Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Music Excerpts

Preview the 2003-4 season through Sound Excerpts!
Thanks to the generosity of Naxos Recordings (www.naxos.com), we have been permitted to offer excerpts of major works to be featured by the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra this season. Now you can get a preview of the coming season’s works—from any standard home computer that uses Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player is required to listen online. If you need a Windows Media Player, download it here.

Click below to hear excerpts:

Energetic Music to Love
Saturday October 18, 2003 at 8 PM
Violin Concerto in D
1st Movement 3rd Movement
TCHAIKOVSKY
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Jean
Takako Nishizaki, Violin
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Soulful Music to Love
Saturday December 6, 2003 at 8 PM
The December 6th performance of the Mahler 6th Symphony has been postponed due to the snowstorm. The rescheduled date is May 8th, 2004 at 8 p.m.
Symphony No. 6
1st Movement
Excerpt 1 Excerpt 2 Excerpt 3
3rd Movement
Excerpt 1
4th Movement
Excerpt 1 Excerpt 2
MAHLER
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antoni Wit
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Music Treasures to Love
Saturday February 7, 2004 at 8 PM
Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
ROSSINI
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Piano Concerto No. 2
2nd Movement 3rd Movement
SAINT-SAËNS
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Idil Biret, Piano
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Symphony No. 7
1st Movement 2nd Movement 3rd Movement 4th Movement
BEETHOVEN
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia conducted by Béla Drahos
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Captivating Music to Love
Saturday April 17, 2004 at 8 PM
Huapango
MONCAYO
Festival Orchestra of Mexico conducted by Enrique Bátiz
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Symphony No. 5
1st Movement 2nd Movement 4th Movement
TCHAIKOVSKY
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Marvelous Mozart III
Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 8 PM
Clarinet Concerto in A Major
MOZART
Vienna Mozart Orchestra conducted by Konrad Leitner
Gerald Grünbacher, Clarinet
Courtesy of Naxos of America

Symphony No. 36 in C, Linz
MOZART
Capella Istropolitana conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Courtesy of Naxos of America

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