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The YouTube Symphony Orchestra (YTSO) was an orchestra assembled by open auditions hosted by YouTube, the London Symphony Orchestra and several other worldwide partners. Launched on December 1, 2008, [ 1 ] it was the first online collaborative orchestra.
An early piano symphony was written by Theodor Kullak and published in 1847. [1] French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan composed one, which was published in 1857. José Vianna da Motta wrote of it, "Alkan demonstrates his brilliant understanding of [symphonic] form in the first movement of the Symphony (the fourth Study [of his Op. 39]). ...
Franz Liszt in 1884 – twenty years after his completion of the symphony transcriptions. Beethoven Symphonies (French: Symphonies de Beethoven), S.464, are a set of nine transcriptions for solo piano by Franz Liszt of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies 1–9. They are among the most technically demanding piano music ever written.
Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety is a piece for orchestra and solo piano. The piece was composed from 1948 to 1949 in the United States and Israel , and was revised in 1965. It is titled after W. H. Auden 's eponymous poem , and dedicated to Serge Koussevitzky .
Scherzo burlesque, for piano and orchestra (c. 1931) Symphony Concertante, for piano and horn with orchestra (1929) Charles-Marie Widor. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 39 (1880) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C, Op. 77 (1905) Fantaisie in A-flat, Op. 62 (1892) Jozef Wieniawski. Piano Concerto in G minor Op 20 (1859) Adolf Wiklund
The New York Philharmonic concert of April 6, 1962, is widely regarded as one of the most controversial in the orchestra's history. Featuring a performance by Glenn Gould of the First Piano Concerto of Johannes Brahms, conducted by its music director, Leonard Bernstein, the concert became famous because of Bernstein's remarks from the podium prior to the concerto.
The Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, also known as the Pastoral Symphony (German: Pastorale [1]), is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven and completed in 1808. One of Beethoven's few works containing explicitly programmatic content, [2] the symphony was first performed alongside his fifth symphony in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 in a four-hour concert.
The Four Pieces for Piano (German: Klavierstücke) Op. 119, are four character pieces for piano composed by Johannes Brahms in 1893. The collection is the last composition for solo piano by Brahms. Together with the six pieces from Op. 118, Op. 119 was premiered in London in January 1894.