• Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto in E minor, Op. 125 (also widely referred to as Sinfonia Concertante) is a large-scale work for cello and orchestra...
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    wrote his Ninth Piano Sonata for the former and his Symphony-Concerto for the latter. Prokofiev was born in 1891 in a rural estate in Sontsovka, Bakhmut...
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    The Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, also known as the Classical, was Sergei Prokofiev's first numbered symphony. He began to compose it in 1916 and...
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  • Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26, is a piano concerto by Sergei Prokofiev. It was completed in 1921 using sketches first started in 1913. Prokofiev began...
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    The Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63, written in 1935 by Sergei Prokofiev, is a work in three movements: Allegro moderato Andante assai Allegro...
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  • Revolution, 1917 became Prokofiev's most productive year compositionally. Along with this concerto he completed the "Classical" Symphony, the Third and Fourth...
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  • Prokofiev set to work on his Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16, in 1912 and completed it the next year. However, that version of the concerto is...
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    Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100, in the Soviet Union in one month[citation needed] in the summer of 1944. From 1925...
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  • Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58 is a concerto written by Sergey Prokofiev between 1933 and 1938. Its duration is approximately 35 minutes. It consists...
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    Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony No. 4 is actually two works, both using material created for The Prodigal Son ballet. The first, Op. 47, was completed in 1930...
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    list of musical compositions by the 20th-century Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. The Giant (1900) On Desert Islands (1900; unfinished) A Feast in Time...
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    His biographer Israel Nestyev asserts that the Second Piano Concerto of 1913 was "Prokofiev's ticket of admission to the highest circles of Russian modernism"...
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    The Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111, by Sergei Prokofiev was completed and premiered in 1947. Sketches for the symphony exist as early as from...
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  • Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, MDR Leipzig, Buenos Aires Philharmonic and Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra. Gabriel Prokofiev was born in London...
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    Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40, in Paris in 1924-25, during what he called "nine months of frenzied toil". He characterized...
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  • (Lutosławski) Cello suites (Britten) Cello Symphony (Britten) Symphony-Concerto (Prokofiev) Slava! A Political Overture (Bernstein) Tout un monde lointain...
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  • Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major for the left hand, Op. 53, was commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein and completed...
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    Джульетта, romanized: Romeo i Dzhulyetta), Op. 64, is a ballet by Sergei Prokofiev based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. First composed in...
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    Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44, in 1928. The music derives from Prokofiev's opera The Fiery Angel, a touching love story...
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    New York Symphony Society under Walter Damrosch. The work has the reputation of being one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard...
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    the San Francisco Symphony and its conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. In February 2013, Wang performed and recorded Prokofiev's Concerto No. 2 and Rachmaninoff's...
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  • may be listed Sergei Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto, Dmitri Shostakovich's two cello concertos, Benjamin Britten's Cello-Symphony (which emphasizes, as...
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    Recuerdos – works by Pablo de Sarasate, Sergei Prokofiev, Benjamin Britten, Francisco Tarrega / WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Cristian Macelaru , 2022...
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  • Prokofiev's Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, was completed in 1952, the year before his death. It is his last symphony. Most of the symphony...
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  • complete piano concerto by Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55, dates from 1932. Prokofiev's last piano concerto dates from 1932...
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    Hindemith, Janáček, Korngold, Martinů, Prokofiev, Ravel, Franz Schmidt, Richard Strauss, and others. Concertos and concert works for two solo pianos have...
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  • Zolushka; French: Cendrillon) Op. 87, is a ballet composed by Sergei Prokofiev to a scenario by Nikolai Volkov. It is one of his most popular and melodious...
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  • (Piston) by Walter Piston, 1954 Symphony No. 5 (Prokofiev) in B-flat major (Op. 100) by Sergei Prokofiev, 1944 Symphony No. 5 (Raff) in E major (Op. 177...
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  • Western music from the Baroque concerto grosso. Sinfonia concertante encompasses the symphony and the concerto genres, a concerto in that soloists are on prominent...
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    Davies Symphony Hall in the city's Hayes Valley neighborhood. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (founded in 1981) and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus...
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