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Miles Goodman ‘Overture to The Muppet Christmas Carol’: Merry Xmas!
Miles Goodman: Overture to The Muppet Christmas Carol Context The Muppet Christmas Carol is a popular musical version of the festive tale, produced by Jim Read more…
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ‘Christmas Eve Introduction’: One More Sleep
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Christmas Eve Introduction Context Composed between 1894-95, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Christmas Eve is an opera in four acts. Based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story Read more…
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Edvard Grieg ‘Peer Gynt Suite No. 1’: Welcome to Norway!
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1 Context Grieg was simultaneously nationalistic and cosmopolitan in his approach to composition and that was due to his extensive travelling Read more…
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Eric Whitacre ‘Little Tree’: Festive Foliage
Eric Whitacre: Little Tree Context Composed in 1996, Little Tree is a festive choral work by American composer, Eric Whitacre. The commission came from San Read more…
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Vincenzo Bellini ‘Sinfonia from Norma’: A Tragic Story
Vincenzo Bellini: Sinfonia from Norma Context Vincenzo Bellini’s most popular opera, Norma was first premiered in December of 1831. With a libretto by Alexandre Soumet, Read more…
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Scott Joplin ‘The Entertainer’: THE Rag
Scott Joplin: The Entertainer Context Scott Joplin is remembered for being one of the most memorable ragtime composers of the turn-of-the-century during his lifetime (1868-1917). Read more…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ‘Rondo for Piano and Orchestra’: Bold Beginnings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra Context Supposedly composed in 1782, around the same time as some of his popular late concertos, Rondo Read more…
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George Frideric Handel ‘O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’: Fast News
George Frideric Handel: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion Messiah Part I Context George Frideric Handel’s Messiah has remained one of the composer’s Read more…
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Carl Orff ‘O Fortuna’: Unpredictable Forces
Carl Orff: O Fortuna Context Carl Heinrich Maria Orff was born in Munich on July 10th, 1895. After starting to study music at a young age, Read more…
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Nadia Boulanger ‘3 Pieces for Cello & Piano’: Delectable Duo
Nadia Boulanger: 3 Pieces for Cello & Piano Context Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) is fondly remembered as being a leading French composer, conductor and pedagogue of Read more…