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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade

This work opens many doors to wonderful and exciting musical study. It is a fine example of Orientalism and our perception of “the other”. Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer and Marjolaine Fournier talk about who Rimsky-Korsakov was, his 19th-century influences from Mendelssohn to Wagner, and his contributions to the music of the 20th century.

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  Carl Nielsen’s De fire Temperamenter

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  Mozart and Religion

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  Edvard Grieg

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  Béla Bartók and Witold Lutosławski

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  Verdi’s Requiem

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  Claude Vivier

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  Brahms’ and Schumann’s first symphonies

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  Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem

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  Schubert's Ninth Symphony

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  You don’t have to be a music-lover to love Beethoven

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  Anton Bruckner’s eighth symphony with the TSO

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  Kaija Saariaho, Violin Concerto Graal théâtre

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  Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77

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  Sibelius’ Symphonic Poems

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  Jean Sibelius' First Symphony