Marc Koninkx

The name 'Pathetique' for the last of Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's six symphonies was suggested by the composer's brother the day after its premiere in 1893. And indeed the 'Finale' of this symphony is...

The Symphony No. 9 in E Minor 'From the New World' (Op. 95), popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonin Dvorak in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895....

Liszt's symphonic poem Les Preludes, was based on Alphonse de Lamartine's long poem of the same name. It was his third and most famous of thirteen symphonic poems, premiered at Weimar in 1854, and it...

Rimsky-Korsakov wrote his "Fantasia on Serbian Themes" (also known as the "Serbian Fantasy") in 1867. Mily Balakirev conducted the first performance of this piece in May of that year. The "Fantasy" wa...

Sigurd Jorsalfar es una suite orquestal de Edvard Grieg que celebra al rey Sigurd I de Noruega y que fue compilada en 1872 a partir de la música incidental de una obra teatral de Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson...

The name 'Pathetique' for the last of Pyotr Ilych Tschaikowsky's six symphonies was suggested by the composer's brother the day after its premiere in 1893. And indeed the 'Finale' of this symphony is...

Joyeuse Marche del compositor francés Emmanuel Chabrier es la segunda parte de un par de piezas orquestales (la otra era "Prélude Pastoral") estrenadas el 4 de noviembre de 1888 en Angers, bajo la dir...