THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS WEEKLY LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM: COMPOSERS and WORKS

THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS
WEEKLY LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM

Level 1: Beginners
Level 2: Intermediate
Level 3: Advanced

(In Progress...)

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Classical Music Glossary
Abbreviations of Composer Works by Catalogers

op. = opus

Level 2: Intermediate Listeners

THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS WEEKLY LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM Suggested by Demetris Loizos
WEEK	COMPOSER AND OPUS TITLE	TOTAL LISTENING TIME (approx. minutes)
1	John Adams: Harmonium AND Chairman Dances AND Short Ride in a Fast Machine	60'
2	Bach C.P.E.: Hamburg Symphonies (any 2) AND Flute Concerto (any 1)	55'
3	Boccherini: Symphonies op.12 (any 2) AND Oboe Quintet op. 55 AND Cello Concerto (any 1 from G.475 or G.476 or G.479 or G.480 or G.482 or G.573)	60'
4	Borodin: Symphony 2 AND In the Steppes of Central Asia AND Polovtsian Dances	60'
5	Bruckner: Symphony 8	82'
6	Buxtehude: Trio Sonatas op. 1 (any 4) AND La Capricciosa BuxWV 250 OR Choral Partita BuxVW 179	60'
7	Glinka: Jota Aragonesa AND Kamarinskaya AND Ruslan & Ludmila Overture AND Any other orchestral/chamber works	60'
8	Mendelssohn: Symphony 1 op. 11 (1824) AND Symphony 5 op. 107 (Reformation) [NOT the string symphonies]	65'
9	Mozart: The Violin Concerto No 5 K219 AND String Quartet no 17 K458 'The Hunt'	60'
10	Couperin (François): Concerts Royaux (any 3) AND Preludes (any, total 15') AND Pieces de Clavecin (any, total 15-20')	60'
11	Delius: Piano Concerto AND In a summer garden AND Five Piano Pieces AND Violin Sonata 3	66'
12	Frescobaldi: Fiori Musicali (selections, total 30') AND Harpsichord Works (any, total 30')	60'
13	Haydn: Symphony no 104 AND Trumpet Concerto AND String Quartet op. 76/4 'Sunrise'	68'
14	Glazunov (or Glasunov): The Seasons op. 67 AND Symphony no 1	75'
15	Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2	65'
16	Corelli; 12 Concerto Grossi op. 6 (any 3) AND Trio Sonatas (any 5)	60'
17	Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto no l AND Violin Concerto No 3	65'
18	Grieg: Piano Concerto op. 16 AND Lyric Pieces (any, total 30')	60'
19	Locatelli: Concerto grosso op. 1 no 8 (Christmas Concerto) and any other three concertos from op. 1 AND any three flute sonatas from op. 2.	60'
20	Ibert: Flute Concerto AND Concertino da Camera AND Escales AND Histoires	70'
21	Janacek: Sinfonietta AND String Quartet no 1 AND Pohadka	60'
22	Khachaturian: Spartacus Ballet Suite no 2 AND Piano Concerto	55'
23	Kodaly: Concerto for Orchestra AND Dances of Galanta AND Hary Janos Suite	55'
24	Chopin: Piano Sonata no 3 AND Fantaisie-Impromptu AND selections from Polonaise, Nocturnes, Preludes	60'
25	Lalo: Symphonie espagnole AND Cello Concerto	60'
26	Ligeti: Lux aeterna-Cello Concerto-Melodien for orchestra-Etudes for piano (any 2)	60'
27	Copland: Danzon Cubano-Symphony 3	50'
28	Locatelli: Concerto grosso op. 1 (any 3)-L'arte del violino (violin concertos) op. 3 (any 2)	60'
29	Lutoslawski: Symphony no 1-Symphony no 2	55'
30	de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain AND Concerto for Harpsichord AND Cuatro piezas españolas	60'
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Continue to Level 3: Advanced

CHORAL AND OPERA SUGGESTIONS
Week	COMPOSER AND OPUS TITLE	TOTAL LISTENING TIME ( approx. hours : minutes)
1	Byrd: (any of his vocal works)	1 : 10'
2	Britten: War Requiem, op. 66	1 : 28'
3	Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmila OR A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin)	2 : 15' - 2 : 45'
4	Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice	1 : 40'
5	Hildegard Bingen: O viridissima virga AND Ave generosa AND Any Anthems, Motets, Masses, Vespers	1 : 10'
6	Charpentier; Medee (opera)	2 : 30'
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Continue to Level 3: Advanced

Khachaturian: Spartacus Ballet Suite no 2 AND Piano Concerto