Sixth Symphony Opus 130 (oversized score)

Sixth Symphony Opus 130

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah caused a sensation at its world première performance, sung in English, in Birmingham UK in August 1846. The huge forces marshalled for the occasion delighted the audience, who demanded no fewer than eight encores and loudly acclaimed the composer despite an injunction to observe the solemnity of the occasion by refraining from ap…

Symphony No. 3 in C Opus 48

Symphony Nr 2 Opus 45

Symphony Nr 4 Opus 53

Symphony Nr 1 Opus 44

Symphony Nr 3 Opus 49

from Mr. Holland's Opus

from Mr. Holland's Opus-Higgins - Grade 3

Czech composer Antonin Dvorak is best-known for his beautiful string-quartets his symphonies (especially nr.9 'From the New World') and his Slavonic Dances Op. 46 and 72. Dutch composer and arrranger Jan Bosveld adapted two dances (nrs. 4 and 7) from his opus 46 to the wind-band medium. Alternating between the virtuoso and the melancholy these lovely little pieces for orchestra above all provok…

The Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano (Op. 94) was written in 1943. It is written in the key of D and is scored in four movements: Moderato - Scherzo: Presto - Andante - Allegro con brio. Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet composer pianist and conductor. He is best remembered for his 1936 children?s theatrical work Peter And The Wolf but he also wrote several operas sympho…

A magnum opus for concert band by composer Lauren Keiser. Victory is large in scope and introduces different harmonic and melodic perspectives to the concert band world. Something different but musically on par with symphonies by some of the master composers. (Grade 5)

Sur La Greve was expertly composed by Belgian organist composer and music educator Joseph Jongen.Jongen's list of opus numbers eventually reached 241 even after he destroyed many of his pieces. Jongen's Symphonie Concertante is considered by many to be among the greatest works ever written for Organ and Orchestra.