The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works

The 30 Greatest Orchestral Works « Series from 2023

Series from 2023

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Professor Robert Greenberg guides you through 30 works that, in his expert opinion, can be considered among the greatest orchestral works in the history of Western concert music.

Rich with detailed musical excerpts, these lectures will open your ears to the joy and meaning of landmark creations by Haydn, Beethoven,and many others.

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Game Plan and Preliminaries

Vivaldi—The Four Seasons

Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

Bach—Violin Concerto in E Major

Haydn—Symphony No. 104

Mozart—Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor

Mozart—Symphony in C Major, “Jupiter”

Beethoven—Symphony No. 3

Beethoven—Piano Concerto No. 4

Beethoven—Symphony No. 9

Schubert—Symphony No. 9

Mendelssohn—“Italian” Symphony

Schumann—Symphony No. 3

Brahms—Symphony No. 4

Brahms—Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky—Symphony No. 4

Tchaikovsky—Violin Concerto

Bedrich Smetana—Má Vlast

Dvorák—Symphony No. 8

Dvorák—Concerto for ’Cello

Rimsky-Korsakov—Scheherazade

Richard Strauss—Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Mahler—Symphony No. 5

Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2

Debussy—La Mer