Kings Norton & District

Music Appreciation

Group Leader: Paul Smith

To further our understanding of a musical work by putting it into context with the composer`s life and development, (and compare with work of contemporaries) –and its relevance historically . To bring to members a wider selection of music and composers than they usually enjoy listening to – and to explore a more adventurous repertoire .

Meets 1st and 3rd Monday afternoons of the month.

Elgar -Enigma Variations.
Mozart - The Magic Flute .
Morning and Sunrises - Various composers .
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique .
Ravel - Pictures at an Exhibition .
Zoltan Kodaly - Hary Janos Suite + Dances of Galanta .
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons .
Richard Strauss- Don Quixote / Til Eulenspiegel.
Bizet- Symphony in C. Prokofiev - Classical Symphony .

Part 1 of Handel`s Messiah + Surprise Item .
Prokovief- Romeo and Juliet.
Berlioz- Harold in Italy / Corsair .
Stravinsky - Petrouchka / Rite of Spring .
Britten - Serenade for Tenor , Horn and Strings ./ V-Williams - Serenade to Music .
Shostakovich- Symphony 5.
Malcolm Arnold- Symphony 5 and Concerto for Three Hands on one piano .
Khatchaturian Violin Concerto - Saint-Saens : Intro + Rondo Cappriccioso.
Dido and Aeneas - Purcell
William Walton - Facade Suites and Portsmouth Point Overture .
Elgar: Falstaff and Sea Pictures .
Nielsen Symphonies 4 and 5.
Bruckner Symphony No 7
Ravel Piano Concertos.
Hindemith- Mathis Der Maler /Metamorphoses .
Shostakovich - Jazz Suites / The Bolt .
Dies Irae - Mozart , Verdi , Britten .
Love for three oranges + Lieutenant Kije / Prokovofiev.
Boieldieu- Harp concerto.

Violin Concerto - Sibelius + Campoli - Kreisler pieces .
Mahler Symphony No 1 ..
Mozart - Piano Concertos 20 and 21 .
Schubert- Quartetsatz and String Quintet
Respighi- The Pines of Rome / Fountains of Rome
Eric Coates - The Three Elizabeths , The Three Bears etc .
Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2 in E minor
Berlioz overtures
Orff- Carmina Burana/ and Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber .
Richard Strauss - Death and Transfiguration / Till Eulenspiegel
Mackeras - Ballet " Pineapple Poll " .
Dvorak - Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Frank Martin-Petite Symphonie - Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments
Mendelssohn - Incidental music to " A Midsummer Night`s Dream "
William Walton- Overtures and ceremonial marches.
Sibelius Symphonies 1 and 5.
Holst -The Planets and The Perfect Fool.
Light Opera Overtures . Lehar etc .
Elgar-Symphony No 2 + Cockaigne Overture

Listening recommended during Lockdown :

Sibelius- Violin Concerto
Tchaikowsy - Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture
Brahms - Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Elgar - Overture "Alassio " - In The South
Mendelssohn - Octet
Beethoven symphony no 7
Elgar-The Wand of Youth
The best of Mozart - video
Strauss- Don Juan
Rimsky Korsakov- Scheherezade
Vaughan Williams - English Folksong Suite
Bach - Concerto for Two violins
Rimsky Korsakov - Cappriccio Espagnole
Dvorak- Cello Concerto
Prokovieff -Lieutenant Kije
Mendelssohn- Italian Symphony
Stravinsky- Firebird Suite
Saint-Saens- Second piano concerto
Bruckner- E Minor Mass
Brahms - Symphony No 1
Mozart - Symphony No 29
Brotten - Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra / Peter Grimes 4 Sea Interludes
Bartok - The Miraculous Mandarin
Shostakovich - Moscow Cheromushki Suite
Massenet Le Cid
Sibelius
Symphony 2
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings
Chabrier
Espana / Dukas Sorceror`s Apprentice

Restarted Meetings

Tchaikovsy Symphony N0 6 / Kodaly Dances of Galanta
Puccini
La Boheme - Acts1 and2
Puccini La Boheme Acts 3 and 4
Britten Sinfonia Da Requiem / Four sea interludes from Peter Grimes
Strauss
Also Sprach Zarathustra / Don Juan
Schubert - Symphony no 5 / John Field - Piano Concerto No 2
Mahler - Symphony No 4 / Strauss Rosenkavalier Suite
Dvorak - Slavonic Dances
Shostakovich - Symphony No 10
Tchaikovsky Symphony 4 / Romeo and Juliet
Vaughan Williams London Symphony / The Wasps
Poulenc - Piano Concerto / Orgagan Cocerto / Les Biches

More Group Pages
Architecture Art History and Appreciation Barn and Country Dancing Bird Watching
Book Club (Wednesday) Book Club(Friday) Book Club(Monday) Bridge for Improving Players
Cinema Circle Dancing Climate Change Action Group Crafternoon
Creative Writing Dog Walking Exploring World Faiths Family History
French Conversation Garden Visits German Conversation History
History of Philosophy Image Shapers Italian Lunch Outings
Museum Visits Music Appreciation Philosophy Philosophy of Life
Play Reading Quiz Group Real Ale Recorder Group
Sewing and Textiles Sign Language(BSL) The I.T. Crowd Travel
Walking - Over 5m Walking around 4 miles
More Group Pages
Architecture Art History and Appreciation
Barn and Country Dancing Bird Watching
Book Club (Wednesday) Book Club(Friday)
Book Club(Monday) Bridge for Improving Players
Cinema Circle Dancing
Climate Change Action Group Crafternoon
Creative Writing Dog Walking
Exploring World Faiths Family History
French Conversation Garden Visits
German Conversation History
History of Philosophy Image Shapers
Italian Lunch Outings
Museum Visits Music Appreciation
Philosophy Philosophy of Life
Play Reading Quiz Group
Real Ale Recorder Group
Sewing and Textiles Sign Language(BSL)
The I.T. Crowd Travel
Walking - Over 5m Walking around 4 miles