Scheherazade mvt 2 | Mars (Holst) | Song in the Night | Rêverie | File Format Help

Scheherazade, mvt2: The Kalendar Prince (Rimsky-Korsakov)

Video format: FLV | Size: 19mb | Duration: 13 minutes | Dimensions:480x360
Audio format: MP3 | Size: 17mb | Duration: 13 minutes
Downloadable formats: FLV (19mb) | MP3 (17mb).
The second movement (and my personal favourite) of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade highlights several different instruments, exploring texture and the many stories which the princess (depicted by the first violin) is said to have told the Sultan. Performed by the Maruki Community Orchestra in June of 2010.

Mars - G. Holst

Audio format: MP3 | Size: 7.5mb | Duration: 8 minutes
Downloadable formats: MP3 (3mb).
First performed in 1918, Mars is the opening movement to Holst's suite, The Planets. The first public premiere was performed with the musicans only having 2 hours to look at the music. Thankfully, the Maruki Community Orchestra had several months to learn the music, resulting in this performance.

Song In The Night - C. Salzedo

Video format: FLV | Size: 5mb | Duration: 3 minutes | Dimensions: 240x176
Downloadable formats: FLV (5mb), MP4 (2mb), MP3 (3mb).
Composed in the early 1900s, this is an impressionistic piece for solo Harp, written by the most influential Harp composer of the time. The piece is designed to bring out many technical features of the harp (several of which were only being invented at this time), while featuring a dance section, which is the central melody of the piece.

Rêverie - A. Hasselmans

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Written as the first of three short pieces for solo Harp, this piece was written to be a gentle and relaxing beginning to the trio. The piece encompasses a soft, melodic, initial melody, contrasted with the more animated, flowing middle section. Hasselmans was a very notable harpist and harp composer, also teaching several prominent students, including M. Grandjany and Salzedo.

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