide was composed by Gioacchino Rossini in 1822 and it received its premiere in Venice in February 1823. Based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria, 'Semiramide' was his final 'Italian' opera a...

Composed in 1890, Claude Debussy's 'Reverie' was one of his first piano solos that achieved great popularity. It is a simple melody floating over a gentle accompaniment, like a daydream.

Jacques Offenbach's iconic operetta bouffe 'Orpheus in the Underworld' was first performed in Paris in 1858. Though the overture consists of a variety of themes from throughout the opera, the most rec...

During his lifetime, Frederic Chopin composed nearly exclusively for the piano, and every one of his compositions involves the piano in some capacity. Though he is believed to have composed 36 waltzes...

Chopin composed this graceful, yet somewhat somber Valse (Op. 64, No. 2), as the companion piece the waltz commonly referred to as the Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1). Originally in the key of C-sharp mi...

This Waltz No. 2 in C Minor is taken from Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite No. 2 for Jazz Orchestra, a suite of eight movements all based on other works by the composer. The material for this waltz is deri...

Joachim Andersen had a prolific career as a flutist, performing in the Royal Danish Orchestra (Copenhagen), the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, and co-founding the Berlin Philharmonic. However, the par...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor in 1788, and it is one of two symphonies (out of 41) which he composed in a minor key. Here, the third movement (Menuetto) has been arra...

Rosamunde' was a play by Helmina von Chézy, premiered in Vienna in 1823, with incidental music composed by Franz Schubert. In addition to the oft-performed overture, the remainder of the music from th...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 25 in G minor in 1773 when he was only 17 years old, and it is one of two symphonies (out of 41) which he composed in a minor key. The first movement...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor in 1788, and it is one of two symphonies (out of 41) which he composed in a minor key. The second movement (Andante) arranged for flute...

The Four Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi are among the most recognizable pieces of all classical music. Originally composed as four violin concerti, Vivaldi originally published the works with accompanying...

The Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 was composed by Frederic Chopin in 1838 and is commonly referred to as the 'Military Polonaise.' Pianist Anton Rubinstein once famously stated that this Polonai...

Sleeping Beauty is one of the most famous ballets of all the classical repertoire, first performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1890. Consisting of a prologue and three acts,...

Similar to many of his other works, The Nutcracker ballet of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was not initially successful and only entered into the standard repertoire many decades following its premiere. De...

When Johannes Brahms composed the third movement (Poco Allegretto) of his Symphony No. 3, he broke with the standard tradition of that time period. Typically, in a symphony from the Romantic period, t...

The Allegretto Grazioso is the third movement of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 8, composed in 1889 and premiered in 1890. The opening in G minor is a melancholy waltz in triple meter, reminiscent of t...

This Trio in F, Op. 32 is the first movement of a work by the same name of Gaspard Kummer. It is arranged here for a flute trio of 2 C Flutes and Alto Flute. This trio was originally composed for Flut...

Swan Lake was composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875-76 and was not well-received at the Moscow premiere in 1877. In 1895, two years after the death of Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake was revived for a p...

The Symphony No. 4 of Johannes Brahms was his final symphony, composed in 1884. The Allegro energico e passionato (4th movement), arranged here for flute choir, is in the form of a chaconne (actually...