The moving prayer of Desdemona from Act IV of Otello. The accompaniment is arranged exclusively for woodwinds only. (Soprano and Concert Band)
The duet La ci darem la mano (Give me the hand) from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is sung in the first act when Don Giovanni asks the peasant daughter Zerlina to marry hem. (Soprano, Baritone and Conce...
In the central part of the concerto, the Adagio, Mozart's preoccupation with cantabile melody opens a new world of sonority.It opens with a melody which must be one of the most beautiful ever written,...
Although Franz Lehár became most known for his contribution to the operetta repertoire, he also composed a lot of marches. One of these is 'Piave induló' (Piave Marsch, Marche form the 106th Regiment)...
As a composer, Johann Strauss Sr. is probably less well known than his son Johann Strauss Jr., but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. Besides this march h...
Tannhäuser is one of Richard Wagner's richest and most elaborate musical achievements. A mood of autumnal melancholy imbues the third and final act: Wolfram feels the chill hand of impending death, bu...
Tschaikovsky composed his Solo Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in the spring of 1878. The work does have a rocky beginning, somewhat like that of his first Piano Concerto. The premiere was both some...
Paul Dukas completed The Sorcerer's Apprentice in the spring of 1897, and it was performed for the first time on May 18 of that year in Paris. On that occasion, the composer conducted the orchestra of...
Paul Lincke (1866-1946) is Germany's best known operetta composer and often compared with Austria's Johann Strauss. He composed a lot of operetta's, songs, dance- , revue- and filmmusic. The Operetta...