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Ippolitov-Ivanov - Caucasian Sketches

Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Ипполи́тов-Ива́нов; 19 November [O.S. 7 November] 1859 – 28 January 1935) was a Russian composer, conductor and teacher. WIKIPEDIA Bio Caucasian Sketches (Russian: Кавказские эскизы) is a pair of orchestral suites written in 1894 and 1896 by the Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. The Caucasian Sketches is the most often performed of his compositions and can be heard frequently on classical radio stations. The final movement of the Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, entitled Procession of the Sardar (French: Cortège du Sardar; also popularly known as March of the Sardar or Sardar's March), is often heard by itself, and is a favorite of "Pops" concerts. WIKIPEDIA

VIDEO: TAU Wind Band, conducted by Uri Reisner, performs 3 movements form Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov's Caucasian Sketches

IRELAND Symphonic Studies

John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) was an English composer and teacher of classical music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. John Ireland's 2 Symphonic Studies were arranged for orchestra by by G. Bush, No. 1. Fugue: Pesante No. 2. Toccata: Lento

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IRELAND Concertino Pastorale

The Boyd Neel String Orchestra commissioned John Ireland (1879-1962) one of England's better-known composers, to write a new string orchestra work. Concertino Pastorale (Threnody), for string orchestra was composed in 1938 for this ensemble.

VIDEO: John Ireland (1879 - 1962 ) Concertino Pastorale I. Eclogue Bournemouth Sinfonietta George Hurst

IRELAND A Downland Suite

A Downland Suite is a 1932 composition for Brass Band in four movements by John Ireland. It has also been arranged for string orchestra and various other instruments. The English composer John Ireland wrote the work in 1932 for the National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain at a time when original pieces were regularly commissioned for major contests. It has the dedication "to my friend Kenneth Wright." The winning band on this occasion was the Fodens Motor Works Band, under the baton of Fred Mortimer. The suite is a pictorial depiction enshrining the composer's love for the Sussex downs and has been described by Donald McLeod as "sunnily bucolic". In keeping with its intention as a contest piece, the suite is both technical and expressive, and is complicated and difficult to read; even a trained score-reader needs to take care to decipher it. This leads to the bandmaster having great control over the arrangement. WIKIPEDIA

VIDEO: GUS (KETTERING) BAND-GEOFFREY BRAND. This piece was used as the test piece for the 1932 Crystal Palace National Brass Band Championship, won that year by Fodens Motor Works Band conducted by Fred Mortimer. In fact Fodens won the Crystal Palace Championship 7 times between 1930 and 1938.

Mozart Piano Concerto No.4 K41

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: K. 37 and 39-41. The fourth was composed in July of 1767. The first and third movements are based on ones by Honauer (Op. 1, No. 1), and the middle one on Raupach (Op. 1, No. 1).

VIDEO: Soloist/Conductor: Murray Perahia English Chamber Orchestra Mozart Piano Concerto No.4 K41 G major (all movements)

Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata Op 6

Mendelssohn composed or began nearly two hundred works for piano. Nevertheless, he saw only about seventy actually published. Mendelssohn’s youthful E Major Piano Sonata may seem lightweight for its time, composed in 1826, but it has all the nimbleness of spirit and melodic ingenuity that make his other early works so appealing. The sonata is an homage to Beethoven's opus 106 in A-major.

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ESCALES or PORTS OF CALL by Ibert

Jacques François Antoine Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I. Ibert pursued a successful composing career, writing (sometimes in collaboration with other composers) seven operas, five ballets, incidental music for plays and films, songs, choral works, and chamber music. He is probably best remembered for his orchestral works including Divertissement (1930) and Escales (1922) or The Ports of Call... Roma-Palerme Tunis-Nefta Valencia WIKIPEDIA