"2004, ""Just Be"". The album contained one number one hit, ""Traffic"", which was the first instrumental track to reach the top spot in his homeland the Netherlands in 23 years. The album also contained a new trance anthem, ""Adagio for Strings"", a remake of Samuel Barber's classical song ""Adagio for Strings"". Tiësto became the first DJ to perform live at the Olympic Games when he was asked to perform during the 2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. The set that he performed there was later condensed and released on CD as ""Parade of the Athletes"". In 2007, Tiësto released his third"
"by Eugene Ormandy at Carnegie Hall. Like the original 1938 performance, these were broadcast on radio and recorded. ""Adagio for Strings"" begins softly with a B played by the first violins. The lower strings come in two beats after the violins, which, as Johanna Keller from ""The New York Times"" put it, creates ""an uneasy, shifting suspension as the melody begins a stepwise motion, like the hesitant climbing of stairs."" NPR Music said that ""with a tense melodic line and taut harmonies, the composition is considered by many to be the most popular of all 20th-century orchestral works."" Thomas Larson"
"radio interview about it with WQXR and said, ""They always play that piece. I wish they'd play some of my other pieces."" In 2004, listeners of the BBC's ""Today"" program voted ""Adagio for Strings"" the ""saddest classical"" work ever, ahead of ""Dido's Lament"" from ""Dido and Aeneas"" by Henry Purcell, the Adagietto from Gustav Mahler's 5th symphony, ""Metamorphosen"" by Richard Strauss, and ""Gloomy Sunday"" as sung by Billie Holiday. In 2006 a recorded performance by the London Symphony Orchestra was the highest-selling classical piece on iTunes. The musicologist Bill McGlaughlin compares its role in American music to the role that"
"and prepare his own version for publication. Strickland, having kept the piece, sent his organ arrangement to G. Schirmer, who eventually published it in 1949. The recording of the world premiere in 1938, with Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra, was selected in 2005 for permanent preservation in the National Recording Registry at the United States Library of Congress. Since the 1938 recording, the ""Adagio for Strings"" has frequently been heard throughout the world, and was one of the few American pieces to be played in the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The ""Adagio for Strings"" has been"
"Edward Elgar's ""Enigma Variations: Variation IX ""Nimrod"""" holds for the British. ""Adagio for Strings"" can be heard on many film and game soundtracks. The work is extremely popular in the electronic dance music genre, notably in trance. Artists who have covered it include William Orbit, Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Mark Sixma, Bastille, and Lucas & Steve. An adaptation for erhu, piano and guitar was recorded by classical pianist and electronic music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, for his 1989 album ""Beauty"". eRa included this song in their album ""Classics"". Adagio for Strings Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel"
"and '60s, including the 1958 soundtrack for the Alfred Hitchcock thriller ""Vertigo"" with Bernard Herrmann's score conducted by Muir Mathieson for Mercury Records and, in 1961, the soundtrack of the horror film ""Gorgo"". Among the original ensemble's most celebrated commercial classical recordings are the first recording made by Colin Davis, comprising Mozart's Symphonies 29 and 39 and issued by World Record Club (TZ 130) along with its 1963 recordings with Sir John Barbirolli conducting the ""Serenade for Strings"" of Edward Elgar and the ""Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis"" of Ralph Vaughan Williams for EMI Classics. Hans Swarowsky conducted"
"Lento for Strings Lento for Strings is an orchestral work by the Australian composer Malcolm Williamson. The brief but eloquent ""Lento for Strings"" was written in 1985, while the composer was in Australia. The work was commissioned by the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, who premièred it in the autumn of that year in Melbourne, and Williamson chose to dedicate the piece to a longtime friend and champion, Paul McDermott. McDermott was held in particularly high regard by Williamson, especially as it was he who had successfully conducted his ""Symphony No. 6: Liturgy of Homage"" a few years before. Firmly rooted in"
"Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók) Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz.113 BB.118 is a three-movement work composed by Béla Bartók in 1939, scored for full orchestral strings. Paul Sacher, a Swiss conductor, patron, impresario, and the founder of the chamber orchestra ""Basler Kammerorchester"", commissioned Bartók to compose the Divertimento, which is now known to be the pair’s last collaborative work. The term ""Divertimento"" (Italian) denotes a work primarily designed for the entertainment of both the listeners and the performers. The divertimento was popularized in the Classical period by Haydn, Boccherini, and Mozart. This is a neo-classical work constructed around modal tonalities,"
"Adagio and Fugue in C minor (Mozart) The Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, is a composition by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for strings. Mozart entered it into his own work catalogue on 26 June 1788 in Vienna as ""A short Adagio for two violins, viola and bass, for a fugue which I wrote some time ago for two Pianos"". The fugue in question was the two piano fugue in C minor, K. 426, written in December 1783. The work is in two sections: The 52-bar ""Adagio"" has a very ominous and foreboding tone; musicologist Robert D. Levin said:"
"Piano Concerto (Busoni) The Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39 by Ferruccio Busoni, is one of the largest works ever written in this genre. The concerto lasts around 70 minutes and is in five movements; in the final movement a male chorus sings words from the final scene of the verse drama ""Aladdin"" by Adam Oehlenschläger, who also wrote the words of one of the Danish national anthems. The first performance of the concerto took place in the Beethoven-Saal, Berlin, Germany, on November 10, 1904, at one of Busoni's own concerts of modern music. Busoni was the soloist, with"
"most popular pieces in this repertoire, along with works by Miguel del Aguila (""Nostalgica"" for string quartet and bass), Darius Milhaud, Luigi Boccherini (3 quintets), Harold Shapero, and Paul Hindemith. Another example is Alistair Hinton's String Quintet (1969–77), which also includes a major part for solo soprano; at almost 170 minutes in duration, it is almost certainly the largest such work in the repertoire. Slightly smaller string works with the double bass include six string sonatas by Gioachino Rossini, for two violins, cello, and double bass written at the age of twelve over the course of three days in 1804."
"he was awarded the American Prix de Rome and was the recipient of a Pulitzer traveling scholarship which allowed him to study abroad in 1935–1936. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946. In 1938, when Barber was 28, his ""Adagio for Strings"" was performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Toscanini, along with his first ""Essay for Orchestra"". The Adagio had been arranged from the slow movement of Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11. Toscanini had only rarely performed music by American composers before (an exception was Howard Hanson's Second Symphony, which he conducted in 1933)."
"the expected display piece only in the first of its two movements, and the orchestra provides the necessary sparkle, but it also responds to the deeper substance of the long Adagio, subtitled 'Bruckner's Heavenly Journey'. Here the long-breathed string lines and cushioned brass writing pay tribute to the Austrian symphonist, while the harmonies and use of percussion place the music firmly in the 20th century."" Concerto for Orchestra (Skrowaczewski) The Concerto for Orchestra is an orchestral composition by the Polish-American composer Stanisław Skrowaczewski. Though originally composed in 1983 and premiered in the mid-1980s, Skrowaczewski later reworked the composition. It was"
"time. There are currently three recordings of the Lento available commercially. These are: Lento for Strings Lento for Strings is an orchestral work by the Australian composer Malcolm Williamson. The brief but eloquent ""Lento for Strings"" was written in 1985, while the composer was in Australia. The work was commissioned by the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic, who premièred it in the autumn of that year in Melbourne, and Williamson chose to dedicate the piece to a longtime friend and champion, Paul McDermott. McDermott was held in particularly high regard by Williamson, especially as it was he who had successfully conducted his"
"Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello The Adagio and Rondo, K. 617, is a quintet composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola and cello. Completed on May 23, 1791 (the date indicated in Mozart's own list of his works), it was written for Marianne Kirchgessner, a blind glass harmonica virtuoso, who played the first performance in the Burgtheater Akademie on June 10, 1791, and subsequently performed it at the Kärtnertortheater on August 19, 1791. The autograph manuscript is in the British Library as part of the Stefan Zweig Collection. It was"
"Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31, is a song cycle written in 1943 by English composer Benjamin Britten for tenor accompanied by a solo horn and a small string orchestra. Composed during World War II at the request of the horn player Dennis Brain, it is a setting of a selection of six poems by British poets on the subject of night, including both its calm and its sinister aspects. The prologue and epilogue which frame the songs are both performed by the horn alone, and in these movements Britten instructs"
"as a performer. He died of leukemia in 1945. Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion The Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115, is a musical piece written by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók in 1937. It was premiered by Bartók and his second wife, Ditta Pásztory-Bartók, with the percussionists Fritz Schiesser and Philipp Rühlig at the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM) anniversary concert of 16 January 1938 in Basel, Switzerland, where it received enthusiastic reviews. Bartók and his wife also played the piano parts for the American premiere which took place in New York City's Town"
"movement was used in the animated film Yellow Submarine (1968) when the string quartet was being annihilated by the Blue Meanies. This divertimento is scored for 2 violins, viola, basso (double bass) and 2 horns. This divertimento consists of 6 movements: In Kurt Sanderling's recording of this piece, both the Adagio and the second Menuetto are omitted. In the recording with Florian Heyerick conducting the Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, part of the Rondo is omitted. Divertimento No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 287 Divertimento No. 17 (Mozart) The Divertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334/320b was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus"
"found in the score as published. The Adagio movement was arranged by Yoon Jae Lee in 2011 for a smaller orchestra. This version was premiered by Ensemble 212 with Lee as conductor in New York on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Subsequently, Lee arranged the five remaining movements for smaller orchestra as part of his Mahler Chamber Project. The orchestral reduction of the entire symphony was premiered in October 2015 by Ensemble 212, mezzo-soprano Hyona Kim, and the Young New Yorkers' Chorus Women's Ensemble. The second movement was arranged by Benjamin Britten in 1941"
"Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, also translated as Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima () is a musical composition for 52 string instruments composed in 1960 by Krzysztof Penderecki. Dedicated to the residents of Hiroshima killed and injured by the first-ever wartime usage of an atomic weapon, the composition took third prize at the Grzegorz Fitelberg Composers' Competition in Katowice in 1960 and won the Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs UNESCO prize in 1961. The piece's written length is about 8 minutes and 37 seconds. Originally called ""8'37"""", the piece applies the sonoristic technique"
"Elgar, and others wrote serenades for strings only, as did Hugo Wolf, who wrote one for string quartet (the ""Italian Serenade""). Other composers to write serenades in a Romantic style include Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Max Reger, Ethel Smyth and Jean Sibelius. Some examples of serenades in the 20th century include the ""Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings"" by Benjamin Britten, the Serenade in A for piano by Stravinsky, the Serenade for baritone and septet, Op. 24 by Arnold Schoenberg, and the movement entitled ""Serenade"" in Shostakovich's last string quartet, No. 15 (1974). Ralph Vaughan"
"Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra (Leigh) Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra is a short harpsichord concerto written in 1934 by English composer Walter Leigh. It was premiered by the English composer and pianist Elizabeth Poston. Movements: In the first movement, a lively dialogue between soloist and orchestra culminates in a barred cadenza for the harpsichord, followed by a repeat of the opening statement. The ""Andante"" is a [sarabande]-like movement, in ABA form. The ten-bar theme stated by the soloist is repeated by the orchestra. In the B section, elements from the first theme are reassembled into new motives."
"Czarnacki (conductor), Southwest German Chamber Orchestra (Pforzheim), recorded 1996, AG 69 Alberto Lysy (violin), Camerata Lysy (Gstaad), 1999, Claves 509213 Mayumi Seiler (violin), Richard Hickox (conductor), City of London Sinfonia, recorded 1991, VCL 2-61504 Liviu Prunaru (violin), Concertgebouw Kammerorchester, Avrotros Klassiek, 2016. Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) The Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra in D minor was composed by Felix Mendelssohn at the age of thirteen. It has three movements, Allegro–Andante–Allegro, and performance duration is approximately 22 minutes. Mendelssohn was considered by many of his time to be a prodigy comparable only to the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart."
"Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók) The Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. The score is inscribed ""15 August – 8 October 1943"". It was premiered on December 1, 1944, in Symphony Hall, Boston, by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. It was a great success and has been regularly performed since. It is perhaps the best-known of a number of pieces that have the apparently contradictory title ""Concerto for Orchestra"". This is in"
"exclusively for string piano—while keys are silently held down, as described above, all the sounding is done by direct address of the strings (). Among his other works purely for string piano are ""The Banshee"" (1925 ) and ""Sinister Resonance"" (ca. 1930). ""How Old Is Song?"" (1930–31) is for voice and string piano (the accompaniment is adapted from ""Aeolian Harp""). John Cage, a student of Cowell's, was inspired by the string piano concept to pursue his explorations of the prepared piano. In ""Music of the Spheres"", composed in 1916–18, the Danish composer Rued Langgaard directs the pianist to play glissandi"
"are several single-movement works for soloist and orchestra. Those for piano are the ""Rondo Brillante"" of 1834; the ""Capriccio Brillante"" of 1832; and the ""Serenade and Allegro Giocoso"" of 1838. He also wrote two concertinos (""Konzertstücke""), Opp. 113 and 114, originally for clarinet, basset horn and piano; Op. 113 was orchestrated by the composer. Mendelssohn's mature output contains numerous chamber works, many of which display an emotional intensity lacking in some of his larger works. In particular, his String Quartet No. 6, the last of his string quartets and his last major work – written following the death of his"
"a gardener, and dog lover. He has two siblings, a sister and a brother. Worldly Hopes (1985)—mezzo-soprano and piano<br> Playing the Miraculous Game (1987)—orchestra<br> Blue Ridge Airs I (1988)—piano<br> Lullabies and Birdsongs (Nine Sketches from the Blue Ridge) (1988)—piano<br> Sonata for Cello and Piano (1989)<br> String Trio (1989)<br> Fiddler's Galaxy (1989)—violin and piano<br> Clear Again (1990)—cello and piano<br> Elegy for Strings (to the memory of Jan DeGaetani) (1990)—string quartet, string quintet, or string orchestra<br> Blue Ridge Airs II (1992)—flute and orchestra<br> Sunday at McDonald's (1992)—soprano and piano<br> A Green View (1994)—cello and piano<br> Sonata for Harpsichord (1994)<br> Still (Music for"
"Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Vaughan Williams) Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra is a piano concerto by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. He wrote his solo Piano Concerto in the years between 1926 and 1930, which was first performed in 1933 under Adrian Boult. The piece gained a reputation for being too difficult and demanding, so Vaughan Williams reworked the piece for two pianos with the assistance of Joseph Cooper. This revised edition premiered in 1946. The piece is difficult, and the piano parts are often percussive and dissonant. It is in three movements: The piece lasts"
"Adagio in B minor (Mozart) The Adagio in B minor for piano, K. 540, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a standalone composition for solo piano, and was entered into his ""Verzeichnis aller meiner Werke"" (""Catalogue of all my Works"") on March 19, 1788. At 57 measures, the length of the piece is largely based on the performer's interpretation, including the decision of whether to do both repeats; it may last between 5½ and 12 minutes. The key of B minor is very rare in Mozart's compositions; it is used in only one other instrumental work, the slow movement from the"
"Fantasia for Strings (Henze) Fantasia for Strings () is a composition by German composer Hans Werner Henze. It was finished in 1966, as part of the soundtrack for Volker Schlöndorff's film adaptation of Robert Musil's novel ""The Confusions of Young Törless"". This composition has been published by Schott Music. ""Fantasia for Strings"" is an abridged concert version of the full score for ""Der junge Törless"", which has never been published and has only been performed for the film. Henze finished both the film score and the ""Fantasia"" in 1966, and he chose specifically Renaissance instruments for the film score recording,"
"official record has been found of its presence in the collection of the Saxon State Library. The piece is most commonly orchestrated for string ensemble and organ, or string ensemble alone, but with its growing fame has been transcribed for other instruments. Italian conductor Ino Savini (1904–1995) transcribed the Adagio for a large orchestra and conducted the piece himself in Ostrava in 1967 with the Janáček Philharmonic. The composition has also permeated popular culture, having been used as background music for many films, in television programmes, and in advertisements (see below). The Adagio was used: The piece was used in"
"Jenkins included it on her 2008 album ""Sacred Arias"". In 2015, the Rotterdam Symphony Chorus made a live recording of Agnus Dei during a concert tour with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Agnus Dei (Barber) Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) is a choral composition in one movement by Samuel Barber, his own arrangement of his ""Adagio for Strings"" (1936). In 1967, he set the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei, a part of the Mass, for mixed chorus with optional organ or piano accompaniment. The music, in B-flat minor, has a duration of about eight minutes. Barber's ""Adagio for Strings"""
"formerly taught at the University of Tennessee (starting in 1977), and taught as a guest composer at Northwestern University in the spring of 1998. Lennon is known particularly for his works for classical guitar (many of which were written for the American guitarist David Starobin), including ""Another's Fandango"" (1981), ""Gigolo"" (1996), and the guitar concerto ""Zingari"" (1991), and for several contributions to the classical saxophone repertoire, including ""Distances Within Me"" (1980) for James Forger, ""Symphonic Rhapsody"" for Donald Sinta, ""Spiral Mirrors"" (2009) for the Creviston Fader Duo, ""Elysian Bridges"" (2011) for the Capitol Quartet, and several other chamber pieces. Lennon's"