Program:
- Gluck, Christoph
The Overture to Iphigenia in Aulis
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- arranged by Richard Wagner, performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Horst Forster
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
The Overture of Don Giovanni
- Beethoven, Luwig Von
Leonora Overture No. 3
- Wagner, Richard
Tannhauser Overture
- Mendelssohn, Felix
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Mendelssohn, Felix
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture
- Mendelssohn, Felix
Hebrides Overture
A brief survey of some influential overtures from Classical to early Romantic composers--this playlist leads into a broader investigation of how the symphonic poem came to be, and how the overture evolved and was distilled to contribute to a different form/style of composition.
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