Instruments of the Orchestra: The birth of the bongo

Jeremy Siepmann

Instruments of the Orchestra (The)

• NOV 02 2002

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Britten: Peter Grimes: Passacaglia, Op. 33b

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Satie: Gymnopedie No. 2

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Elgar: The Sanguine fan / Cymbals clashed softly / Cymbals struck singly / Cymbals stroked with wire brushes

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major (opening) / Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act I Scene 5

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Wood blocks

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Copland: Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Glinka: Jota aragonesa

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Monteverdi: Scherzi musicali: Damigella tutta bella

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Instruments of the Orchestra: A still earlier example from fifteenth-century Spain

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Yo m'enamori d'un aire

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The birth of the bongo

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Bernstein: West Side Story (Symphonic Dances)

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Verdi: II Trovatore: Act II: Anvil Chorus

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: III. On the Trail / Varese: Arcana

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Moncayo: Huapango

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Onwards to the tuned percussion. First, the timpani

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra: Introduction

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection'": III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite: I. Sunrise / Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique: V. Songe d'une nuit de Sabbat

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Taking advantage of tunability

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: II. Allegro

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: IV. Changing of the Guard

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens and the xylophone

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Fossils

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel and the xylophone

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye (Mother Goose): Laideronette

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: III. First Intermezzo

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the vibraphone

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Narange dolce

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: V. Carmen's Entrance and Habanera

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the Hungarian cimbalom

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Folk Dances

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The cimbalom and the symphony orchestra

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Kodaly: Háry János Suite : III. Song

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the tubular bells

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Kodaly: Háry János Suite: II. Viennese Musical Clock

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Instruments of the Orchestra: A more "up-front" approach from Rodion Shchedrin

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: I. Introduction

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Introducing the celesta

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Magic, in the use of collective percussion

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Ravels: Miroirs: V. La vallee des cloches

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Shchedrin: Carmen Suite: VI. Scene

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Act II: Scene / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The traditionally subservient role of the harpsichord in the Baroque orchestra

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2: II. Andante

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Allegro moderato

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Stravinsky: Petrushka: Russian Dance

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The anti-Romantic piano as an integral part of the orchestra

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: IV. Allegro molto

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Keyboard instruments in the orchestra - the most powerful of them all:

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, "Organ": II. Presto

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Instruments of the Orchestra: But things in Handel's day were very different.

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Handel: Organ Concerto in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 3: IV. Gavotte

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The organ is difficult to classify.

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Instruments of the Orchestra: An unexpected, organ-related guest

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Boismortier: Concerto pour Zampogna: III. Allegro

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Peasant-fancying… and a touch of the roaming cowboy

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Schoenberg: Les Miserables: Drink with Me

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: German Dance, K. 603, No. 3

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 4: I. Bedachtig, nicht eilen

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Anderson: The Typewriter / Satie: Parade

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Varese: Integrales / Gershwin: An American in Paris / Anderson: Sandpaper Ballet

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Strauss: Don Quixote: Variation VIII

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: III. Allegro gentile

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Seeger / Hays: Washington Breakdown

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: Packing Up

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Act II: No. 14

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Steiner: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: EI Desayuno

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The bongos and the congas and a whole wealth of other drums from Africa and Central America

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Evening Raga: Bhapoli

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Ferre: Paris cancaille

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Karas: The Third Man: Theme

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Folk Dances

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Albeniz: Rondena

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Traditional: Svetit Mesiats

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia antartica": I. Prelude

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Debussy: Nocturnes: III. Sirenes

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Instruments and the imitation of nature. The clarinet as cuckoo

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The flute as an all-purpose aviary

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aviary

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The oboe as duck

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf: The Duck

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The recording of reality. Does it work as well?

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Respighi: The Pines of Rome: III. The Pines of the Janiculum

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The recording of reality electronically reborn in new guises

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, "Concerto for Birds and Orchestra": II. Melankolia (Melancholy)

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven turns avian: cuckoo, nightingale, and quail

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": II. Szene am Bach

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Some importable casting: the violin as braying donkey

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears

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Instruments of the Orchestra: A truly orchestral hee-haw to be reckoned with

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

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Instruments of the Orchestra: A thunderstorm in a million

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral": IV. Gewitter, Sturm

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The instrumental depiction of a silent world

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens' menagerie takes a curtain call

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals: Finale

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The grouping of instrumental families. An additive approach. First, two violins.

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Bartok: 44 Duos: IV. Midsummer Night Song

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Instruments of the Orchestra: A greater contrast, of both pitch and character, violin and viola

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Duo for Violin and Viola in B-Flat Major, K. 424: finale: variations 1 and 2

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Arrival at the standard string trio: violin, viola and cello

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Schubert: String Trio in B-Flat Major: III. Menuetto

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The string quartet: two violins, viola and cello

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1: III. Scherzo

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second viola

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593: II. Adagio

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The string quintet - when the extra instrument is a second cello

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Schubert: String Quintet in C Major: III. Scherzo

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The string sextet: two violins, two violas, and two cellos

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major: II. Andante ma moderato

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The string octet: the standard string quartet times two

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mendelssohn: Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: movement 1

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Double the string octet: a fully fledged string orchestra

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro vivace

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The massed strings of a symphony orchestra

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Contrasts of pitch and instrumental 'colour' in the woodwind section

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Theme

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Instruments of the Orchestra: In the First Variation it's the horn that gets the lion's share

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 1

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Instruments of the Orchestra: In Variation Two the torch is handed to the bassoon

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 2

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Instruments of the Orchestra: In Variation Three the oboe leads

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 3

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Variation Four: conversation before returning to a solo-dominated texture

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 4

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Instruments of the Orchestra: And Variation Five is dominated by the clarinet

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 5

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The next to be featured is the virtuoso flute.

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 6

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Individual farewells and a closing chorus

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Reicha: Wind Quintet in A Minor, Op. 100, No. 5: Variation 7

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Instruments of the Orchestra: A mixed group: clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet, and double-bass

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803: III. Trio

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The early classical symphony orchestra of Haydn and Mozart

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: IV. Allegro con spirito

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Strings, wind, but no brass. What Haydn and Mozart never knew

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Gabrieli: Canzon 28

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven's Fifth: two horns, two trumpets, and three trombones join the team

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5: IV. Allegro

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Instruments of the Orchestra: From Beethoven to the massive orchestras of Berlioz, Wagner, and Mahler

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Beethoven changed the face of the symphony and the orchestra forever.

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Mahler: Symphony No. 6, "Tragic": I. Heftig, aber markig

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The cult of orchestral elephantiasis reaches its peak

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Brian: Symphony No. 1, "Gothic": VI. Te ergo quaesumus

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Instruments of the Orchestra: When large doesn't necessarily mean loud: Debussy

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Debussy: Images: I. Gigues

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Instruments of the Orchestra: A crisis of confidence; the orchestra's survival hangs in the balance, but it still develops. The ondes martenot:

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony: II. Chant d'amour I

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Instruments of the Orchestra: The advent of the "early music" movement brings a new vitality and freshness

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Lully: Ballet de Xerxes: Gavotte en rondeau

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Computer and synthesiser: friends or foes?

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Concerto in D Minor for two violins: II. Largo ma non tanto

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Instruments of the Orchestra: Bach: Mass in B Minor: Dona nobis pacem

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