Category Archives: Essential 100

Malachi 1:1-4:6 – The Day of Judgement 

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Brad

The incidental music to Alphonse Daudet’s play L’Arlésienne (usually translated as ‘The Girl from Arles’) was composed by Georges Bizet for the first performance of the play on 1 October 1872 at the Vaudeville Theatre (now known as the Paramount Theatre).[1] It consists of 27 numbers (some only a … Continue reading →

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Jonah 1:1-4:11 – The Story of Jonah 

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Brad

The Sea & Sinbad’s Ship is the first movement in Scheherazade, Op. 35, a symphonic poem composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Based on One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights,[1] this orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in … Continue reading →

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Daniel 6:1-28 – Daniel in the Lion’s Den 

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Brad

  The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. El … Continue reading →

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