Welcome to Conductor’s Corner!

Most of our senior CYSers know that I love to rail against musicians who have a limited scope of musical knowledge (alas, many professionals fall into this category).  Therefore, my goal here is to provide you with some ancillary musical information with regard to the works we are playing, as well as general info on the composers.  In addition, look for links to some fascinating videos, audio clips of what I consider to be important (or just fun), other works by composers we are performing,.  I hope that you find some tidbits of interest within these pages!

Very fondly yours,

Leo Eylar

Conductor’s Corner

 Samuel Barber   (1910-1981)
 Medea’s Dance of Vengence../Barber/Barber_Home.html
 Ludwig van Beethoven   (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto no. 3 in c minor, op. 3../Beethoven/Beethoven.html
 Benjamin Britten   (1913-1976)
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra../Benjamin_Britten/Benjamin_Britten.html
 Paul Dukas   (1840-1893)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice../Dukas/Dukas_Home.html
 Antonín Dvořák   (1841-1904)
Carneval Overture../Dvorak/Dvorak_Home.html
 George Gershwin   (1898-1937)
Porgy & Bess, a Symphonic Picture../Gershwin/Gershwin_Home.html
 Alberto Ginastera   (1916-1983)
Estancia../GINASTERA/Ginastera_Home.html
 Alexander Glazunov   (1865 -1936)
Concerto for Violin and Orch. in A minor, Op. 82../Glazunov/Glazunov_Home.html
 Paul Hindemith   (1895 -1963)
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by 
Carl Maria Von Weber../Hindemith/Hindemith.html
 Charles Ives   (1874-1954)
Variations on “America”../Charles_Ives/Charles_Ives.html
 Sergei Prokofiev   (1891-1953)
The Love for Three Oranges../Prokofiev2/Prokofiev_2.html
 Sergei Rachmaninov   (1873-1943)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini../Rachmaninov/Rachmaninov.html
 Maurice Ravel   (1895-1963)
Daphnis et Chloé../Ravel_Daphne/Ravel_Home_2.html
 Maurice Ravel   (1895-1963)
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales../Ravel_Valses/Ravel_Home.html
 Ottorino Respighi   (1879-1936)
Feste Romane../Respighi/Respighi_Home.html
 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov  (1844-1908)
Sheherazade../Rimsky_Korsakov/Rimsky-Korsakov.html
 Dmitri Shostakovich   (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 15../Shostakovich/Shostakovich.html
 Jean Sibelius   (1865-1957)
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47../Sibelius/Sibelius_Home.html
 Richard Strauss   (1864-1949)
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome../Strauss/Strauss_Home.html
 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky   (1840-1893)
Piano Concerto No. 1../Tchaikovsky/Tchaikovsky_Home.html
 Carl Maria von Weber   (1786-1826)
Concerto no. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra, op. 74../Carl_Weber/Carl_Weber.html
 Henryk Wieniawski   (1835-1880)
Violin Concerto No. 2../Wieniawski/Wieniawski_Home.html
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