The Ride of the Valkyries is the second of the four opera, "Ring Cycle" by Richard Wagner.  It was written in 1851 and is one of Wagner's best known musical compositions.

Photo:  "In Old Norse mythology, the maiden attendants of Odin, who, at his command, rode over battlefields and bore the souls of the bravest of the slain to Valhalla, Odin's great hall." -Foster, 1921

The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner

Album: Tokyo Opera City Live!
Performed by: Musashino Academia Musicae Wind Ensemble
Conductor/Director: Dr. Rik Hansen

Track recorded live at Tokyo Opera City Hall on 7/13/12

Samson et Delilah: Danse Bacchanale - Camille Saint-Saëns

Johann Strauss Sr. lived between 1804 and 1849.  This march has an A-B-A pattern and there is a cup game we can learn to accompany it.  Listen for repeated sections in this march.  Can you tap the rhythm?

Radetzky March by Johann Strauss, Sr.

Bizet- Carmen - Toreador Song - Laurent Naouri

This is the finale of Rossini's William Tell Overture. This section is also known as "March of the Swiss Soldiers." The popular rhythmic pattern is commonly associated with galloping horses both in cartoons and in real life.

This digital arrangement was based on the original score. Instrumentation consists of a piccolo, a flute, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four french horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, a triangle, cymbals, and section strings.

All parts were recorded using EastWest/Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra.

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Rossini - William Tell Overture (Finale)

Geschwind Marsch

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Geschwind Marsch (arr. Willy Hautvast) - Johann Strauss

Antonín Dvořák - New World Symphony, 4th Movement

Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture w/ Chorus (Ashkenazy)

The bustling overture to CARMEN bursts out of the gate with lively music from the bullfighting scene of Act 4, interrupted by the well-known tune of Escamillo’s “Toreador Song.” Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts the orchestra of Seattle Opera.
Image: Miki De Goodaboom

Radetzky March by Johann Strauss, Sr.

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