Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Hardback
266 pages
978-0-19-816553-8 (ISBN)
Description
This apparently haphazard collection of essays on the interpretation of more unusual concert pieces was chosen partly with a view to more imaginative programme planning, the other requirement being that each piece is by a composer whose output would never make up a whole book. There are many composers who wrote one, or two, masterpieces, yet failed to leave a worthy oeuvre; these are often forgotten when building programmes, yet they enhance so many when brought to mind. This compilation spans a little over 100 years from the 19th and 20th centuries. Norman Del Mar shares his experience of handling the orchestra over a wide variety of styles and complicated instrumentation, his broad knowledge being a guide to both the aspiring conductor, music expert, and the music-loving listener alike.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
9 music examples
ISBN-13
978-0-19-816553-8 (9780198165538)
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Content
Balakirev Tamara, Bizet Symphony in C; Bloch Schelomo, Britten four sea interludes and "Passacaglia" from "Peter Grimes"; Chabrier Espana, Chausson Poeme, for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25; Dohnanyi variations on a Children's Song, Op. 25; Dukas L'Apprenti Sorcier, Falla three dances from "The Three-Cornered Hat"; Falla, "Nights in the Gardens of Spain"; Kodaly "Dances of Galanta"; Kodaly "Summer Evening"; Liszt "Mephisto Waltz No. 1"; Mussorgsky "A Night on the Bare Mountain"; Mussorgsky/Ravel "Pictures from an Exhibition"; Poulenc Les Biches, Ballet Suite; Roussel Le Festin de l'Araignee - fragments symphoniques; Schonberg - five orchestral pieces, Op. 16; Schonberg Kammersymphonie No.1, Op. 9; Verdi "Overture La Forza del Destino"; Wagner - "Eine Faust-Ouverture"; Wolf - Italian Serenade, for small orchestra.