Compact Discoveries 122: "In the Beginning..."
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:58:00
In the beginning, there are pieces that just start out with some notes played by some instruments. But once in a while a composer starts off his composition with something really original and interesting. Such is the case with every selection in this hour of "Compact Discoveries," which includes the openings to Kodaly's "Hary Janos Suite," with its big orchestral sneeze, Beethoven's "Third" and "Fifth Symphonies," Richard Strauss' "Burleske," Grieg's "Piano Concerto," and Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." The complete transcript with playlist is available here and at compactdiscoveries.com.
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In the beginning, there are pieces that just start out with some notes played by some instruments. But once in a while a composer starts off his composition with something really original and interesting. Such is the case with every selection in this hour of "Compact Discoveries," which includes the openings to Kodaly's "Hary Janos Suite," with its big orchestral sneeze, Beethoven's "Third" and "Fifth Symphonies," Richard Strauss' "Burleske," Grieg's "Piano Concerto," and Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." The complete transcript with playlist is available here and at compactdiscoveries.com.
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Program 122
"In the Beginning"
MUSIC: Beethoven: clip from the opening of the first movement of Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67, Zagreb Philharmonic conducted by Richard Edlinger [Naxos 8.550779, track 15] [under the following]
This is undoubtedly the most famous beginning of any classical music piece ever written: the opening of the first movement of Beethoven?s Symphony Number Five in C Minor, Opus 67.
Hello and welcome to Compact Discoveries. I?m your guide, Fred Flaxman, and for the next hour my theme is going to be ?In the Beginning? -- famous, unusual and extra creative ways composers have come up with to start their compositions.
Stay with me and we?ll hear the openings of Burleske by Richard Strauss, the Hary Janos Suite by Zoltan Kodaly, Edvard Grieg?s Piano Concerto, and the Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin. But we?ll start with some clips from...
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