TDCM: Week of April 1st Rushmore of Composers: France 2

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: France 2

Vincent d'Indy, 1851-1931

Charles-Marie Widor, 1844-1937

Jules Massenet, 1882-1971

Charles-Valentin Alkan, 1813-1888

Music

d'Indy's Symphony on a French Mountain Air

Widor's Symphony No. 3

Massenet's Orchestral Suite No. 1

d'Indy's Symphony No. 1

Widor's Fantasy for Piano

Massenet's Piano Concerto

Alkan's Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre Ages'

d'Indy's Diptyque méditerranéen

Widor's Organ Symphony No. 5

Massenet's Scènes alsaciennes

Alkan's Concerto for Solo Piano

d'Indy's Médée, Suite d'orchestre d'après la tragédie de Catulle Mendès

Widor's Suite for Flute and Piano

Massenet's Le Cid

Alkan's Symphony for Solo Piano

TDCM: Week of March 25h Rushmore of Composers: Russia 2

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Russia 2

Alexander Borodin, 1833-1887

Sergei Prokofiev, 1891-1953

Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971

Modest Mussorgsky, 1839-1881

Music

Borodin's Symphony No. 2 

Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring

Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain

Borodin's In the Central Steppes of Asia

Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7

TDCM: Week of March 18th Rushmore of Composers: Germany 2

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Germany 2

Richard Strauss, 1864-1949

Richard Wagner, 1813-1883

Robert Schumann, 1810-1856

Max Bruch, 1838-1920

Music

Strauss' Eine Alpensinfonie

Wagner's Der Ring des Nieblungen (arr. De Vlieger)

Schumann's Symphony No. 3

Bruch's Scottish Fantasy

Strauss' Tod und Verklärung

Wagner's Symphony in C Major

Schumann's Symphony No. 2

Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1

Strauss' Metamorphosen

Wagner's Siegfried Idyll

Schumann's Symphony No. 1

Bruch's Symphony No. 2

Strauss' Also sprach Zarathustra

Wagner's Rienzi Ouverture

Schumann's Symphony No. 4

Bruch's Symphony No. 1

Strauss' Symphonia Domestica

Wagner's Tristan und Isolde

Schumann's Piano Concerto

Bruch's Serenade for Violin and Orchestra

TDCM: Week of February 26th Rushmore of Composers: Belgium

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Belgium

César Franck, 1822-1890

Joseph Jongen, 1873-1953

Orlando de Lassus, 1532-1594

Henri Veiuxtemps, 1820-1881

Music

Franck's Symphony in D Minor

Jongen's Symphonie Concertante

Orlando's Psalmi poenitentialis

Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 1

Franck's Piano Quintet in F Minor

Jongen's Rhapsodie

Orlando's Motets and Chansonse

 

Vieuxtemps' Violin Concerto No. 4

Franck's Violin Sonata

Jongen's Flute Sonata

Orlando's The Lamentations of Job

Vieutemps' Violin Concerto No. 2

Franck's Piano Concerto No. 2

Joseph Jongen's Piano Quartet

TDCM: Week of February 19th Rushmore of Composers: Switzerland

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Switzerland

Joachim Raff, 1822-1882

Ernest Bloch, 1880-1959

Arthur Honegger, 1892-1955

Frank Martin, 1890-1974

Music

Raff's Symphony No. 1

Bloch's Concerto Grosso No. 1

Honegger's Pacific 231

Martin's Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments

Raff's Symphony No. 2

Bloch's Symphony in C Sharp Minor

Honegger's Symphony No. 2

Martin's 8 Préludes pour le piano

Raff's Symphony No. 3

Bloch's Violin Concerto

Honegger's Symphony No. 5

Martin's Piano Quintet

Raff's Symphony No. 4

Bloch's Helvetia

Honegger's Symphony No. 3

Martin's Three Dances for Oboe, Harp, String Quintet & Orchestra

Raff's Symphony No. 5

Bloch's String Quartet No. 1

Honegger's Intrada

Martin's Petite Symphonie Concertante

Raff's Symphony No. 6

TDCM: Week of February 12th Rushmore of Composers: Proto-Italy

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Proto-Italy

Luigi Cherubini, 1760-1842

Muzio Clementi, 1752-1832

Niccolò Paganini, 1782-1840

Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741

Music

Cherubini's Symphony in D Major

Clementi's Piano Concerto in C Major

Paganini's Violin Concertos 1 & 2

Vivaldi's La Stravaganza

Cherubini's String Quartet No. 1

Clementi's Two Capriccios

Paganini's 24 Caprices

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

Cherubini's String Quartet No. 3

Clementi's Symphony No. 4

Paganini's Sonatas

TDCM: Week of February 5th Rushmore of Composers: Ireland

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Ireland

Charles Villiers Stanford, 1852-1924

John Field, 1782-1837

Herbert Hamilton Harty, 1879-1941

Arnold Bax, 1883-1953

Music

Stanford's Irish Rhapsody No. 1

Field's Piano Concerto No. 2

Harty's An Irish Symphony

Bax's The Tale the Pine Trees Knew

Stanford's Piano Concerto No. 2

Field's Sonatas

Harty's With the Wild Geese

Bax's Tintagel

Stanford's Symphony No. 3

Field's Nocturnes

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Harty's A Comedy Overture

Bax's Symphony in F Major

Stanford's Irish Rhapsody No. 4

Field's Rondos

TDCM: Week of January 29th Rushmore of Composers: Scandinavia

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Scandinavia

Edvard Grieg, 1843-1907

Jean Sibelius, 1865-1957

Hugo Alfvén, 1872-1960

Niels Gade, 1817-1890

Music

Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor

Sibeilus' Symphony No. 2

Alfvén's Symphony No. 2

Gade's Symphony No. 1

Grieg's Holberg Suite

Sibelius' Symphony No. 5

Alfvén's Swedish Rhapsody No. 1

Gade's Piano Sonata in E Minor

Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite

Sibelius' Violin Concerto

Alfvén's Symphony No. 5

Gade's Echoes of Ossian

Grieg's Symphony in C Minor

Silbelius' Symphony No. 3

TDCM: Week of January 22nd Rushmore of Composers: Czechia & Slovakia

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Czechia & Slovakia

Antonin Dvořák, 1841-1904

Bedřich Smetana, 1824-1884

Leoš Janáček, 1854-1928

Bohuslav Martinů, 1890-1959

Music

Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 The New World

Smetana's Ma Vlast

Janáček's In the Mists

Martinů's Symphony No. 6

Dvořák's Serenade for Strings

Smetana's String Quartet No. 1

Janáček's On an Overgrown Path

Martinů's Oboe Concerto

Dvořák's Symphony No. 4

Smetana's Piano Trio in G Minor

Janáček's Sinfonietta

TDCM: Week of January 15th Rushmore of Composers: Hungary

 

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Mount Rushmore of Composers: Hungary

Franz Liszt, 1811-1886

Ernst von Dohnányi, 1877-1960

Bela Bartok, 1881-1945

Zoltán Kodály, 1882-1967

Music

Liszt's Dante Symphony

Dohnányi's Piano Concerto No. 1

Bartok's Konzert für Orchester

Kodály's Háry-János-Suite

Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1

Dohnányi's Variations on a Nursery Tune

Bartok's Der wunderbare Mandarin

Kodály's Symphony in C Major

Liszt's Symphonic Poem No. 6

Dohnányi's Symphony No. 1 in D minor