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Preparing

Gustave Caillebotte, Bather Preparing to Dive (1878)

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
  • Beethove, 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
  • Blumenfeld, 24 Preludes for Piano, 17 (1892)
  • 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): a ballet consisting of scenes depicting ritual preparation for a Russian wedding (performances conducted by Bernstein, Gergiev and Giardelli)
  • Hans Gál, 24 Preludes for Piano, Op. 83 (1960)

August 26, 2010

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