As the curtain rises on 2017, here’s a little collection of some memorable and auspicious beginnings from the world of classical music… Works that right from the starting gate hint at the masterpieces that are to follow.
Celebrate a New Year with Memorable Musical Beginnings
If you want to see whether you’re able to identify what those works are, click and drag over the blank spaces below to reveal the titles.
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
- Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
- Stravinsky: Petrushka
- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
- Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
- Haydn: Symphony 104
- Bizet: Carmen Overture
- Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture
- Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
- Dvorak: ‘New World’ Symphony No. 9
- Grieg: Piano Concerto
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Respighi: The Pines of Rome
