Conductor’s Corner
Welcome to Conductor’s Corner!
In this recurring section I introduce the major composers and their works that are featured during the CYS season. Detailed program notes, commentary, Q&A, and audio clips presented here will enhance your enjoyment of the music as well as enrich your understanding of the composers and their lives and careers. Enjoy!
Very fondly yours,
Leo Eylar
John Adams (b. 1947)
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Belá Bartók (1881-1945)
Dance Suite
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphonic Dances
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
Feste Romane
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Double Concerto
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 82
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Daphnis et Chloé, Suites 1 and 2
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 1
Jennifer Higdon
blue cathedral
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 1
The Mighty Handful
Modest Mussorgsky
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 5
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Pictures at an Exhibition
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Firebird Suite (1919)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Don Juan
Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Romeo & Juliet (1880)