Chautauqua Symphony Notes

Chautauqua Symphony Notes for Week Nine

by David Levy on August 17, 2018

Overture to Guillaume Tell Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Rossini, the earliest of the geniuses of the bel canto style, was born in Pesaro on Feb. 29, 1792, and died in Paris on Nov. 13, 1868. Although

Chautauqua Symphony Notes for Week Six

by David Levy on August 1, 2018

Suite No. 1 from L’Arlésienne Georges Bizet French composer Georges Bizet was born in Paris on Oct. 25, 1838, and

Symphony Notes

by David Levy on July 23, 2018

Overture to La forza del destino Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi was born on Oct. 9 or 10, 1813, (he was

Chautauqua Symphony Notes for Week Four

by David Levy on July 17, 2018

Symphony No. 7 in C Major, op. 60 (“Leningrad”) Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, one of the Soviet Union’s greatest

Chautauqua Symphony Notes for Week Three

by David Levy on July 11, 2018

Concerto No. 2 in C Minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was born in

Chautauqua Symphony Notes for Week Two

by David Levy on June 30, 2018

Messa da Requiem Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi was born on Oct. 9 or 10, 1813 (he was baptized on Oct. 11) in La Roncole, near Busseto, and died in Milan on Jan. 27, 1901. He