THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SINFONIAS
WEEKLY LISTENING HOME CONCERT PROGRAM

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

(In Progress...)

FREE WEB LISTENING OPTIONS

YouTube TIP: Search with composer's last name and work (e.g. Beethoven symphony 3) and choose complete / full length recordings as indicated in the title or by the time length of the video
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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, NocturnesPreludes

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'

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de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain AND Concerto for Harpsichord AND Cuatro piezas españolas

60'

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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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