Program Notes

I started writing notes for Redwood Symphony concert programs in 1999. I found much of my source material by searching the web. (My favorite source is allclassical.com -- start there!) I've decided to post my own notes as a help to others like me who need to write notes for community or school orchestras. You are free to use the information in your own program notes. If you quote me directly, please attribute it. Thanks!

These notes were edited, amended, and otherwise improved by Eric Kujawsky, Peter Stahl, Doug Wyatt, and others.

Barbara Heninger

Adès, Thomas	Asyla
Barber, Samuel	Violin Concerto
Bartók, Bela	Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra Rhapsody No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra
Beethoven, Ludwig van	Symphony No. 2 Violin Concerto
Berlioz, Hector	March from Les Troyens
Bernstein, Leonard	Halil Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Brahms, Johannes	Begräbnisgesang Piano Concerto No. 2 Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 2 Variations on a Theme by Haydn Violin Concerto
Brahms, Johannes /  Schoenberg, Arnold	Piano Quartet no. 1, arranged for orchestra
Britten, Benjamin	The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Cage, John	4' 13"
Chabrier, Emmanuel	España
Copland, Aaron	An Outdoor Overture Appalachian Spring El Salón México Old American Songs (Book 1) Orchestral Variations Symphony No. 3 Vitebsk
Corigliano, John	The Red Violin
Costello, Elvis	Il Sogno
Davies, Peter Maxell	An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Debussy, Claude	La Mer
Dvorák, Antonín	Carnival Overture Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
Elgar, Edward	Sea Pictures
Ellington, Duke	Black, Brown, and Beige Night Creature
Fung, Vivian	Blaze
Gershwin, George	Cuban Overture Porgy and Bess
Glinka, Mikhail	Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Golijov, Osvaldo	K'varkarat
Handel, Georg Friedrich	Concerto a due Cori
Harrison, Lou	Parade
Haydn, Joseph	Symphony No. 86
Holst, Gustav	The Planets Second Suite for Band
Mahler, Gustav	Das Lied von der Erde Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 7
Márquez, Arturo	Danzon No. 2
Mendelssohn, Felix	Piano Concerto in G minor Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Messiaen, Olivier	Un Sourire
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus	Queen of the Night Aria Sinfonia Concertante Symphony No. 40
Picker, Tobias	Old and Lost Rivers
Prokofiev, Sergei	Piano Concerto No. 1 Romeo and Juliet Suite Violin Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninoff, Sergey	Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel, Maurice	Pavane for a Dead Princess
Respighi, Ottorino	The Pines of Rome
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai	Scheherazade
Rodrigo, Joaquin	Concierto de Aranjuez Fantasia para un gentilhombre
Rossini, Gioacchino	Introduction to La gazza ladra William Tell Overture
Rota, Nino (Henry Mancini)	A Nino Rota Medley
Saint-Saëns, Camille	Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Piano Concerto No. 5, "Egyptian" Violin Concerto No. 3
Schickele, Peter	Unbegun Symphony
Secunda, Sholom	Bei mir bistu shein
Shore, Howard	Symphonic Suite from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Shostakovich, Dmitry	Cello Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Suite for Variety Orchestra, No. 1 Symphony No. 9
Sibelius, Jean	Andante Festivo Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 6
Sondheim, Stephen	I Wish I could Forget You The Worst Pies in London There Won't Be Trumpets
Strauss, Richard	Fanfare for the Vienna Philharmonic Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Stravinsky, Igor	Circus Polka Greeting Prelude Symphony in C Symphony in Three Movements
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich	Piano Concerto No. 1 Romeo and Juliet Serenade for Strings
Tower, Joan	Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Vaughan Williams, Ralph	The Lark Ascending
Verdi, Giuseppi	Requiem
Walton, William	Viola Concerto
Weill, Kurt	Ich bin eine arme Verwandte I'm a Stranger Here Myself Three Songs Threepenny Opera (excerpts)