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1. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: 'Oh! to be a conductor...' Includes excerpt from Wagner's
2. Domna, pos vos ay chausida: Excerpt
3. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: We don't merely use instruments, we play on them. And they
4. Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 7
5. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The violin is one of the most tender and beautiful instrum
6. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: Adagio (excerpt)
7. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: But for a long time it was seen as the instrument of the d
8. L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for 3 actors, dancer & 7 instruments: Triumphal March of the Devil (excerpt)
9. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The manipulative seductiveness of the gypsy violin
10. Csárdás, for violin & piano
11. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The violin and the imitation of nature
12. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in E major ('La Primavera,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 1), Op.8
    1, RV 269: No
13. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Birds are again evoked in the second concerto, especially
14. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in G minor ('L'estate,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 2), Op. 8
    2, RV 315: No. 1
15. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Like the devil, the violin is a master of disguise.
16. Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano
17. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The menacing sensuality of Ravel's Tzigane; a very differe
18. Tzigane, rhapsodie de concert, for violin & piano (or orchestra): Excerpt
19. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Do we now have the true measure of this instrument? Not ju
20. Caprice for solo violin in A minor (Theme & Variations), Op. 1
    24, MS 25
    24: Excerpt
21. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The many effects of the string tremolando. Includes excerp
22. Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: No. 7
23. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Prokofiev's tremolo in Romeo and Juliet should not be hear
24. Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 4 acts, Op. 64: Act 4. (excerpt)
25. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Vivaldi uses it to illustrate the shivering of travellers
26. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F minor ('L'inverno,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 4), Op. 8
    4, RV 297: No.
27. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The violin muted
28. Clair de lune, for orchestra or other arrangement (from 'Suite Bergamasque' for piano), L. 75
    3
29. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The gentleness of muted strings persists even when a whole
30. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major ('Elvira Madigan') K. 467: excerpt
31. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The pizzicato violin
32. Pizzicato Polka for orchestra, Op. 234
33. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: In Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto, the accompaniment i
34. Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63: Excerpt
35. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Varieties of pizzicato. Includes excerpt from Kabalevsky's
36. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Mars - The bringer of War (excerpt)
37. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The technique of double-stopping enables the violin to pla
38. Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1: Hungarian Dance No. 4
39. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Double-stopping is a standerd feature of a lot of folk mus
40. Violin Concerto, for violin, strings & continuo in F major ('L'autunno,' The Four Seasons; 'Il cimento' No. 3), Op.8
    3, RV 293: Move
41. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Now the same technique, but the sound might have come from
42. Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt
43. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Double-stopping can only approximate the sound of a real v
44. Cadenza for Brahms Violin Concerto: Excerpt
45. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Now compare that with a real violin duet
46. Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 1: Teasing Song
47. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Another Duo by Bartök, demonstrating the violin's rich low
48. Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 2: Maypole Dance
49. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: And now what may be the most beautiful accompanied violin
50. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ('Double'), BWV 1043: Largo
51. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The soul of the violin is in song; but what about this wie
52. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19: Movement 2 (excerpt)
53. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The use of harmonics in the orchestra can be both magical
54. Symphony No. 1 in D major ('Titan'): Movement 1. (opening)
55. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Tchaikovsky's use of harmonics in The Sleeping Beauty is b
56. The Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66: Act 2. No. 15. Entr'acte (excerpt)
57. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Ravel's harmonics in Mother Goose effect a magical transfo
58. Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Beauty and the Beast (excerpt)
59. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Stravinsky's harmonies in The Firebirg transport us almost
60. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: The Natural upper notes of the violins have a unique emoti
61. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Of the Afterworldsmen (excerpt)
62. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Still in their upper register, the violins unleash the ene
63. Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge, for strings, Op. 10: No. 4
64. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: Elsewhere, Britten uses the same high register to create a
65. Sea Interludes (4) from Peter Grimes, for orchestra, Op. 33a: Dawn (excerpt)
66. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Violin: To end this outing with the violins, a charming little elf
67. Elfenreigen, for salon orchestra: Excerpt
68. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Introduction to the viola
69. Concerto for viola, strings & continuo in G major, TWV 51:G9: Movement 1
70. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Khatchaturian gets a very different sound from it:
71. Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1: Armen's Solo (excerpt)
72. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Very nearly the whole of the violin's upper registe
73. Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from 'Peter Grimes'): excerpt
74. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The viola can bring a special, rich tranginess to p
75. Harold en Italie (Harold in Italy), symphony for viola & orchestra, H. 68 (Op. 16): No. 4 (excerpt)
76. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The muted viola: intimate, gentle, poignant in Dvor
77. Cypresses (Ohlas písní [Echoes of Songs]), for string quartet (arr. from Cypresses, B. 11), B. 152: No. 9
78. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The massed violas of the modern symphony orchestra
79. Symphony No. 4 in G major: Movement 3 (excerpt)
80. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The "period" viola in Bach
81. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051: Allegro
82. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The cello: a voice of unique nobility
83. Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: Prelude
84. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Brahms and the 'soul' of the cello
85. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83: Movement 3 (excerpt)
86. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Most orchestral composers tend to emphasise the cel
87. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Aria: Bereite dir, Jesu
88. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: In the time of Beethoven the cello remained as fund
89. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major ('Eroica'), Op. 55: Finale (excerpt)
90. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: But the cello is not condemned to spend its life in
91. Elfentanz for cello & piano, Op 39 'Dance of the Elves'
92. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Not only in recital showpieces like that is the cel
93. The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: Opening (excerpt)
94. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: A cello with an identity-crisis: the pizzicato Flam
95. Flamenco
96. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Double-stopping in the lower reaches of the cello's
97. Suite for cello solo: Sardana (excerpt)
98. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: It's in its middle register that the cello really c
99. Pieces (2) for cello & piano, Op. 2: No. 2, Oriental Dance (excerpt)
100. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: It was to the cellos that Beethoven gave two of his
101. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: Finale (excerpt)
102. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Introduction to the double-bass
103. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Elephant
104. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: but the double-bass can be intensely expressive and
105. Elegy for double bass & piano No. 1 in D major: excerpt
106. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The range of the double-bass is the greatest of all
107. Capriccio di Bravura for double bass & piano: Excerpt
108. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: Double-bass solos in orchestral scores are rare but
109. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Lower Strings: The Double-bass muted in Prokofiev. Includes excerp
110. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: Movement 3 (excerpt)
111. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The antiquity and magic of the flute
112. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86: Excerpt
113. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The versatility and agility of the flute
114. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie (excerpt)
115. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The flute in fifteenth-century Spain
116. Sa'dâwî: Excerpt
117. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Other flutes: the bass and alto
118. Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41: excerpt
119. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The piccolo - aptly named
120. La Naissance d'Osiris ou La Fête Pamilie, acte de ballet: No. 6 (excerpt)
121. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: From a piccolo of the eighteenth century to one of its
122. Suite No. 1, for chamber orchestra: Valse (excerpt)
123. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: A variety of techniques
124. Chamber Music II, for alto flute &string orchestra, Op. 41: excerpt
125. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Flutter-tonguing. But Tchaikovsky got there eighty year
126. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Act 2. No. 2. Scène (excerpt)
127. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: From the transverse to the vertical: the Baroque record
128. Overture, suite for recorder (or flute), strings & continuo in A minor, TWV 55:a2: Menuet II
129. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: An unfamiliar, early version of the instrument
130. Needles, needles
131. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Bachian oboe
132. Cantata No. 80, 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott,' BWV 80 (BC A183): No. 7. Duetto (excerpt)
133. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Introduction to the cor anglais or "English horn"
134. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ('From the New World'), B. 178 (Op. 95) (first published as No. 5): Movement 2 (excerpt)
135. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The loneliness of the cor anglais
136. The Swan of Tuonela, tone poem for orchestra (Lemminkäinen Suite No. 3), Op. 22
     3: Excerpt
137. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The cor anglais joins the French horn in Haydn
138. Symphony No. 22 in E flat major ('Philosopher'), H. 1
     22: Opening (excerpt)
139. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Introduction to the oboe d'amore, beloved of Bach - but
140. Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt
141. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Clarinet family: boxing the compass, from the depth
142. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: ... to the shrill and complaining.... Includes excerpt
143. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: As the high clarinets tend to be loud, so the bass tend
144. Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 1: No. 5 (excerpt)
145. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The bass clarinet is used by most composers mainly as a
146. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Range of the normal clarinet parts goes quite high
147. The Snow Maiden, incidental music, Op. 12: Scene 5: Melodrama (excerpt)
148. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: ... and quite low
149. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: The Cat (excerpt)
150. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The clarinet as concerto soloist
151. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: Rondo (excerpt)
152. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: but that's not the instrument Mozart wrote it for; this
153. Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: Rondo (excerpt)
154. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Introduction to the saxophone
155. Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra: No. 4 (excerpt)
156. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Soprano saxophone has quite a different feel to it
157. L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra No. 1, from the incidental music: Minuet (excerpt)
158. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The little sopranino sax goes even higher
159. Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt
160. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The most famous use of the saxophone is in an orchestra
161. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: The Old Castle (excerpt)
162. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The saxophhone can be quite contagiously good-humored
163. Sax-O-Phun for saxophone & piano: Excerpt
164. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The puffa-puffa image of the bassoon
165. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: Grandfather (excerpt)
166. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: the Bachian bassoon, in accompanimental mode
167. Cantata No. 202, 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten' ('Wedding Cantata'), BWV 202 (BC G41): Aria No. 1 (excerpt)
168. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Bizet leaves the puffa-puffa image out, allowing the ba
169. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: And Ravel, also in spanish mode, does likewise
170. Boléro, ballet for orchestra: Excerpt
171. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The Bassoon as a voice of high seriousness, indeed deso
172. Symphony No. 3: Opening (excerpt)
173. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The eerie bassoon in its highest register
174. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra: Opening (excerpt)
175. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Stravinsky now draws on its lowest register, lonely and
176. L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra No. 2: Berceuse (excerpt)
177. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The bassoon as concerto soloist, avoiding all exaggerat
178. Bassoon Concerto in G minor: Finale (excerpt)
179. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: the deep-voiced contra-bassoon, as a fairy-tale beast
180. Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Beauty and the Beast (excerpt)
181. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The French horn under its woodwind hat
182. Wind Quintet, FS 100 (Op. 43): Last movement (excerpt)
183. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: Now a more prominent role, in a woodwind quintet from a
184. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: No. 2 (excerpt)
185. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Woodwinds: The horn in harmonious blend with strings in another qu
186. Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas & cello in E flat major, K. 407 (K. 386c): Finale
187. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as virtuoso soloist
188. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Allegro assai
189. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The special brilliance of paired trumpets
190. Double Trumpet Concerto for 2 trumpets, strings & continuo in C major, RV 537: No. 1
191. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The ceremonial trumpet
192. Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3): Excerpt
193. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: Trumpets and drums - an incomparable alliance
194. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: The Trumpet Shall Sound
195. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The versatility of the trumpet, from the most public to the
196. Concerto in F, for piano & orchestra: Excerpt
197. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as the voice of the city. Includes excerpt from
198. Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Habanera (excerpt)
199. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as the voice of strength and courage
200. Carmen Suite for orchestra No. 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard): Toreador's Song (excerpt)
201. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet muted. Includes excerpt from Stravinsky's Petru
202. Billy the Kid, ballet: Excerpt
203. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as a character actor
204. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: No. 6
205. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet as the voice of God
206. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Et exspecto
207. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The birth of the trombone
208. Aenmerckt nu hier
209. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The birth of the brass as a family
210. Sacrae Symphoniae: No. 12: Canzon in echo duodecimi toni for 10 parts
211. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombone in the eighteenth century
212. Trombone Concerto in B flat: Finale
213. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The tone of the tenor trombone. Includes excerpt from Höser
214. Hosannah (Alleluja del Cantico del sol), for organ & trombone ad lib, S. 677 (LW F2): Excerpt
215. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombones become part of the orchestra
216. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: Finale (excerpt)
217. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The Wagnerian trombone. Includes excerpt from Wagner's Over
218. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombone as a caricaturist
219. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: No. 19: Vivo (excerpt)
220. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trombone as raspberry. Includes excerpt from Bartók's C
221. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The horn and the hunt
222. Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K. 495: Finale
223. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The challenging horn of the Baroque
224. Les Boréades (Abaris), tragédie en musique: Menuet
225. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The scarcity of first-rate players in Handel's time
226. Water Music Suite No.1 for orchestra in F major, HWV 348: Minuet 1
227. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The horn as magician. Includes excerpt fron Stravinsky's Fi
228. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: horns and the sound of nobility
229. Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70: Overutre: Opening (excerpt)
230. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: the special sound of the horn in its higher register
231. Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Quoniam tu solus sanctus
232. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The trumpet-like sound of massed horns
233. Symphony No. 3 in D minor: Movement 1 (opening) (excerpt)
234. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The tuba - Unfairly maligned?
235. Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111: Movement 3 (excerpt)
236. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Brass: The tuba perfectly cast by Ravel
237. Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel: Bydlo
238. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introduction. And we begin with a bang
239. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The bass drum on the battlefields. Includes excerpt fr
240. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: At the opposite extreme is the triangle
241. Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S. 124 (LW H4): Scherzo (excerpt)
242. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Categories of percussion: tuned and untuned. The side
243. La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie), opera: Overture: Opening (excerpt)
244. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The side drum in an effective but unexpected role. Inc
245. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The tambourine. One of the oldest instruments in the w
246. Den hoboecken dans
247. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Even older is the originally oriental gong
248. Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Laideronette (excerpt)
249. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: No single instrument can match the gong in evoking the
250. Gymnopedie for piano No. 2
251. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The cymbals are generally discovered early in life. In
252. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Other untuned percussion instruments include the whip.
253. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: More versatile than the whip are the wood blocks.... I
254. Rodeo, ballet: Hoe-Down (excerpt)
255. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Related to the wood blocks, by sound, are the castanet
256. Damigella tutta bella, madrigal for 3 voices (from Scherzi musicali), SV 235: Excerpt
257. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain
258. Yo m'enamori d'un ayre, song
259. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The birth of the bongo
260. Symphonic Dances (9) from 'West Side Story', for orchestra (orchestrated with Ramin & Kostal): Excerpt
261. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: From the streets of New York to the blacksmith's shop.
262. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Desert-island decibels. Includes excerpt from Grofé's
263. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: From one vegetable to another: the humble squash, or m
264. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani
265. Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Introduction (excerpt)
266. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: But the drum roll can be more effectively frightening
267. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Not one drum roll, but many. Includes excerpt from Gro
268. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Taking advantage of tunability
269. Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: Movement 2 (excerpt)
270. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin takes a downward
271. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the glockenspiel. Includes excerpt from Sh
272. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Saint-Saëns and the xylophone
273. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Fossils
274. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Ravel and the xylophone
275. Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra): Laideronette
276. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the marimba. Includes excerpt from Shchedr
277. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the vibraphone
278. Treasure of the Sierra Madre, film score: Narange dolce
279. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The vibraphone goes Russian.... Includes excerpts from
280. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom
281. Work(s): Folk Dances
282. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra
283. Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra: No. 3 (excerpt)
284. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the tubular bells
285. Háry János, suite from the opera for orchestra: Viennese Musical Clock
286. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: A more 'up-front' approach from Rodion Shchedrin
287. Carmen-Suite (based on themes of Georges Bizet): Introduction
288. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: But the bells can also make the sinister even more sin
289. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Introducing the celeste
290. Nutcracker, ballet, Op. 71: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
291. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Magic, in the use of collective percussion
292. Miroirs, for piano (or orchestra): La Vallée des cloches
293. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: Plucked instruments: the 'undercover percussion'. Incl
294. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: A prime case in point is the harp, irresistible to the
295. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord
296. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Andante
297. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The piano: king of the tuned percussion. Includes exce
298. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version): Russian Dance
299. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Percussion: The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orc
300. Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114: Last mvt
301. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powe
302. Symphony No. 3 in C minor ('Organ'), Op. 78: Finale (excerpt)
303. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: But things in Handel's day were very different
304. Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4
     3, HWV 291: Last movement
305. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The organ is difficult to classify
306. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: An unexpected, organ-related guest
307. Concerto in C 'Zampogna': last mvt
308. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Peasant-fancying... and a touch of the roaming cowboy
309. Les Miserables, musical: Drink with Me (excerpt)
310. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Outside artefacts and the power of association. Inclu
311. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Mahler's sleighbells. Includes excerpt from Mahler's
312. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: In another symphony Mahler used cowbells. Includes ex
313. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: A roll-call of some unusual guests. Includes excerpt
314. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Chains, and more. Includes excerpt from Varèse's Inté
315. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Purpose-built oddities: wind machines. Includes excer
316. Don Quixote, fantastic variations for cello & orchestra, Op. 35 (TrV 184): Variation VIII
317. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: National calling cards: the guitar for Spain. Include
318. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: And the guitar's poor American relative, the banjo. I
319. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: And poorer still, the mouth organ. Includes excerpt f
320. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The Balalaika for Russia. Includes excerpt from Proko
321. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The maracas for Mexico. Includes excerpt from Sanchez
322. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other
323. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The sitar for India. Includes excerpt from Evening Ra
324. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The accordion for France (especially Paris). Includes
325. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The zither for Vienna. Includes excerpt from Kárás's
326. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The cimbalom for Hungary. Includes excerpt from Tradi
327. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The guitar as an integral part of the orchestra. Incl
328. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: there are whole orchestras of balalaikas. Includes ex
329. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The effect of the wordless human voice, used purely a
330. Sirènes, for female chorus & orchestra (Nocturne No. 3), L. 91
     3: Unspecified excerpt
331. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet
332. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Cuckoo
333. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The flute as an all-purpose aviary
334. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Aviary
335. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The oboe as a duck
336. Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67: The Duck
337. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The recording of reality. Does it work as well?
338. Pini di Roma (The Pines of Rome), symphonic poem, P. 141: The Pines of the Janiculum (excerpt)
339. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The recording of reality electronically reborn in new
340. Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61: Excerpt (movement 2)
341. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail
342. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: Andante molto mosso (excerpt)
343. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Some improbable casting: the violin as braying donkey
344. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Persons with Long Ears
345. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with
346. A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture, Op. 21: Excerpt
347. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: A thunderstorm in a million
348. Symphony No. 6 in F major ('Pastoral'), Op. 68: Allegro - Allegretto (excerpt)
349. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: The instrumental depiction of a silent world
350. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: The Aquarium
351. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: Interlopers: Saint-Saëns' menagerie takes a curtain call
352. Carnival of the Animals, zoological fantasy for 2 pianos & ensemble: Finale
353. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The grouping of instrumental families. An additive
354. Duos (44) for 2 violins, Volumes 1-4, Sz. 98, BB 104: No. 4
355. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A greater contrast, both pitch and character: violi
356. Duo for violin & viola No. 2 in B flat major, K. 424: Finale. Variations 1 & 2
357. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola,
358. String Trio in B flat major, D. 581: Menuetto (excerpt)
359. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string quartet: two violins, viola, and cello
360. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18
     1: Excerpt (Movement 3)
361. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a
362. Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello No. 5 in D major ('String Quintet No. 5'), K. 593: Adagio (excerpt)
363. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a
364. Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in C major, D. 956 (Op. posth. 163): Movement 3 (excerpt)
365. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two
366. String Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18: Movement 2 (excerpt)
367. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The string octet: the standard string quartet times
368. Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20: Movement 1 (excerpt)
369. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orc
370. Symphony No. 2 in B flat major ('Lobgesang', 'Hymn of Praise'), Op. 52: Finale (excerpt)
371. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The massed strings of a symphony orchestra
372. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras: Excerpt
373. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the
374. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: Theme
375. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the
376. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5
377. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon
378. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: Variation 2
379. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: in Variation Three the oboe leads
380. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: Variation 3
381. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Variation Four: conversation before returning to a
382. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: Variation 4
383. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet
384. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: Variation 5
385. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute
386. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: Variation 6
387. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Individual farewells and a closing chorus
388. Woodwind Quintet in A minor, Op. 100
     5: Variation 7
389. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quar
390. Octet for clarinet, horn, bassoon & strings in F major, D. 803 (Op. posth. 166): Movement 3 (excerpt)
391. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and
392. Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 201 (K. 186a): Finale (excerpt)
393. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart
394. Canzon No. 28 ('Sol sol la sol fa mi'), for 8 parts
395. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and thr
396. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ('Fate'), Op. 67: Finale (excerpt)
397. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz
398. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the
399. Symphony No. 6 in A minor ('Tragic'): Movement 1 (excerpt)
400. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its pe
401. Symphony No. 1 in D minor for soloists, chorus, brass bands & orchestra, 'The Gothic': VI: Te ergo quaesumus (excerpt)
402. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy
403. Images (3), for orchestra, L. 122: Gigues (excerpt)
404. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival ha
405. Turangalîla-symphonie, for piano, ondes martenot & orchestra, I
     29: Chant d'amour 1 (excerpt)
406. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: The advent of the 'early music' movement brings a n
407. Xerxès, ballet (for F. Cavalli's 'Serse'), LWV 12: Gavotte en rondeau (excerpt)
408. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes?
409. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ('Double'), BWV 1043: Largo (excerpt)
410. The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts: The Orchestra: A speculative look ahead. Includes excerpt from Bac

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