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Jago's Credo from Giuseppe Verdi's Opera Otello, is sung at the beginning of the second act: a venomous expression of evil and, so to speak, of negative belief. He sings his creed: 'I believe in a cru...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era that dominated the Italian opera scene in the first half of the 19th century. The other masters of 'beautiful sing...

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) was one of the three great composers of the belcanto-era that dominated the Italian opera scene in the first half of the 19th century. The other masters of 'beautiful sing...

In 1883, a singer named Johanna Richter made a guest appearance in the court theater at Cassel, Germany, where Gustav Mahler was the conductor. As a result of this engagement she entered into a regula...

In 1883, a singer named Johanna Richter made a guest appearance in the court theater at Cassel, Germany, where Gustav Mahler was the conductor. As a result of this engagement she entered into a regula...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based pon the Grimm...

From its first performance, Engelbert Humperdinck's opera Hänsel und Gretel was a phenomenal succes, produces at over fifty theaters in its first year alone. This evergreen opera, based pon the Grimm...

Leo Delibes opera Lakme was first performed in 1883, the year after Richard Wagner's Parsifal, but it comes from an entirely different world. It is a thoroughly conservative opera, constructed from se...

(Soprano, Choir and Concert Band)

I Got Rhythm is a song composed by George George Gershwin published in 1930, which became a widely-known jazz standard. The song was introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Girl Crazy. In 1933, Geor...

I Got Rhythm is a song composed by George George Gershwin published in 1930, which became a widely-known jazz standard. The song was introduced by Ethel Merman in the musical Girl Crazy. In 1933, Geor...

Antonino Pasculli (1842-1924), perhaps the greatest oboe virtuoso of historical memory was called the Paganini of the Oboe. Like Paganini, not finding compositions which could fully exploit his extrao...

Antonino Pasculli (1842-1924), perhaps the greatest oboe virtuoso of historical memory was called the Paganini of the Oboe. Like Paganini, not finding compositions which could fully exploit his extrao...

Soprano and Concert Band.

Frühlingsstimmen ("Voices of Spring") op. 410 is a waltz by Johann Strauss that was written in 1882. The work was intended as a waltz with a solo voice accompaniment (as opposed to a choral waltz) of...

Most of the music which Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger Christia...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas. Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, mel...

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1816) is one of the greatest of all comic operas.Based on an excellent play by Beaumarchais, The Barber of Seville delights audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melo...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in New Orleans in 1829. His father was of German-Jewish decent and his Catholic mother was a Creole from Haiti. His piano lessons commenced at the age of five and were...

Louis Moreau Gottschalk was born in New Orleans in 1829. His father was of German-Jewish decent and his Catholic mother was a Creole from Haiti. His piano lessons commenced at the age of five and were...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

Johannes Brahms composed the Alt-Rhapsodie in September of 1869 as a wedding gift to the daughter of his close friend and confidant, Clara Schumann. The Alt-Rhapsodie is set to several verses of a poe...

In its original form, the Fete Polonaise from the Opera Le Roi Malgre, is scored for chorus and orchestra. Ever the artistic pragmatist, Chabrier turned the dance sequence into a glittering orchestral...

Danzón no. 2 by the Mexican composer Arturo Márquez was included on the program of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on their 2007 tour of Europe and the Unit...

Respighi's Three Botticelli Pictures (1927) is a three-movement suite based on famous paintings by the Renaissance master Botticelli. It's fully as colorful and beguiling as the fulsome and flashy Pin...