Baton Music

Although Franz Lehár became most known for his contribution to the operetta repertoire, he also composed a lot of marches. One of these is 'Piave induló' (Piave Marsch, Marche form the 106th Regiment)...

The 'Hungarian Dances' (Ungarische Tänze), evoking directly the warm blood of Hungarian gypsy music, consist of 21 dances, originally composed for piano four hands. Perhaps less familiar than the famo...

The Cavatina 'Quel guarda il cavaliere' is sung in the first act of Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale by the young Norina .She comments on a novel she is reading, but also dwells on her skills as a charm...

Chaminade's Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107 was composed in 1902 for flute and orchestra and was later arranged for flute and piano. Scholarship indicates that the Concertino was commissioned...

In 1933 Revueltas composed his brief symphonic poem "Janitzio" named after an island in Lake Patzcuaro, in the state of Michoacán, west of Mexico City, whose population had derived its income largely...

Johann Strauss wrote the 'Russische Marsch-Fantasie' (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...

In this religious aria Leonora - a dramatic soprano - along with the monks of the Madonna degli Angeli monastery, prays that God should not forsake her. The combination of soprano and Male choir lends...

Brahms composed this festive overture in 1879 as a gesture of gratitude to the University of Breslau for the honourary doctorate in philosophy it granted him. He incorporated a number of student songs...

A Rossini overture is a challenge for any orchestra and a treat for the audience. It is especially the woodwinds that show their best side in this less known but no less splendid overture. (Concert Ba...

The prelude from Saint-SaÙns' Christmas oratorio, to which the composer himself added the note, 'in the style of Bach'. An extremely fitting opening to any Christmas concert. (Concert Band)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed the Fugue in E-Flat Major, and its companion Prelude, as the beginning and ending works of the third part of the 'Clavierübungen' around 1739-1740.This colle...

Le Nozze di Figaro' is one of the three opera's which Mozart composed on libretto's of Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) the famous Viennese theaterdirector and courtpoet. The aria 'Voi che sapete' is sung...

'Revelge' (Reveille) belongs to the finest of the military 'Wunderhornlieder' and was written in 1899: The military bugle call develops in a demonic marcia funebre for the lost soldier. (Higher Voice...

The aria 'Ah prigioniero io sono' ('I am a prisoner') in Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' is sung in the fourth and last act: Nabucco turns to the God of the Hebrews and promises to convert himself an...

The 'Missa Solemnis in B flat' was Anton Anton Bruckner's first major work for choir and orchestra. In this transcription of the Agnus Dei, a brass choir of horns, Trumpets and trombones replaces the...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The aria 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle', also named the Habanera is...

In the third act of Charles Gounod's Opera Faust, Marguerite sings her famous Jewel Song 'Ah! Je ris' when she looks satisfied to herself in the mirror and to the box with jewels which Faust gave her...

At the very end of the opera Otello sings Nium mi tema: he bids farewell to the chill corpse of Desdemona before stabbing himself. (Tenor and Concert Band)

We may regret Khatchaturian's delay in bringing this music before a wider audience: it is one of the best of his lighter scores and there is no reason why it should not have enjoyed the popularity of...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The Toreadorsong is sung in the second act of the opera: the famous b...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The Toreadorsong is sung in the second act of the opera: the famous b...

The original manuscript of Neruda's (c.1708) Concerto in Eb Major is found in the Music Department of the National Museum in Prague and is titled: Concerto a Corno Primo del Sig. Neruda. Nowadays it b...