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Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in the Mirror)This music written in 1978 has a beautiful simplicity that instantly captures the attention. Pärt calls this…

The Moldau, My CountryBedrich Smetana used the 19th century popular form of a symphonic tone poem to musically demonstrate his love of country, and the…

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58While composers premiering their own works is something of a rarity today, the practice was standard in the early…

Fanfare for the Common ManCopland composed the Fanfare in 1942 at the request of the Cincinnati Sympony Orchestra's conductor Eugene Goossens. The piece's…

Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64This Violin Concerto was the last major orchestral work completed by Mendelssohn and premiered in 1845. Mendelssohn used the…

Concierto de AranjuezThe inspiration for the title of Rodrigo's most well known work comes from the Palace and its surrounding gardens in Aranjuez, Spain.…

Pictures at an ExhibitionThe ten movement suite for solo piano, Pictures at an Exhibition, by Modest Mussorgsky was written as a memorial to the…

The Planets, Op. 32Written between 1914-16, English composer Gustav Holst based this seven movement work not on astronomy, but on astrology, a topic that…

The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps?)First performed in Paris in 1913, Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring, is considered one of the most…

Appalachian SpringO Appalachian Spring! I gained the ledge;Steep, inaccessible smile that eastward bendsAnd northward reaches in that violet wedgeOf…