Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.... 's Symphony No. 4 in C major exists in two quite distinct versions.
The original version was composed in 1929-30. Written on a commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five ".... for their 50th anniversary, it was premiered by them in Boston conducted
Conducting
Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors.... by Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky
Dr. Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky , was a Russian-born conducting, composer, and double bass known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949.... on November 14, 1930. This original version was given the opus number
Opus number
Opus, from the Latin word opus meaning "work", is usually used in the sense of "a work of art".The Latin plural of opus, "opera", is used to refer to the genre of music drama .... 47.
Prokofiev extensively revised the symphony in 1947 immediately after completing his Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor in 1947.... .
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Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.... 's Symphony No. 4 in C major exists in two quite distinct versions.
The original version was composed in 1929-30. Written on a commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five ".... for their 50th anniversary, it was premiered by them in Boston conducted
Conducting
Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors.... by Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky
Dr. Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky , was a Russian-born conducting, composer, and double bass known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949.... on November 14, 1930. This original version was given the opus number
Opus number
Opus, from the Latin word opus meaning "work", is usually used in the sense of "a work of art".The Latin plural of opus, "opera", is used to refer to the genre of music drama .... 47.
Prokofiev extensively revised the symphony in 1947 immediately after completing his Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 6 (Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor in 1947.... . Some ideas in the original version were abandoned, while the remaining ones were developed in a more traditional symphonic manner. The orchestration
Orchestration
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium. It only gradually over the course of music history came to be regarded as a compositional art in itself.... was also much expanded. Prokofiev considered this to be a new fully-developed symphony rather than a mere revision. This revised version has the opus number 112.
Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 3 in C minor in 1928.... had been based on music from Prokofiev's opera
Opera
Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.... The Fiery Angel, the fourth re-uses music from his ballet
Ballet (music)
Ballet as a musical form is a musical composition intended for Ballet. The same music can be used for several different ballet Choreography.... The Prodigal Son.
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The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the Percussion instrument family. It is a bar of metal, usually steel in modern instruments, bent into a triangle shape....
The tambourine or Marine is a musical instrument of the Percussion instrument family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils"....
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The snare drum is a drum with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or catgut cords stretched across the a drumhead, typically the bottom....
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The piccolo is a small flute. The piccolo has the same fingerings as its larger component, the flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written....
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike other woodwind instruments, a flute is a reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air against an edge.... s
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois", "hoboy", or "French hoboy".... s
The cor anglais, or English horn, is a Double reed woodwind Musical instrument in the oboe family.The cor anglais is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe , and is consequently approximately one-third longer....
The soprano clarinets are a sub-family of the clarinet family. They include the most common types of clarinets, and indeed are often referred to as simply "clarinets"....
The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet.... s
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common Soprano clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet....
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the Bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher.... s
The contrabassoon is a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower. Its technique is similar to its smaller cousin, with a few notable differences....
The trumpet is a musical instrument with the highest Register in the brass instrument family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BC.... s
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass instrument family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player?s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate.... s
Timpani are musical instruments in the percussion instrument family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a drumhead stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper, and more recently, constructed of more lightweight fiberglass....
A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch . There are three general classifications of bass drums: the concert bass drum, the kick' drum, and the pitched bass drum....
The triangle is an idiophone type of musical instrument in the Percussion instrument family. It is a bar of metal, usually steel in modern instruments, bent into a triangle shape....
The tambourine or Marine is a musical instrument of the Percussion instrument family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils"....
Cymbals are a modern percussion instrument. Cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various cymbal alloys; see cymbal making for a discussion of their manufacture.... s
The snare drum is a drum with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or catgut cords stretched across the a drumhead, typically the bottom....
A wood block is essentially a small piece of slit drums made from a single piece of wood and used as a percussion instrument. It is struck with a stick, making a characteristically percussive sound.... s
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello.... s
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.The casual observer may mistake the viola for the violin because of their similarity in size, closeness in pitch range , and nearly identical playing position.... s
The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra.... s
The double bass or contrabass is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow string instrument used in the modern orchestra. It is a standard member of the string section of the orchestra and smaller string musical ensembles in European classical music.... es
The 'harp' is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the Sounding board. It is also considered to be a percussion instrument....
Movements
As is usual for symphonies, the piece is in four movements:
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The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conducting and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera....
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Chandos Records is an independent European classical music label based in the United Kingdom, founded by Brian Couzens. Their catalog contains a range of classical music - for example, much orchestral, choir and chamber music by such relatively lesser-known British composers as Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi, Charles Stanford and Arnold Bax co...
The Orchestre National de France is a symphony orchestra run by Radio France. It has also been known as the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Fran?aise and Orchestre National de l'Office de Radiodiffusion T?l?vision Fran?aise ....
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire , , known to close friends as ?Slava,? was a Russians cellist and conducting....
In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean "lovely" if derived from Eros , as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his Argonautica....
James Anderson DePreist is an United States Conducting. He is currently the director of conducting and orchestral studies at the Juilliard School and laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony....
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The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Arts Centre....
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conducting and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera....
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , usually known as Philips, is a Netherlands electronics company. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands....
Neeme J?rvi is an Estonian-born United States conducting.Neeme J?rvi was born in Tallinn and studied first there and then in Saint Petersburg under Evgeny Mravinsky, among others....
Chandos Records is an independent European classical music label based in the United Kingdom, founded by Brian Couzens. Their catalog contains a range of classical music - for example, much orchestral, choir and chamber music by such relatively lesser-known British composers as Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi, Charles Stanford and Arnold Bax co...
The Cesk? filharmonie is a symphony orchestra based in Prague and is the best-known and most respected orchestra in the Czech Republic. It was voted 20th place of the top 20 best orchestras in the World in a 2008 survey organized by the British magazine Gramophone ....
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is a Japanese conducting, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic music works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera....
Deutsche Grammophon is a Germany classical record label, now part of the Universal Music Group. The company has long been known for its high standards of high fidelity....
The Orchestre National de France is a symphony orchestra run by Radio France. It has also been known as the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Fran?aise and Orchestre National de l'Office de Radiodiffusion T?l?vision Fran?aise ....
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire , , known to close friends as ?Slava,? was a Russians cellist and conducting....
In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean "lovely" if derived from Eros , as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his Argonautica....
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 in music by Edward Lewis . Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades....
