Anton Arensky composed his Trio in D minor, Op. 32, in 1894. It was written in memory of Karl Davidov, a famous cellist and director of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The whole work is in four movements, with the first movement built on three themes. The subsequent scherzi is the only movement in the major mode. Movement three, “Elegia,” is the most serious of the four. The finale opens with the most dramatic theme in the entire work, replacing the air of lamentation with a combative stance, but balanced by a reminiscence of the “Elegia” theme, then a reprise of the first movement’s principal theme and a short coda.

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The last of the three great operas of Giuseppe Verdi's middle period, La Traviata is now one of his most popular works. Written for the Teatro la Fenice in Venice, it was first heard on March 6, 1853. The libretto, by Francesco Maria Piave, details the ill-fated love affair between a young gentleman named Alfredo Germont and a terminally ill courtesan named Violetta. It is based on the play La dame aux camélias by Alexander Dumas, Jr., which premiered the previous year.

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The Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90, commonly known as the Italian, is an orchestral symphony by Felix Mendelssohn. The Italian Symphony was finished in Berlin, 13 March 1833, in response to an invitation for a symphony from the London (now Royal) Philharmonic Society; he conducted the first performance himself in London on 13 May 1833, at a London Philharmonic Society concert. The symphony's success, and Mendelssohn's popularity, influenced the course of British music for the rest of the century. However, Mendelssohn remained unsatisfied with the composition, which cost him, he said, some of the bitterest moments of his career; he revised it in 1834 and even planned to write alternate versions of the second, third, and fourth movements. He never published the symphony, and it appeared in print only in 1851; thus it is numbered as his no. 4, although it was in fact the third in order of composition. The piece is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings. It is in four movements. It is among the first large multi-movement works to begin in a major key and end in the tonic minor, another example being Brahms's first piano trio. A typical performance lasts about half an hour.

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Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Octet in E flat major, Op. 103, between 1792 and 1793. It is a piece for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, and two horns, and it was published late in his life, despite it being an early work. He reworked and expanded the Octet in 1795 as his first String Quintet, Op. 4.

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Johann Sebastian Bach composed this Concerto for 3 Harpsichords and orchestra in the key of D minor, BWV 1603, approximately between the years 1735 and 1745. It was first published in 1846. As with almost all of J.S. Bach's harpsichord concertos, it has been speculated to be based on an existing concerto for a melodic instrument. However, the source for this concerto is still unknown. It is also said that Bach's sons may have been involved in the composition, or at least in the performance, of this piece. An average performance lasts around 14 minutes.

The Piano Sonata no. 13 in A major D. 664, also catalogued as Op. posth. 120, is a sonata for solo piano composed by Franz Schubert in the summer of 1819. Well regarded among pianists, the "Little" A major sonata is so called to distinguish it from the hefty 1828 sonata in the same key. The manuscript was dedicated to Josephine von Koller of Steyr in Upper Austria, whom he considered to be "very pretty" and "a good pianist." The lyrical, buoyant, in spots typically poignant nature of this sonata fits the image of a young Schubert in love, living in a summery Austrian countryside, which he also considered to be "unimaginably lovely." The sonata is straightforward, with a dulcet melodic opening. The manuscript has been lost.

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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331 (300i), is a piano sonata in three movements. It is uncertain where and when Mozart composed the sonata; however, Vienna or Salzburg around 1783 is currently thought to be most likely. A typical performance of this entire sonata takes about 20 minutes. The last movement of Sonata K. 331 by W.A. Mozart, alla turca, popularly known as the Turkish March, is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best known piano pieces: Mozart himself titled the movement Alla Turca. It imitates the sound of Turkish Janissary bands, the music of which was much in vogue at that time. Various other works of the time imitate this Turkish style, including Mozart's own opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. In Mozart's time, the last movement was sometimes performed on pianos built with a "Turkish stop", allowing it to be embellished with extra percussion effects.

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It is believed that Vivaldi began his flute works in the late 1720's, after Johann Joachim Quantz's tour. This concerto un particular resorts to the fast-slow-fast movement structure, makes use of the ritornello form and has a lighthearted temperament. Of the nearly 50 concertos that he wrote for two soloists and orchestra, this is the only one for two flutes.

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Haydn's violin/flute sonatas are mostly arrangements of other works, and the only one considered original is the first one of the set (of eight). This particular Sonata in G (no. 8) takes after the String Quartet in G, Hob. III:81, but it omits the minuet and trio movements.

Sonata in G major - I. Allegro moderato

Sonata in G major - II. Adagio

Sonata in G major - III. Presto

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Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, is a musical work by George Frideric Handel with an English text by John Gay. The work has been variously described as a serenata, a masque, a pastoral or pastoral opera, a "little opera" (in a letter by the composer while it was being written), an entertainment and in the New Grove Dictionary of Music an oratorio. The work was originally devised as a one act masque which premiered in 1718. Handel later adapted the piece into a three act serenata for the Italian opera troupe in London in 1732, which incorporated a number of songs (still in Italian) from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, his 1708 setting of the same story to different music. He later adapted the original English work into a two act work in 1739.

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 7. Didst thou know

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part I - 8. happy we

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 10. I rage, I melt, I burn

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 11. Whither, fairest

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 12. Would you gain the tender creature

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 13. His hideous love

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 14. Consider fond shepherd

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 15. Cease o cease

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 16. Helpgalatea

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 17. Must I my Acus Still Bemont

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 18. Tis done

Handel Society Choir - Acis & Galatea - Part II - 19. Galatea, dry the tears

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