Dances of Galánta – Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
BORN: December 16, 1882, Kecskemét, Hungary
DIED: March 6, 1967 (age 84 years), Budapest, Hungary
COMPOSED: 1933
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, percussion (orchestral bells, snare drum, triangle), and strings
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Delights & Dances – Michael Abels (b. 1962 – )
BORN: 1962 (age 61 years), Phoenix, AZ
COMPOSED: 2007
INSTRUMENTATION: string orchestra and solo string quartet
RSO Quartet
The RSO Quartet is made up of four principal string players of the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra. Violinists Jorge Avila and Mialtin Zhezha, violist Suzanne Corey-Sahlin, and cellist Nicholas Hardie. For more information on members of the quartet, click HERE
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Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica” – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
BORN: December 1770, Bonn, Germany
DIED: March 26, 1827 (age 56 years), Vienna, Austria
COMPOSED: 1804
INSTRUMENTATION: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings
