Composer of the month
Benjamin Britten
1913-1976
Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Simple Symphony
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Sir Edward Elgar
Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance
Symphony No. 1
Cello Concerto, 1st mvt. – played by Yo-Yo Ma
Music of England
William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices
John Banister: A Division on a Ground
Sumer is icumen in
Thomas Tallis: Spem In Alium
Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance Major-General song
Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody
John Field: Nocturne No. 5 in B flat major
Gustav Holst: St. Paul’s Suite
Pianists with May/June Birthdays
Alicia de Larrocha
Lang Lang
Martha Argerich
André Watts