Every end marks a beginning. The end of the year is not the end of life. We are about to start over. Prepare for another go-round on the journey.
Real
Imaginary
Visual Arts
- Victor Borisov-Musatov, Summer Melody (c. 1904)
- Paul Cézanne, The Railway Cutting (c. 1870)
- Ilya Repin, Preparation for the Examination (1864)
- Alexey Venetsianov, In the Fields. Spring. (1827)
- Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, The Morning Toilet (1741)
Music: Composers, artists, and major works
Operatic Overtures:
- Beethoven, Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
- Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72b
- Beethoven, Leonore Oveture No. 3, Op. 72c
- Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Op. 84
- Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro Overture
- Mozart, Die Zauberflöte Overture
- Mozart, Don Giovanni Overture
- Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer Overture
- Wagner, Tannhäuser Overture
- Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia Overture
- Rossini, La Gazza Ladra Overture
- Rossini, La Cenerentola Overture
- Rossini, Guillaume Tell Overture
- Rossini, L’Italiana in Algeri Overture
- Rossini, Semiramide Overture
- Verdi, Aida Overture
- Verdi, La Traviata Overture
- Verdi, Nabucco Overture
- Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera Overture
- Verdi, Les Vêpres Siciliennes Overture
Organ preludes by Max Reger:
- 52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67 (1902)
- 13 Chorale Preludes (Choralvorspiele) for Organ, Op. 79b (1901-1903)
- 30 Little Choral Preludes, Op. 135a
Other works:
- Hoover, Preludes (1996-2004)
- Fauré, 9 preludes, 103 (1910)
- John Adams, Two Fanfares: 1. Tromba Lontana; 2. Short Ride on a Fast Machine.
- Rachmaninoff, 10 Préludes, Op. 23
- Rachmaninoff, 13 Préludes, Op. 32
- Blumenfeld, 4 Preludes for Piano, Op. 12
- Willan, Overture to an Unwritten Comedy (1951)
- Wilms, Overture in D Major
- Raga Nayaki kanada, a Hindustani classical raag for late evening (performances by Paluskar, Gokhale and Mansur)
- Raga Sohini (Sohni), a pre-dawn Hindustani classical raag (performances by Amonkar, Kashalkar and Banerjee)
- Rag Bhupali (Bhoopali): a request for the gods to wake at dawn (performances by Ajoy Chakrabarty, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Gajanan Joshi, Balaram Pathak, and of all things a performance on cello by Nancy Lesh)
- Stravinsky, The Wedding (Les noces) (1922) (approx. 23’): a ballet consisting of scenes depicting ritual preparation for a Russian wedding. Top performances are conducted by Stravinsky in 1934, Ančerl in 1964, Bernstein in 1977, Eötvös in 1987 (1923 and 1917 versions), and Craft in 2001. Videos of the ballet by the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet, conducted by Gergiev, and by La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, are on YouTube.
- Hans Gál, 24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 83 (1960)
- Manuel Ponce, 24 Guitar Preludes (1930)