Three Seasons: Program Notes of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, 2011-14 James J. Ogburn, Ph. D. Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)......................................................................................10 Guitar Concerto, Op. 67 (1959) ...............................................................................10 Aleksandr Grigori Arutiunian (1920-2012).............................................................11 Trumpet Concerto in A-flat Major (1950, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Aykaz Messlayan, trumpet) .....................................................................................11 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)............................................................................12 Concerto for 2 Pianos in C Minor, BWV1060 (dates unknown).............................13 Bela Bartok (1881-1945) .............................................................................................14 Concerto for Orchestra Sz. 116, BB 123 (1943)......................................................15 Viola Concerto, op. posth., BB128 (1945) ..............................................................16 Luigi Bassi (1833-1871) ..............................................................................................17 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) ...........................................................................18 Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (1803).....................................................19 Piano Concerto no. 5, op. 73 in E-flat Major ‘Emperor’ (1809, premiered on 28 November 1811) ......................................................................................................20 Symphony no. 1 in C Major, op. 21 (1795-1800)...................................................20 Symphony no. 2, op. 36 in S Major (prem. 5 April 1803, Theater an der Wien, LVB, cond.) .............................................................................................................21 Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’ (1804) .......................................22 Symphony no. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60.................................................................23 Symphony no. 5, op. 67 in C Minor (1804-8, prem. 22 December 1808, Theater an der Wien, cond. by the composer) ...........................................................................24 Symphony no. 7, op. 92 in A Major (1812, prem. 8 December 1813, Vienna, LVB cond.) .......................................................................................................................25 Symphony no. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1812) ............................................................26 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)...................................................................................28 Overture to “Candide” (1956)..................................................................................28 Three Dance Episodes from “On the Town” (1946) ...............................................29 Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story” (1961) ...............................................29 Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)...........................................................................................30 Schélomo – A Hebrew Rhapsody (prem. 13 May 1917, Artur Bodansky, cond., Hans Kindler, vc.)....................................................................................................30 Aleksandr Porfir′yevich Borodin (1833-1887) ............................................................32 Symphony No.2 in B minor (1869-76)....................................................................33 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) ....................................................................................34 Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor Op.15 (prem. Hanover, 1859, Joseph Joachim, cond., Johannes Brahms, pno.) ................................................................................34 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (1881, prem. Budapest, 9 November 1881, E. Marxsen)....................................................................................................35 Symphony no. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (1876)............................................................35 Symphony No.2 in D major Op.73 (prem. 30 December 1877, Vienna Philharmonic, Hans Richter, cond.).........................................................................36 Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98 (1885).............................................................37 Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (1878) ............................................................38 Max Bruch (1838-1920) ..............................................................................................39 Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op.26 (1868), ....................................................39 Anton Bruckner (1824-1896).......................................................................................40 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major (1876, premiered in Graz, 8 April 1894).............41 Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-1849)...................................................................42 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 ()............................................................43 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21................................................................43 Aaron Copland (1900-1990)........................................................................................45 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1948) ............................................................46 Symphony no. 3 (prem. 18 October 1946, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky, cond.)................................................................................................46 Jean-Luc Darbellay (1946) ..........................................................................................48 Chant d´Adieux (2003) ............................................................................................49 Achille-Claude Debussy (1862-1918) .........................................................................50 La Mer (1903-5, prem. 15 October 1905, Lamoreaux Orchestra, Camille Chevard, cond.) .......................................................................................................................50 Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) ...................................................................................52 Concertino in Bb Major for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra.................................53 Pierre Max Dubois (1 March 1930 – 29 August 1995) ...............................................54 Concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra ................................................54 Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) ......................................................................................55 Slavonic Dances 1-8, op. 46 (1878).........................................................................55 Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 (1889)...........................................................56 Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, “From the New World” () ...........................56 Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857-1934)....................................................................58 Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 (1919) ................................................................59 ‘Enigma’ Variations, Op. 36 (1898-9).....................................................................59 Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61 () ....................................................................60 El sombrero de tres picos – suite no. 2 (prem. 1919) ..............................................61 Karl Fiorini (b. 1979)...................................................................................................62 Aleksandr Konstaninovich Glazunov (1865-1936) .....................................................63 Violin Concerto in A Minor, op. 82 (1904).............................................................63 Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (1933 – 2010) ......................................................................65 Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (1976)..............................................................................65 Three Pieces in Old Style (1963).............................................................................66 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)...........................................................................................67 Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (prem. Copenhagen, 3 April 1869, Edmund Neupert, pno., Holger Simon, cond.).......................................................................68 Leos Janacek (1854-1928) ...........................................................................................69 Taras Bulba (1918) ..................................................................................................69 Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (1904-1987) ...............................................................71 Overture to “Colas Breugnon” (1938) .....................................................................71 Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)...........................................................................................72 Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21 (1874) ..................................................72 Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994).................................................................................74 Symphony no. 2 (1967) ...........................................................................................75 Gustav Mahler (1860-1911).........................................................................................76