Program Notes

The Nashville Symphony’s program notes, written by program book annotator Thomas May, give an overview of the program and provide historical context about the composer’s life.

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Vivaldi's The Four Seasons & Gloria
October 12, 2024

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October 17 to 19, 2024

Program Notes are organized in alphabetical order by composer’s last name.

A  |  B |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z 

A

B

Grażyna Bacewicz

Partita for Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach

Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BMV 1055 

Samuel Barber

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14

Johannes Brahms

Concerto No. 1 in D Minor for Piano, Opus 15

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Opus 68

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Alban Berg

Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)

Leonard Bernstein

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

C

Anne Clyne

This Midnight Hour

Aaron Copland

El Salón México

John Corigliano

Triathlon

Chick Corea

Concerto for Trombone: "A Stroll"

D

William Levi Dawson

Negro Folks Symphony

E

Edward Elgar

Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”), Op. 36 

Duke Ellington

Harlem

Antonio Estévez

Cantata Criolla

F

G

George Gershwin

Concerto in F major for Piano and Orchestra

Rhapsody in Blue

Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra

H

George Friedrich Handel

Messiah

I

J

Leos Janáček

Sinfonietta

K

L

Tania León

Stride

M

Gustav Mahler

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer)

Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp minor

Jessie Montgomery

Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Overture to The Magic Flute

Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453

Requiem, K. 626

N

O

Carl Orff

Carmina Burana

P

Julia Perry

A Short Piece for Orchestra

Astor Piazzolla

Sinfonía Buenos Aires, Op. 15

Florence Beatrice Price

Dances in the Canebrakes

Sergei Prokofiev

Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Opus 100

Francis Poulenc

Concerto in G minor for Organ, String and Timpani

Q

R

Ottorino Respighi

Fountains of Rome

Pines of Rome

S

Dmitri Shostakovich

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

Richard Strauss

An Alpine Symphony (Eine Alpensinfonie), Op. 64

Igor Stravinsky

The Rite of Spring

Karol Szymanowski

Concert Overture, Opus 12

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

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