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articles / Lunar New Year

Starting the Year Auspiciously…

Lunar New YearPop CultureThe State of the Arts

As the curtain rises on 2019, 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.

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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. If you’re on a mobile device, you can scroll further down to see them.

  1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
  2. Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
  3. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
  4. Stravinsky: Petrushka
  5. Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
  6. Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
  7. Haydn: Symphony 104
  8. Bizet: Carmen Overture
  9. Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture
  10. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
  11. Dvorak: ‘New World’ Symphony No. 9
  12. Grieg: Piano Concerto
  13. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
  14. Respighi: The Pines of Rome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Lunar New YearPop CultureThe State of the Arts
Written by:
Jeffrey Freymann
Jeffrey Freymann
Published on 03.27.2019
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