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
