Contrapunctus

0Before Bach · c. 900–1700

Gregorian chant

Pange lingua gloriosi corporis mysteriumTraditional plainchant hymn

Medieval melody; exact date unknown · Mode III · Unaccompanied solo voice · Gareth Hughes, voice

Pitch over time; each band is an octave of C.

harmony

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Evidence

Programme

Evenings, or the whole concert: 386 recordings (48 h 34 min), in the order the composers were born. Pieces marked score show the engraved score during playback.

Evenings

0Before Bach

Arcangelo Corelli Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 4 1 of 4 movements

IThe Baroque

Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons · Spring, RV 269 3 movements
Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons · Winter, RV 297 3 movements
Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 3 movements
Johann Sebastian Bach Cello Suite No. 1 1 of 6 movements
Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 2 1 of 5 movements
Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations 1 of 32 variations
Johann Sebastian Bach St Matthew Passion · highlights 2 excerpts
George Frideric Handel Water Music · Suite No. 2 5 movements

IIClassical

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Flute Concerto in G major 1 of 3 movements
Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C major, Op. 54 No. 2 4 movements
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 94 “Surprise” 4 movements
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 4 movements
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 3 movements
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter” 1 of 4 movements
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Requiem in D minor, K. 626 4 of 14 movements
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 3 movements
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Don Giovanni, K. 527 1 of 41 numbers
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 4 movements
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109 3 movements
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 “Appassionata” 3 movements
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132 1 of 5 movements

IIIRomanticism

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B minor “Unfinished”, D. 759 2 movements
Franz Schubert String Quintet in C major, D. 956 1 of 4 movements
Franz Schubert Winterreise, D. 911 (four songs, Duhan 1928) 4 of 24 songs
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 5 movements
Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 3 movements
Robert Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15 13 pieces
Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde — Prelude and Liebestod 2 excerpts
Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 2 of 4 movements
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E major 4 movements
Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major 1 of 4 movements
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 4 movements
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 15 pieces
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique” 4 movements
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23 3 movements
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World”, Op. 95 4 movements
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 1 of 3 movements
Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 1 of 4 movements
Edvard Grieg From Holberg’s Time, Op. 40 1 of 5 movements
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade, Op. 35 4 movements

IVFin de siècle

Edward Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36 14 parts
Giacomo Puccini Tosca — three arias 3 arias
Giacomo Puccini La bohème — two duets 2 duets
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 5 movements
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection” 5 movements
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major 4 movements
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9 4 movements
Gustav Mahler Kindertotenlieder 5 songs
Gustav Mahler Das Lied von der Erde 6 songs
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 3 movements

VThe French Line

Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 “Organ” 2 parts
Gabriel Fauré Requiem, Op. 48 7 movements
Claude Debussy La Mer · orchestral version 3 movements
Claude Debussy Nocturnes 2 of 3 movements
Claude Debussy Children’s Corner 6 pieces
Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque 1 of 4 movements
Claude Debussy Mary Garden and Debussy, 1904 2 songs
Maurice Ravel Miroirs 5 pieces
Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin — piano version 5 of 6 movements
Maurice Ravel Ma mère l’Oye — piano duet 1 of 5 pieces
Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit 3 pieces

VIModernism

Charles Ives Piano Sonata No. 2, ‘Concord, Mass., 1840–60’ 4 movements
Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (sextet) 2 parts
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra 5 movements
Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring 2 parts
Igor Stravinsky Petrushka (1911 original version) 4 tableaux
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 4 movements

VIIAfter 1945

Leonard Bernstein Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety 2 parts
Pierre Boulez Le Marteau sans maître 2 parts

The Concert Hall

From plainchant to Boulez

386 recordings, in the order the composers were born. Notes appear as the recording reaches each passage, and where a score is available it follows the music. The programme lists the evenings and every recording.

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