The 1876 Connection
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Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia (1876)
It was a watershed year for music--both in the concert hall and opera house. There were the premieres of Brahms’ first symphony and Wagner’s four-evening-long Ring cycle. Gustav Mahler’s first significant score made its appearance, Grieg and Dvorak produced their first major works to be acclaimed outside their own countries, and a new French opera launched Tchaikovsky on a stream of works on the subject of “fate.”
The year . . . was 1876, and in the eyes of many, it heralded a new age for classical music, whose impact we still feel today.
4:00 p.m.
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 op.46
"Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley"; Handley, conductor
4:01 p.m.
Grieg
"Anitra's Dance, Peer Gynt"
"Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley"; Handley, conductor
4:06 p.m.
Mahler
Piano Quartet in A minor
Alpe Adria Ensemble
4:16 p.m.
Brahms
"Brahms Symphony No. 1, IV. Adagio - Allegro non troppo, con brio"
"Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras"; Mackerras, conductor
4:28 p.m.
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 op.46
"Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley"; Handley, conductor
4:29 p.m.
Dvorak
"Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor, 1. Allegro agitato"
"Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt"; Harnoncourt, conductor "Pierre-Laurence Aimard, piano"
4:37 p.m.
Smetana
"Smetana String Quartet No. 1, IV From My Life"
Alban Berg Quartet
4:43 p.m.
Tchaikovsky
Francesca da Rimini
"Berlin Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa"; Ozawa, conductor
4:50 p.m.
Wagner
Gotterdammerung: Immolation Scene - The Ring Without Words
"Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel"; Maazel, conductor
4:55 p.m.
Wagner
American Centennial March
"Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Varujan Kojian"; Kojian, conductor
4:57 p.m.
Dvorak
"Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor, 3. Allegro con fuoco"
"Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt"; Harnoncourt, conductor