Flagello: Concerto Sinfonico for Saxophone Quartet

wswebmaster on November 19, 2018

NICOLAS FLAGELLO: Concerto Sinfonico for Saxophone Quartet (1985) (NY Premiere) Allegro non troppo Lento movendo (quasi all barcanola) Allegro giusto Manhattan School of Music Philharmonia, Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor. The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet. Nicolas Flagello, one of the last of America’s …

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 65

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975): Symphony No. 8 in C minor, op. 65 I. Adagio II. Allegretto III. Allegro non troppo IV. Largo V. Allegretto Unlike many of his compatriots in the arts, Dmitri Shostakovich did not emigrate from the …

FLAGELLO: Symphony No. I

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Symphony No. 1 by Nicolas Flagello Nicolas Flagello composed his Symphony No. 1 during the years 1964-68; it was first performed in 1971, with the composer himself conducting the symphony orchestra of the Manhattan School of Music.  It is Flagello’s largest and most …

FLAGELLO Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra.

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra by Nicolas Flagello (1928-1994), [orchestrated by A. Sbordoni],World Premiere Performance Lento quasi adagio; allegro vivace ma giusto Lento andante Allegro molto Nicolas Flagello was one of the 20th century’s leading exponents of traditional late romantic …

FLAGELLO: Concerto for String Orchestra

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Concerto for String Orchestra by Nicolas Flagello Nicolas Flagello was born in New York City in 1928, to a family in which music has played a central role for several generations. (His grandfather, composer-conductor Domenico Casiello, was said to have …

BARBER: Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47,by Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber II was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 9, 1910, and died in New York City on January 23, 1981. He composed the Third Essay for Orchestra during the summer of …

BARBER: Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17.

wswebmaster on November 18, 2018

Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17,by Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber II was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 9, 1910, and died in New York City on January 23, 1981. He completed the Second Essay for Orchestra in March of 1942, …