Historical Repertoire

Here is a sample of great music that culturally aware individuals should know.

Many of these we will listen to in class and the rest are your responsibility. Enjoy!

Solo performance

Bugle call Taps​
Scarlatti Sonata in E major, L.23 (harpsichord, piano)​
Bach Cello Suite 1, Prelude​
Bach Well-tempered Clavier: Prelude & Fugue 2 in Cm​
Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm (organ)​
Beethoven Moonlight Sonata​
Chopin Preludes ​
Debussy Syrinx

Chamber Music

Beethoven String Quartet 13​
Mozart Clarinet Quintet​
Ravel Introduction and Allegro​
Messiaen Quartet for the End of Time, Mvt. 1​
Reich Octet

Symphonic Music

Mozart Symphony 40​
Beethoven Symphony 5​
Berlioz Symphonie fantastique​
Tchaikovsky Symphony 4​
Mahler Symphony 3​
Berio Sinfonia, Mvt. 3

The Concerto

Vivaldi The Four Seasons​
Bach Brandenburg Concerto 2​
Mozart Piano Concerto 23​
Haydn Trumpet Concerto​
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto​
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2​
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra

Song

Traditional Greensleeves (Loreena McKennitt)​
Traditional Oh, Danny Boy (Peter Hollens, Elvis Presley)​
Traditional Shenendoah (Leonard Warren, Paul Robeson)​
Schubert Winterreise: Gute Nacht, Der Leiermann (Dietrich Fischer Dieskau)​
Faure Apres un rêve (Kiri Te Kanawa, Barbra Streisand)​
Copland 12 Emily Dickinson Songs: 4. The World Feels Dusty (Dawn Upshaw)​
Barber Hermit Songs: 8. The Monk and His Cat (Marissa Miller)​
Boulez Le Marteau sans maître: L’ Artisanat furieux​
Morricone Nella Fantasia (Park Ki Young)

Choral Music

Perotin Sederunt Principes​
Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass​
Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring​
Handel The Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus​
Delius Songs of Farewell, Mvt. 5 (BBC Proms)​
Traditional Shenendoah (Chanticleer)​
Traditional Lowlands (Robert Shaw Chorale)​
Ligeti Lux Aeterna

Opera

Purcell Dido & Aeneas: Dido’s Lament​
Mozart Don Giovanni: Commendatore Scene​
Verdi Rigoletto, La Dona e mobile​
Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Liebestod​
Puccini Madama Butterfly: Love Duet, Un bel di vedremo, Finale​
Gershwin Porgy & Bess: Summertime, My Man’s Gone Now, Bess, You Is My Woman Now​
Berg Wozzeck: Act III​

Ballet Music

Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Ballet​
Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade​
Debussy Afternoon of Faun​
Ravel Daphnis & Chloe​
Stravinsky The Firebird, Petrushka, Le Sacre du printemps​
Copland Billy the Kid​