J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

Goldberg variations

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

From the Wall to Wall: Leonard Bernstein event at Symphony Space

Candide Overture - Leonard Bernstein

An electronic cover of Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra", as made famous in the film: "2001 A Space Odyssey."

Thus Sprach Zarathustra

"Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss (Synth-Based Electronic Cover By Ex in C Major).

Mazurka in C Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3

Francisco Tárrega (1852 – 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist. Memories of the Alhambra requires a tremolo technique and this interpretation has been beautifully transcribed for piano by Debbie Center.

Francisco Tárrega, Recuerdos de la Alhambra

Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek will return to the Royal Opera House to sing the role of Santuzza in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. It's a return she's extremely excited for:

'I think Cavalleria rusticana is one of the most wonderful operas ever written. It's so passionate, real and exciting', she says. 'It has you on the edge of your seat.'

'Santuzza is a woman who's been betrayed by a lover. She then betrays him and it goes horribly wrong. To sing these big duets is just amazing. It's very dramatic.'

2015 is Cavalleria rusticana-filled for Eva-Maria as in the spring she warmed up for her London performances of the opera with a run of a different production in New York:

'I'm really excited to sing Santuzza at the Metropolitan Opera and at Covent Garden. It's really interesting to reinvent yourself with Santuzza in each production. I feel extremely lucky.'

Eva-Maria's last Royal Opera House performances were as Maddalena di Coigny in Andrea Chénier — like Cavalleria rusticana, a verismo opera:

'Verismo is my favourite style of opera. I love it so much because it demands a lot of emotion, trying to stay true and giving a lot of yourself. It's less controlled in a way — I can go wild, which I love!'

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Eva-Maria Westbroek on Cavalleria rusticana

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788.[1] It was the last symphony that he composed, and also the longest.

The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony. This name stems not from Mozart but rather was likely coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon in an early arrangement for piano.

The four movements are arranged in the traditional symphonic form of the Classical era:

Allegro vivace, 4/4
Andante cantabile, 3/4 in F major
Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio, 3/4
Molto allegro, 2/2

The symphony typically has a duration of about 33 minutes.
The sonata form first movement's main theme begins with contrasting motifs: a threefold tutti outburst on the fundamental tone (respectively, by an ascending motion leading in a triplet from the dominant tone underneath to the fundamental one), followed by a more lyrical response.

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Symphony No. 41 in C-Major, K. 551: ‘Jupiter’ I. Allegro vivace

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The Marriage of Figaro, is a comic opera in four acts composed by Mozart in 1786 featuring an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro.

The Marriage of Figaro is now regarded as a cornerstone of the standard operatic repertoire, and it appears among the top ten at the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.

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Dynamic Overture

Gustav Mahler-Symphony No 5 in C-Sharp Minor - Adagietto

Tracks from various concerts and shows in which Larnaka Municipal Wind Orchestra performed.

Radetzky March (Johann Strauss I)

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