Music Appreciation - Fall 2020
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Week 1: Beginnings (September 24th)
J.S. Bach, Cello Suite No. 1 (c. 1720)
Week 2: Chamber Music (October 1st)
Beethoven, Quartet Op. 18, No, 4 (first movement) (1801)
Mendelssohn, Piano Trio in C Minor (fourth movement) (1846)
Schubert, “Trout” Quintet (fourth movement) (1819)
Week 3: Evolution of the Symphony, Part 1 (October 8th)
Mozart, Symphony No. 40 (first movement) (1788)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (complete) (1824)
Week 4/5: Evolution of the Symphony, Part 2 and The Concerto
Monday, October 19th, 7-9 PM
Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (fourth movement) (1876)
Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” (second movement) (1893)
Prokofiev, Symphony No. 5 (second movement) (1944)
Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (complete) (1721)
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto in B-flat Minor (complete) (1875)
Elgar, Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (complete) (1919)
Week 6: Music as Political and Social Statement (October 29th)
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 (fourth movement) (1937)
Thompson, Seven Last Words of the Unarmed (complete) (2015)
Week 7: The Opera (November 5th)
Monteverdi, Orfeo (“Possente Spirto”) (1607)
Wagner, “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre (1870)
Adams, Doctor Atomic (Oppenheimer’s Aria) (2005)
Week 8: Endings? (November 12th)
Messiaen, Quartet For the End of Time (complete) (1941)
Excerpt 1: Crystal Liturgy and Vocalise for the Angel Announcing the End of Time
0:00-5:00
Excerpt 2: Abyss of the Birds and Interlude
9:15-12:20
18:47-20:00
Excerpt 3: Praise to the Eternity of Jesus and Dance of Wrath for the Seven Trumpets
21:00-23:00
32:15-33:10
Excerpt 4: Tangle of Rainbows for the Angel Announcing the End of Time and In Praise of the Immortality of Jesus
39:20-41:20
56:00-59:00 (end - includes silence at conclusion of performance and audience response)