6 (or so) Great symphonic openings.

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kyjo

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June 18, 2019, 02:18:33 PM
Quote from: André on June 17, 2019, 04:09:40 PM
Dvorak, symphonies 5, 6 and 7. Magical.

...and nos. 3 and 8!
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

pjme

#81
June 18, 2019, 02:29:51 PM
Well, both the Rorem and Gould works have striking/beautiful/impressive openings & first movements. The rest of these works I find less interesting.
Since I love the combination of organ and orchestra, the grandly fanfaresque opening of Weinberger's Passacaglia was an instant hit. Janacek's Symphonietta may have been an inspiration. It's truly a great (grand) piece!
Here's another work by an unknown Czech composer (my thanks go to Jan Fila) that I recently discovered on YT and enjoy:

the powerful and craggy "Rožmberk Castle sonata" for winds and percussion by Václav Riedlbauch (1947 - 2017). It is performed by members of the Czech Philharmonic  & Jiří Bělohlávek.
https://youtu.be/AEiF4NGvl9o


André

#82
June 18, 2019, 03:59:29 PM
Quote from: pjme on June 18, 2019, 02:29:51 PM
Well, both the Rorem and Gould works have striking/beautiful/impressive openings & first movements. The rest of these works I find less interesting.
Since I love the combination of organ and orchestra, the grandly fanfaresque opening of Weinberger's Passacaglia was an instant hit. Janacek's Symphonietta may have been an inspiration. It's truly a great (grand) piece!
Here's another work by an unknown Czech composer (my thanks go to Jan Fila) that I recently discovered on YT and enjoy:

the powerful and craggy "Rožmberk Castle sonata" for winds and percussion by Václav Riedlbauch (1947 - 2017). It is performed by members of the Czech Philharmonic  & Jiří Bělohlávek.
https://youtu.be/AEiF4NGvl9o

Good guess !   :D

SymphonicAddict

#83
June 18, 2019, 05:08:51 PM
Quote from: pjme on June 18, 2019, 02:29:51 PM
Well, both the Rorem and Gould works have striking/beautiful/impressive openings & first movements. The rest of these works I find less interesting.
Since I love the combination of organ and orchestra, the grandly fanfaresque opening of Weinberger's Passacaglia was an instant hit. Janacek's Symphonietta may have been an inspiration. It's truly a great (grand) piece!
Here's another work by an unknown Czech composer (my thanks go to Jan Fila) that I recently discovered on YT and enjoy:

the powerful and craggy "Rožmberk Castle sonata" for winds and percussion by Václav Riedlbauch (1947 - 2017). It is performed by members of the Czech Philharmonic  & Jiří Bělohlávek.
https://youtu.be/AEiF4NGvl9o

Count me as another fan of organ/orchestra combination. That Weinberger's Passacaglia sounds appealing. Thanks for the recommendation.

Wanderer

#84
June 19, 2019, 02:07:50 AM
Quote from: kyjo on June 18, 2019, 02:18:33 PM
...and nos. 3 and 8!

Certainly!

Wanderer

#85
June 19, 2019, 02:21:18 AM
Some perennial favourites:

Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unvollendete")
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Debussy: La mer
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