Updated April 4, 2014
LISTENING TO CLASSICAL MUSIC
A week of Intensive Studies at Sail High School
Dr. Paul LeValley
paullevalley@peoplepc.com
222-1886 (until 10 p.m.)
Here is probably your only opportunity for an intense week of listening
to the greatest music of all time--from delightful but obscure Baroque
composers, to such giants as Mozart, Beethoven, and
Tchaikovsky.
We may watch an opera or an operetta. Besides listening to
selections from the 2,000-plus in Dr. Paul's collection, each person in
the group will present an hour or so of your own favorite classical
pieces. Let us blow you away.
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, you need to give me a list of the musical
selections you want to play during your hour-long presentation.
(This will probably be several short pieces, but it could be
one
long one.) There will be no duplication on the lists, so the
sooner you turn yours in, the more likely you are to get your
first choices. I do reserve the right to let people with
little
background have the easy choices, and send people with more background
back to find less popular selections. Include a few alternate
choices at the end of your list. Include composer, title, and
approximate time needed to play each piece. Then e-mail the
list
to me at paullevalley@peoplepc.com.
You are welcome to bring in your own cd or other format that works with
the room amplifier. The public
library has a lot of good things. Or you can ask me to bring
in
something from my own collection, which you will then explain and play.
The link to my collection is at the bottom of this page.
The first morning, I plan to present a short history of classical
music, pointing out what to listen for in each century. I
will
play some examples. After that, we just listen to enjoyable
stuff--including yours.
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1. You will present approximately one hour of your classical
music favorites. These must be cleared in advance, and cannot
duplicate anybody else's choices. Dr. Paul's collection can be at
your disposal, if you arrange it ahead of time. The public
library offers another possibility. We will have most kinds of
playing equipment in the room. Bring everything you need Monday
morning, and be prepared to be called on at any time during the week.
2. Bring paper and pencil, and plan to take a few
notes--especially Monday morning, when we learn what to listen for in
each century. A complete playlist of what we have heard will
appear on the web page each evening.
3. Eight o'clock arrivals can't run around. The Intensive
officially begins for everyone at 9:00 each morning, and ends at
2:45. Lunchtime will vary, depending on the length of the music
we are listening to that day. The cafeteria will have only box
lunches.
4. If you must be absent (especially on your day of
presentation), let Dr. Paul know ahead of time.
5. We will observe concert etiquette. That means no one
enters or leaves the room while music is playing. Take care of
your bathroom needs beforehand. There will be brief breaks every
hour or so.
6. You may want to do something with your hands that does not
distract from your or others' concentration. Knitting or drawing
might be OK. Reading, juggling, or electronic devices would not.
7. If the weather coöperates, we hope to spend one afternoon
(preferably Tuesday) outdoors listening to nature music. You may
bring a towel or blanket (but not swim suit) and work on your tan that
afternoon.
8. We will hear a balance of complete works and shorter
excerpts. We hope to listen to all four of Beethoven's mature
symphonies (No. 5, 6, 7, and 9). Friday morning, we will enjoy
Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe.
9. We have lots more music available than we have time. We
have choices. At the end of each day, we will discuss what you
want to hear more of.
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Here are some of my favorite composers whom we may hear:
1500s (Renaissance)
Giovanni Gabrielli
King Henry VIII of England
Caspar Othmayer
Samuel Scheidt
1600s (Baroque)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jeremiah Clarke
George Frederick Handel
King Louis XIII of France
Jean-Baptiste Morin
Henry Purcell
Domenico Scarlatti
Antonio Vivaldi
1700s (Classical)
Emperor Frederick II of Prussia (Germany)
Franz Joseph Haydn
Leopold Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Giuseppe Sammartini
Fernando Sor
1800s (Romantic)
Ludwig von Beethoven
Hector Berlioz
George Bizet
Johannes Brahms
Frederic Chopin
Katharina Cibbini-Kozeluh
Antonin Dvorak
William Schwenck Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Charles Gounod
Edvard Greig
Franz Liszt
Edward MacDowell
Felix Mendelssohn
Modest Moussorgsky
Jacques Offenbach
Horatio Parker
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Gioacchino Rossini
Camille Saint-Saens
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
Bedrich Smetana
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Franz von Suppe
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Giuseppe Verdi
Richard Wagner
1900s (Modern)
Leonard Bernstein
Max Bruch
Emanuel Chabrier
Aaron Copland
Claude Debussy
Charles Ives
Albert William Ketelbey
Oliver Messiaen
Carl Orff
Francois Poulenc
Ignace Paderewsky
Sergei Rachmananoff
Maurice Ravel
Jean Sibelius
Igor Stravinsky
Charles Marie Widor
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2014 Playlist (Student presentations are starred.)
Monday
Richard Strauss--Also Sprach Zarathustra (beginning)
Gregorian chant
Early polyphony
Giovanni Gabrielli--Canzona Prima "La Spiritata"
Samuel Scheidt--Galliard Battaglia
Antonio Vivaldi--Concerto in D major for 2 Violins and Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach--The Little Fugue
Giuseppe Sammartini--Trio Sonata in F major
Franz Joseph Haydn--"Surprise" Symphony No. 94
Franz Schubert--"Trout" Quintet, mvt. 4
Franz Liszt--Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Claude Debussy--Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Maurice Ravel--Bolero
Ignace Paderewski--Minuet
Mozart--Allelujah from Exsultate Jubilate
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 5
Franz Liszt--Battle of the Huns
Franz Liszt--Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11
Fernando Sor--Variations on a Theme of Mozart
Franz Josef Haydn--Flotenuhr (selections)
Tuesday
Jean Sibelius--Finlandia
*Edvard Grieg--Morning Mood from Peer Gynt
*Piero Umiliani--Crepuscolo Sui Moro
*Frederic Chopin--Nocturn in C# minor, Op. 20
*Isaac Albeniz--Asturias
*Johann Pachelbel--Canon in D (original and guitar transcription)
*Augustin Barrios Mangora--La Catedral
*Mitoshi Sakimoto--Final Fantasy XII (selections)
*Ludwig von Beethoven--Moonlight Sonata
*Serge Prokofieff--Peter and the Wolf
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Symphony No. 40 in G-minor: 1st movement
Antonio Vivaldi--The Four Seasons: Summer, Fall
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 6
Gioacchino Rossini--William Tell Overture
Bedrich Smetena--The Moldau
Edward MacDowell--Woodland Sketches
Gioacchino Rossini--The Cat Duet
Wednesday
Olivier Messiaen--Reveile of the Birds
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 6 (Disney's Fantasia
version)
*Clara Schumann--Soirees Musicales
*Felix Mendelssohn--The Hebrides Overature
*Felix Mendelssohn--Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
*George Gershwin--An American in Paris
*William Grant Still--Afro-American Symphony: mvt. 3
*Two Steps from Hell--(selections)
*Daft Punk--from Tron Legacy
Paul LeValley--Wedding Suite
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 7
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges--String Quartet No. 1
Richard Wagner--Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
Johann Sebastian Bach--Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Gioacchino Rossini--Factotum song from The Barber of Seville
Gilbert & Sullivan--The Major-General's Song from The
Pirates of
Penzance
Tom Lehrer--The Elements
Thursday
Johann Sebastian Bach--Toccata and Fugue
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky--Nutcracker Suite
Paul Dukas--The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Gilbert & Sullivan--H.M.S. Pinafore
Alan Sherman--When I Was a Lad
*Igor Stravinsky--Firebird suite
*George Gershwin--Rhapsody in Blue
*Georgy Sviriolov--The Blizzard Suite
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 9
Leonard Bernstein--Candide (selections)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Twelve Variations on Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little
Star
Leopold Mozart--A Musical Sleighride
Friday
*Carlos Montoya--Farruca
*Jeremy Sovie--From Past to Present
*Franz Schubert--Ave Maria
Franz Schubert--Symphony No. 9: 4th mvt.
Alan Sherman--The End of a Symphony
Johannes Brahms--Academic Festival Overture
Frederic Chopin--Military Polonaise
Louis Moreau Gottschalk--Bamboula
Louis Moreau Gottschalk--The Hen
Louis Moreau Gottschalk--A Night in the Tropics, 2nd mvt.
Edvard Grieg--In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Adagio for Glass Harmonica
Domenico Scarlatti--Sonata in C major, K.515
Jacques Offenbach--Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
George Bizet--Carmen (selections)
Charles Gounod--Faust (final trio)
Giuseppe Verdi--Aida, act 2, scene 2 (Triumphal March)
Maurice Ravel--Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Horn Concerto No. 2
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky--Swan Lake (ending)
Richard Wagner--Ride of the Valkyries
Camile Saint-Saens--Carnival of the Animals
Camile Saint-Saens--Bacchanal from Samson and Delilah
Camile Saint-Saens--"Organ" Symphony No. 3, mvt. 2-3
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2013 Playlist (Student presentations are starred.)
Monday
Benjamin Britten--Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Gregorian chant
Early polyphony
Giovanni Gabrielli--Canzona Prima "La Spiritata"
Samuel Scheidt--Galliard Battaglia
Antonio Vivaldi--Concerto in D major for 2 Violins and Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach--The Little Fugue
Giuseppe Sammartini--Trio Sonata in F major
George Bizet--L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2, mvt. 4
Franz Joseph Haydn--"Surprise" Symphony No. 94
Franz Schubert--"Trout" Quintet, mvt. 4
Franz Liszt--Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Claude Debussy--Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Maurice Ravel--Bolero
Jean-Baptiste Morin--The Deer Hunt, selection
*Antonio Bertali--La Strage Degl'innocenti
*Giuseppe Tartini--The Devil's Trill Sonata
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 5
Tuesday
Hector Berlioz--Symphonie Fantastique
Ignace Paderewski--Minuet
*George Gershwin--Rhapsody in Blue
*Igor Stravinsky--Firebird suite
*Modest Moussorgsky--A Night on Bald Mountain
*Franz Schubert--Ave Maria
Gioacchino Rossini--William Tell Overture
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 6
Bedrich Smetena--The Moldau
Edward MacDowell--Woodland Sketches
Antonio Vivaldi--The Four Seasons: Summer, Fall
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Clarinet Concerto
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Horn Concerto No. 1
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--(a late symphony)
Richard Wagner--Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner--Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
Felix Mendelssohn--Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Johann Sebastian Bach--Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Wednesday
Olivier Messiaen--Reveile of the Birds
Leopold Mozart--A Musical Sleighride
*Modest Moussorgsky--Pictures at an Exhibition
*Felix Mendelssohn--Violin Concerto in E minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Twelve Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little
Star
*Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky--Marche Slav
*Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky--1812 Overture
*Anton Dvorak--New World Symphony
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 7
Giuseppe Verdi--Aida, act 2, scene 2 (Triumphal March)
The Chevalier de Saint-Georges--String Quartet No. 1
Gioacchino Rossini--The Cat Duet
Thursday
Paul Dukas--The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Fernando Sor--Variations on a Theme of Mozart
Emanuel Chabrier--España
George Bizet--Carmen (selections)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk--A Night in the Tropics, 2nd mvt.
Louis Moreau Gottschalk--The Hen
Louis Moreau Gottschalk--Bamboula
Teresa Carreño--Barcarole Venetia
Teresa Carreño--Intermezzo-Scherzozo
Gioacchino Rossini--Factotum song from The Barber of Seville
Leonard Bernstein--Candide (selections)
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky--Piano Concerto No. 1, 2nd mvt.
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky--Swan Lake (ending)
Igor Stravinsky--Rite of Spring (ending)
Aaron Copland--Hoedown from Rodeo
Aaron Copland--Fanfare for the Common Man
Max Bruch--Scottish Fantasy
Jean Sibelius--Finlandia
Ludwig von Beethoven--Symphony No. 9
Domenico Scarlatti--Sonata in C major, K.515
Maria Szymanowska--Murmers
Frederic Chopin--Waltz, Op. 34, No. 2
Frederoc Chopin--Military Polonaise
Maurice Ravel--Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Friday
Alan Sherman--The End of a Symphony
Gilbert & Sullivan--Iolanthe
Gilbert & Sullivan--"When I Was a Lad" from H.M.S. Pinafore
Alan Sherman--When I Was a Lad
Gilbert & Sullivan--The Major-General's Song from The Pirates of
Penzance
Tom Lehrer--The Elements
Paul LeValley--Wedding Suite
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Adagio for Glass Harmonica
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart--Bassoon Concerto
Franz Liszt--Battle of the Huns
Robert Schumann--Concertstuck for 4 Horns
Jacques Offenbach--Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Camile Saint-Saens--Carnival of the Animals
Camile Saint-Saens--"Organ" Symphony No. 3, mvt. 2-3
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