Program Notes

Program Notes for Riffing on Gershwin©2021 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolinwww.orpheusnotes.com Piano Concerto in F – George Gershwin Born

Program Notes for Romance in a New Key©2021 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolinwww.orpheusnotes.com Concerto for Piano (Four Hands) and String

Program Notes for Sonic Boom©2021 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolinwww.orpheusnotes.com Nir’s Notes The organ is called the King of

Program Notes for Beethoven in Bloom©2021 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolinwww.orpheusnotes.com Harp Concerto– Jennifer Higdon Born December 31, 1962,

NOTES FROM NIR KABARETTI A piece of music that is based on another culture is called exoticism. Likewise, a composition

Program Notes for Royal Fireworks©2021 Orpheus Music Prose & Craig Doolinwww.orpheusnotes.com Suite from Naïs– Jean-Phillippe Rameau Baptised September 25, 1683, in

Graffiti: Concerto for Orchestra (2018) Michael Gilbertson (born in 1987) Michael Gilbertson, born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1987, holds degrees

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Mass in C major, Op. 86 (1807) Prince Nicolaus Esterházy, scion of one of the highest-ranking

“Nuages” and “Fêtes” from Nocturnes for Orchestra (1897-1899) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) The origin of Debussy’s Nocturnes is cloudy. It is possible that

Ash (1988) Michael Torke (born in 1961) Composers since the age of the Renaissance have incorporated popular songs and styles