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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…

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, OrganCompleted in 1886, the third symphony takes its nickname, Organ, from the pipe organ that appears in two of the…

Rhapsody in Blue ? ?Imagine hearing the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue! It happened in the afternoon on February 12, 1924 in New York City. Gershwin was the…

Requiem in D minor, Op. 48Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 stands out as the composer's most well known large scale work. Due to the Requiem's date of…

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3The set of six concerti, presented by Johann Sebastian Bach to Christian Ludwig, the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, remain…

The Lark Ascending ?This gorgeousness comes from the visionary 20th century English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose musical language was profoundly…

Symphony No. 9, From the New WorldDvo?ák??'s Symphony No. 9, nicknamed From the New World, was written in the 1890s while Dvo?ák ???was living and working…