Boccherini: String Quintet in E major No 5 Minuet – written in 1771 by this Classical cellist
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat 3rd movement Allegro – dedicated to the younger brother of King Frederick I of Prussia
Edward’s Insights where we hear more about Kurt Weill’s Mack the Knife
Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A major3rd movement Presto – assai meno presto – composed while staying in a spa town
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor 2nd movement Andante allegro non troppo – listen in to find out who this was written for and why
Sibelius: Pelleas and Melisande 8th movement Intermezzo – a delightful piece and the 8th of 9 movements
Rietz: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in G minor 2nd movement Adagio – coming from a musical family and written by a cellist
Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 2 in C minor 1st movement Moderato – a breathtaking piece from this Russian composer
FOR OUR COFFEE BREAK THIS WEEK we have one of Mozart’s early Piano Concertos – No 5 was one of his favourites – we’ll play the 2nd movement the Andante
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet The Montagues and The Capulets/Dance of the Knights – we’ll tell you what the dissonant chord represents in the story
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor 3rd movement Allegro vivace – composed while Chopin was still in formal education
Debussy: Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune – a flute solo starts this symphonic poem
Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor: 2nd movement Andante moderato – the last symphony written by this German composer
John Barry: The Beyondness of Things – from the prolific contemporary composer who was born in York
Einaudi: Le Onde – based on the Waves, a novel by Virginia Woolf
