If you could conduct for one night

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All-Shostakovich Night: Finland

Overture on Russian and Khirghiz Folk Themes
Piano Concerto No. 1 (soloist: Leif Ove Andsnes)

-Intermission-

Symphony No. 5

Myself conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.

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The Essence of America - A six-part series featuring myself conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

-Series 1-

Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3
Ruggles: Sun-treader

-Intermission-

Ives: Symphony No. 4

Encore:

Ives: Central Park in the Dark


 

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The Essence of America - A six-part series featuring myself conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

-Series 2-

Schuman: Credendum
Piston: The Incredible Flutist Suite

-Intermission-

Harris: Symphony No. 3

Encore:

Copland: Orchestral Variations

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The Essence of America - A six-part series featuring myself conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

-Series 3-

Varèse: Ameriques
Barber: Knoxville - Summer of 1915 (Soloist: Sylvia McNair)

-Intermission-

Rochberg: Violin Concerto (Soloist: Robert McDuffie)

Encore:

Bernstein: Serenade (Soloist: Robert McDuffie)

[Scion7]

I'd put on a white wig, white gloves and tails, and as I walked onto the stage amid hushed, awed whispers of "Leopold! Leopold!" from the orchestra, I'd take the baton from the conductor already there at the podium.  I'd break the baton in two, and cast it aside .... then ... arching my brow, I'd glare at the now-sweating soloist .....

[classicalgeek]

This is fun - I'm loving some of M.I.'s concerts!  I'll play along...

Schuman: Three Places in New England New England Triptych
Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto no. 5 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano)*

-intermission-

Liszt: 'Chapelle de Guillaume Tell', from Années de Pelerinage/Suisse (orch. Brannigan)**
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 'Inextinguishable'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. James Brannigan

*Part of a series (to be recorded by Chandos) featuring Mr. Bavouzet in all five Saint-Saëns concerti
**I arranged this for orchestra way back in 1989 and always wondered how it would sound.  In my brief life as a composer, I never finished a mature work for full orchestra , so this will have to do!

[Brian]

This is fun - I'm loving some of M.I.'s concerts!  I'll play along...

Schuman: Three Places in New England
Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto no. 5 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano)*

-intermission-

Liszt: 'Chapelle de Guillaume Tell', from Années de Pelerinage/Suisse (orch. Brannigan)**
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 'Inextinguishable'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. James Brannigan

*Part of a series (to be recorded by Chandos) featuring Mr. Bavouzet in all five Saint-Saëns concerti
**I arranged this for orchestra way back in 1989 and always wondered how it would sound.  In my brief life as a composer, I never finished a mature work for full orchestra , so this will have to do!

That's awesome! I would absolutely go to that concert. Of course, I'd go to any concert with the Saint-Saens concerti. In fact, in my "Concert programs" Word doc, I have a whole series planned out - the Saint-Saens+French ballet (mostly) festival:

Debussy | Prelude a 'L'apres-midi d'un faune'
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 1
Poulenc | Les biches
   
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 2
Pierne | Cydalise et le Chevre-Pied

Dukas | L'apprenti sorcier
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 3
Roussel | Bacchus et Ariane

Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 4
Ravel | Daphnis et Chloe

Berlioz | Le mort de Cleopatre
Schmitt | La tragedie de Salome
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 5

Notice the last one preserves a 'Middle East' theme 

[classicalgeek]

That's awesome! I would absolutely go to that concert. Of course, I'd go to any concert with the Saint-Saens concerti. In fact, in my "Concert programs" Word doc, I have a whole series planned out - the Saint-Saens+French ballet (mostly) festival:

Debussy | Prelude a 'L'apres-midi d'un faune'
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 1
Poulenc | Les biches
   
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 2
Pierne | Cydalise et le Chevre-Pied

Dukas | L'apprenti sorcier
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 3
Roussel | Bacchus et Ariane

Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 4
Ravel | Daphnis et Chloe

Berlioz | Le mort de Cleopatre
Schmitt | La tragedie de Salome
Saint-Saens | Piano Concerto No 5

Notice the last one preserves a 'Middle East' theme 

All very nice - a lot of fun to play, to conduct, and to hear!  I assume 'Daphnis et Chloe' is the complete ballet (with the wordless chorus, of course ), and not the suite.

[Brian]

All very nice - a lot of fun to play, to conduct, and to hear!  I assume 'Daphnis et Chloe' is the complete ballet (with the wordless chorus, of course ), and not the suite.

'Daphnis' is the full ballet with chorus! 'Cydalise' also deploys wordless chorus, as does 'Salome' usually but I'm subbing the singer from 'Cleopatre' in that performance.

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This is fun - I'm loving some of M.I.'s concerts!  I'll play along...

Schuman: Three Places in New England
Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto no. 5 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano)*

-intermission-

Liszt: 'Chapelle de Guillaume Tell', from Années de Pelerinage/Suisse (orch. Brannigan)**
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 'Inextinguishable'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. James Brannigan

*Part of a series (to be recorded by Chandos) featuring Mr. Bavouzet in all five Saint-Saëns concerti
**I arranged this for orchestra way back in 1989 and always wondered how it would sound.  In my brief life as a composer, I never finished a mature work for full orchestra , so this will have to do!

I would attend this concert! By the way, do you mean Ives' Three Pieces in New England or do you mean Schuman's New England Triptych?

[classicalgeek]

I would attend this concert! By the way, do you mean Ives' Three Pieces in New England or do you mean Schuman's New England Triptych?

Ahh, my apologies - I mean the Schuman!  I suppose I'm not the first to get the titles confused... 

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Ahh, my apologies - I mean the Schuman!  I suppose I'm not the first to get the titles confused... 

Well there's three works by three American masters that refers to New England:

Piston: Three New England Sketches
Schuman: New England Triptych
Ives: Three Pieces in New England

It's easy to get them confused but there's no mistaking the way each of them sounds. They're all very different from each other. I recall this Piston work being quite Impressionistic in style. The Schuman, one of his most popular works, has patriotic feel and is chockful of good tunes. The Ives has a rugged feel, but the dissonance the work uses is typical, everything but the kitchen sink Ives.

[PaulR]

Well there's three works by three American masters that refers to New England:

Piston: Three New England Sketches
Schuman: New England Triptych
Ives: Three Pieces in New England

It's easy to get them confused but there's no mistaking the way each of them sounds. They're all very different from each other. I recall this Piston work being quite Impressionistic in style. The Schuman, one of his most popular works, has patriotic feel and is chockful of good tunes. The Ives has a rugged feel, but the dissonance the work uses is typical, everything but the kitchen sink Ives.

The New England Concert! 

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The New England Concert!

[Winky Willy]

Cleveland Orchestra

Brahms 4
Intermission
Mahler 6

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The Essence of America - A six-part series featuring myself conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

-Series 4-

Creston: Choreografic Suite
Thomson: Autumn (Concertina For Harp, Strings & Percussion)

-Intermission-

Schuman: Symphony No. 3

Encore:

Still: In Memoriam, "The Colored Soldiers who Died for Democracy"

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COMPOSERS IN CONTRAST Series

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 4 in F minor

~ Interval ~

Virgil Thomson - Louisiana Story (suite in three movements)
Hindemith - Der Schwanendreher (The Swan-turner) - concerto for viola and orchestra



The joke here is that listeners unfamilar with the works might get the attributions mixed up

[Scion7]

I would locate Bacewicz's Fourth Symphony score and give it the reboot'd premiere it deserves.  And arrange for a radio broadcast when it was performed.

Symphony No.4 - 1953 (PWM 1955)

[madaboutmahler]

Cleveland Orchestra

Brahms 4
Intermission
Mahler 6

This is fun - I'm loving some of M.I.'s concerts!  I'll play along...

Schuman: Three Places in New England New England Triptych
Saint-Saëns: Piano concerto no. 5 (Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano)*

-intermission-

Liszt: 'Chapelle de Guillaume Tell', from Années de Pelerinage/Suisse (orch. Brannigan)**
Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 'Inextinguishable'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. James Brannigan

*Part of a series (to be recorded by Chandos) featuring Mr. Bavouzet in all five Saint-Saëns concerti
**I arranged this for orchestra way back in 1989 and always wondered how it would sound.  In my brief life as a composer, I never finished a mature work for full orchestra , so this will have to do!

Wow, I would certainly go to that one!
And all of yours too, Brian!

And yours would certainly be very interesting, John!

I like to post on this thread very often... because, as I have probably mentioned many many times, it is my ambition to be a conductor, as well as composer...

So... here is my concert (hopefully one day) with the Orchestra of the Junior Royal Academy of Music. (An orchestra I would so love to work with as so many of my friends are in it and I love watching their rehearsals)

Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnol
Prokofiev Violin Concerto no.1 Laure Chan, violin. (she recently performed the Saint Saens VC 3 with the orchestra, which was unbelievable. I am so happy to know her, and actually share classes with her, such an amazing, beautiful performer! )
Bernstein Symphonic Dances

[Karl Henning]

This may well be obvious, but: If I could conduct for one night, it would be an all-Henning program.