As the curtain rises on 2018, here’s a little collection of some memorable and auspicious beginnings from the world of classical music… Works that right from the starting gate hint at the masterpieces that are to follow.
A New Year, New Beginnings
If you want to see whether you’re able to identify what those works are, click and drag over the blank spaces below to reveal the titles.
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
- Stravinsky: Petrushka
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
- Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Haydn: Symphony 104
- Bizet: Carmen Overture
- Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
- Dvorak: ‘New World’ Symphony No. 9
- Grieg: Piano Concerto
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Respighi: The Pines of Rome
