Luigi Boccherini - Minuetto

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

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.

UMSL Symphony Orchestra 2014 conducted by Dr. James Richards

Bizet, Carmen Suite No. 1, V. Les Toreadors

Hungarian Dance No.5

Classical Concert Chamber Orchestra & Ashot Tigranyan performing Vivaldi's emblematic Four Seasons.

Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Spring (La Primavera), 1st Movement

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)

Piet Hein Rhapsodie
Hollandsche Rhapsodie
The Piet Hein Rhapsodie was originally written by Peter van Anrooy for Symphonic Orchestra. This rhapsodie is based on on the Dutch song De Zilvervloot (Spanish treasure fleet) by J.J. Viotta en J.P. Heije. For the higher level orchestra's

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Piet Hein Rhapsodie (arr. Willem Steijn) - Peter van Anrooy

Antonin Dvorak~ Symphony No. 9 in E minor op. 95 "From the New World" 

Antonin Dvorak ~ Symphony No. 9, 4th movement - Allegro Con Fuoco

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.
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CARMEN: Overture

Georges Bizet [ L'Arlésienne: Farandole ]

Radetzky March by Johann Strauss, Sr.

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