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Instruments of the Orchestra: Moncayo: Huapango
Instruments of the Orchestra: Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani
Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection'": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung
Instruments of the Orchestra: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat
Instruments of the Orchestra: Taking advantage of tunability
Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro
Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard
Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens and the xylophone
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils
Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel and the xylophone
Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette
Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo
Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the vibraphone
Instruments of the Orchestra: Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Narange dolce
Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera
Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom
Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Folk Dances
Instruments of the Orchestra: The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra: Kodaly: Háry János Suite : III. Song
Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the tubular bells
Instruments of the Orchestra: Kodaly: Háry János Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock
Instruments of the Orchestra: A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin
Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction
Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude
Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the celesta
Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Instruments of the Orchestra: Magic, in the use of collective percussion
Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravels: Miroirs: V. La vallee des cloches
Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VI. Scene
Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II: Scene / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1
Instruments of the Orchestra: The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord in the Baroque orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: II. Andante
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Allegro moderato
Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: Petrushka: Russian Dance
Instruments of the Orchestra: The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: IV. Allegro molto
Instruments of the Orchestra: Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all:
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Presto
Instruments of the Orchestra: But things in Handel's day were very different.
Instruments of the Orchestra: Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 3: IV. Gavotte
Instruments of the Orchestra: The organ is difficult to classify.
Instruments of the Orchestra: An unexpected, organ-related guest
Instruments of the Orchestra: Boismortier: Concerto pour Zampogna: III. Allegro
Instruments of the Orchestra: Peasant-fancying… and a touch of the roaming cowboy
Instruments of the Orchestra: Schoenberg: Les Miserables: Drink with Me
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: German Dance, K. 603, No. 3
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 4: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig
Instruments of the Orchestra: Anderson: The Typewriter / Satie: Parade
Instruments of the Orchestra: Varese: Integrales / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet
Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude
Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Don Quixote: Variation VIII
Instruments of the Orchestra: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: III. Allegro gentile
Instruments of the Orchestra: Seeger / Hays: Washington Breakdown
Instruments of the Orchestra: Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Packing Up
Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II: No. 14
Instruments of the Orchestra: Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: EI Desayuno
Instruments of the Orchestra: The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums from Africa and Central America
Instruments of the Orchestra: Evening Raga: Bhapoli
Instruments of the Orchestra: Ferre: Paris cancaille
Instruments of the Orchestra: Karas: The Third Man: Theme
Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Folk Dances
Instruments of the Orchestra: Albeniz: Rondena
Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Svetit Mesiats
Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude
Instruments of the Orchestra: Debussy: Nocturnes: III. Sirenes
Instruments of the Orchestra: Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo
Instruments of the Orchestra: The flute as an all-purpose aviary
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aviary
Instruments of the Orchestra: The oboe as duck
Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Duck
Instruments of the Orchestra: The recording of reality. Does it work as well?
Instruments of the Orchestra: Respighi: The Pines of Rome: III. The Pines of the Janiculum
Instruments of the Orchestra: The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises
Instruments of the Orchestra: Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy)
Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail
Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach
Instruments of the Orchestra: Some importable casting: the violin as braying donkey
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears
Instruments of the Orchestra: A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Instruments of the Orchestra: A thunderstorm in a million
Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter, Sturm
Instruments of the Orchestra: The instrumental depiction of a silent world
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens' menagerie takes a curtain call
Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale
Instruments of the Orchestra: The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins.
Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: 44 Duos: IV. Midsummer Night Song
Instruments of the Orchestra: A greater contrast, of both pitch and character, violin and viola
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-Flat Major, K. 424: finale: variations 1 and 2
Instruments of the Orchestra: Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola and cello
Instruments of the Orchestra: Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major: III. Menuetto
Instruments of the Orchestra: The string quartet: two violins, viola and cello
Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1: III. Scherzo
Instruments of the Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second viola
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: II. Adagio
Instruments of the Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second cello
Instruments of the Orchestra: Schubert: String Quintet in C Major: III. Scherzo
Instruments of the Orchestra: The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two cellos
Instruments of the Orchestra: Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante ma moderato
Instruments of the Orchestra: The string octet: the standard string quartet times two
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mendelssohn: Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: movement 1
Instruments of the Orchestra: Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro vivace
Instruments of the Orchestra: The massed strings of a symphony orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Instruments of the Orchestra: Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the woodwind section
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Theme
Instruments of the Orchestra: In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the lion's share
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 1
Instruments of the Orchestra: In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 2
Instruments of the Orchestra: In Variation Three the oboe leads
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 3
Instruments of the Orchestra: Variation Four: conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 4
Instruments of the Orchestra: And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 5
Instruments of the Orchestra: The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute.
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 6
Instruments of the Orchestra: Individual farewells and a closing chorus
Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 7
Instruments of the Orchestra: A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, and double-bass
Instruments of the Orchestra: Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803: III. Trio
Instruments of the Orchestra: The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Allegro con spirito
Instruments of the Orchestra: Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew
Instruments of the Orchestra: Gabrieli: Canzon 28
Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team
Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro
Instruments of the Orchestra: From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler
Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the orchestra forever.
Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig
Instruments of the Orchestra: The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its peak
Instruments of the Orchestra: Brian: Symphony No. 1, "Gothic": VI. Te ergo quaesumus
Instruments of the Orchestra: When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy
Instruments of the Orchestra: Debussy: Images: I. Gigues
Instruments of the Orchestra: A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but it still develops. The ondes martenot:
Instruments of the Orchestra: Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony: II. Chant d'amour I
Instruments of the Orchestra: The advent of the "early music" movement brings a new vitality and freshness
Instruments of the Orchestra: Lully: Ballet de Xerxes: Gavotte en rondeau
Instruments of the Orchestra: Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes?
Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins: II. Largo ma non tanto
Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Mass in B Minor: Dona nobis pacem
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