Suggested Listening Resources for
March 2023 Concert
Recommended recordings:
Verdi Overture to Nabucco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb_jWkv8uxY
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0A_rCAtIeM
Skoryk Melodyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1vUgxAtvY
Sibelius Symphony No. 2: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/work/53177-2 (subscription or ticket to the Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall needed)
Sibelius Symphony No. 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHncn68uyQ&t=1467s
ADDED 2/1/23: Sibelius Symphony No. 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yUcRfakvxo
Recommended readings:
About the Verdi overture and opera: https://www.yusypovych.com/eng/Nabucco-overture/#listening-map
Shostakovich program note: https://www.redlandssymphony.com/pieces/piano-concerto-no-2-in-f-major-op-102
Skoryk Melody Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_(Skoryk)
Sibelius program note: https://www.sfsymphony.org/Data/Event-Data/Program-Notes/S/Sibelius-Symphony-No-2-in-D-major,-Opus-43
Alex Ross on Sibelius (from The Rest is Noise): https://www.therestisnoise.com/2007/07/sibelius-chapte.html