(dedicated to Classical Music lovers, The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, and The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus)
apparent
resonant
rapturous
con spirito
soothing
brooding
appealing
devozione
endless
flawless
countless
con lenezza
vast palette
tone colors
exceptional
deeply personal
melodic
dynamic
rhythmic
harmonic
crowning glory
crowd-pleasing
showpiece-style
masterly playing
baton
supreme
joie de vivre
par excellence
solid
sublime
exciting
brilliant
brisk
charm
sparkle
tasteful
dexterity
suppleness
responsive
sentimentality
integrity
superbly
beautifully
masterfully
plaintive
ponderous
anticipated
exasperated
flexible
reportorial
impressive
folk material
texture
vivacity
pleasure
transparent
poise
subtle
elegance
refinement
tangible
attentive
delightful
triumphant
mighty
esteemed
celebrated
established
embrace
sensuous
enthusiastic
effervescent
grandiose
deservedly
tempestuous
encompassed
nimble agility
exquisite beauty
fiery impetuosity
lyrical outpourings
the bright timbres
rambunctious score
exhilarating fashion
scrupulous interpreter
witty panoply
acerbic harmonies
cascading lightness
invigorating accompaniment
delicacy
graceful
wizardly
astringency
glorious
lustrous
mellifluous
melancholy
dreamy
velvety
visceral
evocative
hushed
magical
cyclorama
silken waves
groove
floating
steady beat
the cacophony
endured
enriched
encouraged
enlightened
deepened
broadened
lengthened
strengthened
buoyant
accuracy
gleaming
exposure
aural glare
tonal beauty
much feeling
dramatic mood
fabulous chorus
standing ovations
evoking expression
introducing peaceful
apt velocity
rousing bravura
eloquent flavors
humored panache
inspired
restrained
motivated
innovative
subtler hues
barely audible
pointillist effects
consistently fascinating
ballet
opera
concerto
overture
aria
fantasia
fanfare
premiere
chorus
prelude
rhapsody
symphony
variations
the oratorio
music drama
symphonic poem
coda
cadenza
cantata
operetta
march
eroica
funeral
intermezzo
pathetique
fantastique
romantique
melancolique
adagio
allegro
andante
tranquillo
largo
moderato
presto
vivace
molto
poco
assai
quasi
pizzicato
con sordino
martellato
staccato
legato
legatura
accelerando
allargando
meno mosso
rallentando
ritardando
rubato
bewegt
lebhaft
feierlich
langsam
schnell
urlicht
mäßig
rasch
heftig
assez vif
rapide
lent
très
moins
modéré
impulsive
pejorative
inner gloom
heart-rending
to love
to enjoy
to spread
to nurture
to share
to depict
to involve
to describe
tragic
turmoil
grotesque
poignancy
intensely
mentally
eventually
momentarily
reuse
solace
languid
emotional
fanciful
intoxicating
promenade
masquerade
earnestly
seriously
vehemently
spontaneity
healing
essence
irresistible
irreplaceable
array
notes
current
themes
brass
strings
percussion
woodwinds
horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, saxophone
violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, pianoforte
timpani, snare drum, xylophone, gong, tubular bells
piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon
Zubin Mehta
Kent Nagano
Valery Gergiev
Fritz Busch
Artur Nikisch
Václav Talich
Fritz Reiner
Erich Kleiber
Otto Klemperer
Nicolai Malko
Ataulfo Argenta
Victor de Sabata
Georg Tintner
Wilhelm Gericke
Willi Boskovsky
Carmen Moral
Grzegorz Fitelberg
Agnieszka Duczmal
Seiji Ozawa
Osmo Vanska
Charles Dutoit
Anthony Wit
Clemens Krauss
Richard Tognetti
Alberto Zelman
Richard Gill
John Hopkins
Sakari Oramo
Gunnsteinn Ólafsson
Andrea Veneracion
Jahja Ling
Ludovic Morlot
Kirill Petrenko
Robert Sands
Silvestre Revueltas
Loris Tjeknavorian
Pinchas Steinberg
Marc Minkowski
Paavo Jarvi
Harry Norris
Nicolino Pellegrini
Gottfried von der Goltz
Edo de Waart
Sherif Mohie El Din
Morten Ryelund Sørensen
Otmar Suitner
Heinrich Schiff
Lorenz Duftschmid
Enrique Jordá
Alberto Quintero
Angel Gil-Ordoñez
Andris Nelsons
Nicholas McGegan
Giancarlo Guerrero
Libor Pešek
Zdeně k Chalabala
Lovro von Matač ić
Victor Borge
Mr. Arthur Fiedler
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Philippe Herreweghe
Eleazar de Carvalho
Alexander Yossifov
Mr. Mario Bernardi
Nicholas Goldschmidt
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Erich Kunzell
Eduardo Mata
Andre Kostelanetz
Gerónimo Giménez
Jesús López-Cobos
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Leo Ginsburg
Aleksandr Gauk
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Tay Teow Kiat
Ladislau Pietro Horvath
António Fortunato de Figueiredo
Samuil Samosud
Nikolai Golovanov
Konstantin Symeonov
Karl Eliasberg
Dmitri Kitajenko
Maxim Shostakovich
Nikolai Sokoloff
Evgeny Svetlanov
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Jessica Cottis
Sarah Ioannides
Simone Young
Ondrej Lenárd
Aleksandar Džambazov
Lucijan Marija Škerjanc
Simon Rattle
Claudio Abbado
Leopold Stokowski
Carlo Evasio Soliva
Werner Wolf Glaser
Niklaus Aeschbacher
Neeme Järvi
Bernard Haitink
Franz Welser-Most
Sir Charles Hallé
Sir John Pritchard
Sir Charles Groves
Walter Weller
David Atherton
Marek Janowski
Libor Pešek
Petr Altrichter
Gerard Schwarz
Gianandrea Noseda
Michael Dworzynski
Francois-Xavier Roth
Yuri Temirkanov
Daniel Harding
Leif Segerstam
Rebecca Miller
Stefan Asbury
Hugh Grunt
Donal Runicles
Kristjan Jarvi
Andre Previn
Pierre Boulez
John Eliot Gardiner
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Artur Rodzinski
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Serge Koussevitzky
Pierre Monteux
Rafael Kubelik
Igor Markevitch
Karl Bohm
Oskar Fried
Bruno Walter
Jong Won Park
Chien Wen-pin
Datuk Ooi Chean See
José Serebrier
Elnara Kerimova
Jean-Marie Auberson
Karel Ancerl
Carl Schuricht
Charles Munch
Bundit Ungrangsee
Rodolfo Saglimbeni
Oleksander Koshyts
Gunther Wand
Rudolf Kempe
Herbert Blumstedt
Lim Kek-tjiang
Charles Gerhardt
Afrasiyab Badalbeyli
Albert Coates
Ferenc Fricsay
Ernest Ansermet
Jansug Kakhidze
Christian Zacharias
Antonio de Almeida
David Zinman
Mariss Jansons
Rudolf Kempe
Stasys Šimkus
Jā zeps Vī tols
Alan Buribaev
Xian Zhang
Diane Wittry
Margaret Hillis
Chan Tze Law
JoAnn Falletta
Antonia Brico
Akira Endo
Armen Anassian
Jasmina Novokmet
Rachael Worby
Alondra de la Parra
Vítě zslava Kaprálová
Arturo Toscanini
Eugene Ormandy
Herbert von Karajan
Thomas Beecham
Gustavo Dudamel
Florence Louise Pettitt
Sir Neville Marriner
Sir Roger Norrington
Christopher Hogwood
Mr. George Szell
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Michael Tilson Thomas
Andre Cluytens
Sir Henry Wood
Felix Weingartner
Mr. Paul Kletzki
Sir John Barbirolli
Carlo Maria Giulini
Sergiu Celibidache
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Nikolai Golovanov
Willem Mengelberg
Eduard van Beinum
Hermann Scherchen
Sir John Barbirolli
Leonard Bernstein
Daniel Barenboim
Tullio Serafin
Andre Previn
Leonard Slatkin
Kurt Masur
Fritz Reiner
Lorin Maazel
Riccardo Muti
Sir Georg Solti
Richard Bonynge
Sir Colin Davis
Sir Adrian Boult
Richard Hickox
James Levine
Raymond Leppard
Sir Charles Mackerras
Helmuth Rilling
Erich Leinsdorf
Gerard Schwarz
Marin Alsop
Trevor Pinnock
Myung-whun Chung
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Gustav Holst's The Planets
Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
Henryk Gorecki's Totus Tuus
Arvo Pärt's Johannespassion
Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach
John Adams' The Death of Klinghoffer
Peggy Glanville-Hicks' Etruscan Concerto
Benjamin Britten's War Requiem
George Crumb's Ancient Voices of Children
Johannes Brahms's Ein Deutsches Requiem
Arnold Bax's Tintagel
Bohuslav Martinů 's Gilgamesh
Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite
Mikhail Glinka's Kamarinskaya
Maurice Ravel's Bolero, Daphnis et Chloe
Sergey Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances
Douglas Lilburn's Aotearoa
Karel Goeyvaerts' Aquarius
Simeon ten Holt's Canto Ostinato
Chen Yi's Chinese Myths Cantata
Osvaldo Golijov's St. Mark Passion
David Lang's Little Match Girl Passion
Witold Lutosł awski's Musique funebre, Jeux vénitiens
Steve Reich's Desert Music, Music for 18 Musicians
Samuel Barber's Symphony in One Movement
Mauricio Kagel's Staatstheater
Sofia Gubaidulina's Offertorium
Heinz Holliger's Schneewittchen
Per Nørgård's Voyage into the Golden Screen
Alexander Goehr's Behold the Sun Romanza
Pierre Boulez' Le marteau sans maître
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Stimmung, Mantra, Tierkreis
Henri Pousseur's Trois visages à Liège, Couleurs croisées
Helmut Lachenmann's Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern
Alexander Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy
Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain
Alexander Borodin's In the Steppes of Central Asia
Arnold Schoenberg's Friede auf Erden, Moses und Aron
Hector Berlioz's Te Deum, L'Enfance du Christ, Harold en Italie
Francis Poulenc's Motets pour le temps de noël, Babar the Elephant
Heinrich Isaac's Choralis Constantinus
George Frideric Handel's Israel in Egypt
Ralph Vaughan Williams's Mass in G minor
Paul Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Cesar Franck’s Les Eolides, Le chasseur maudit
Camille Saint-Saëns’ Le rouet d'Omphale, Danse Macabre
Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Manfred
Claude Debussy's La Mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben, Also Sprach Zarathustra
Dmitri Kabalevsky's The Comedians
Darius Milhaud's La Création du Monde
Michael Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage
Dmitri Shostakovich's The Gadfly Suite, Katerina Ismailova
Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No.5, Finlandia, En Saga, Tapiola
Sergey Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, L' Amour des 3 Oranges
Alois Hába's Matka
Silvestre Revueltas' Sensemayá
George Antheil's Ballet mécanique
Joseph Haydn's Orlando paladino
Antonio Vivaldi's Orlando furioso
Giacomo Puccini’s Messa di Gloria
Vincenzo Bellini ‘s Beatrice di Tenda
Giuseppe Verdi’s Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Sir Edward Elgar’s Pageant of Empire
Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle
Claudio Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Jean-Baptiste Lully's Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les surprises de l'Amour
Gaetano Donizetti ‘s Sinfonia Concertante in D major
Giovanni Pergolesi’s La conversione e morte di San Guglielmo
Alban Berg's Lyric Suite, Wozzeck
Heitor Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras
Anton Webern's Six Pieces for Orchestra
Arthur Honegger's Pacific 231
Walter Piston's The Incredible Flutist
Edgard Varèse's Amériques, Ionisation, Arcana
George Gershwin's An American in Paris
Paul Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis, Mathis der Maler
Virgil Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts, The Mother of Us All
Gyorgy Ligeti's Atmosphères
Bedř ich Smetana’s Má vlast
Iannis Xenakis' Metastasis
Leoš Janáč ek's Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba
Charles Ives' Three Places in New England
Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man
Hamilton Harty's An Irish Symphony
Havergal Brian's Gothic Symphony
Josef Suk's A Winter's Tale
Zoltán Kodály's Dances of Galanta
George Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody No.1
Béla Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
John Coolidge Adams' Harmonielehre
Manuel de Falla's The Three-Cornered Hat
Britten’s The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Mark-Anthony Turnage's Three Screaming Popes
Gunther Schuller's Of Reminiscences and Reflections
Oliver Knussen's Hums and Songs of Winnie-the-Pooh
Antonín Dvoř ák’s The Golden Spinning Wheel, Rusalka
Tō ru Takemitsu's A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden
Penderecki's Stabat Mater, Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Alexander von Zemlinsky's Lyric Symphony
Henry Purcell's King Arthur, The Moor's Revenge
Peter Sculthorpe's Kakadu, Earth Cry
Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King
Franz Liszt’s Les Preludes, Orpheus, Faust, Dante Symphonies
Robert Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri
Carl Maria von Weber’s Der Beherrscher der Geister
Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard Wagner’s Das Rheingold, Der Fliegende Holländer
Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Legend of The Invisible City of Kitezh, Sadko
Peter Boyer's Dreaming a World
Bob Chilcott's Be Simple Little Children
John Milford Rutter's Mass of the Children
J S Bach's Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Ludwig van Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, Pastoral
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No.41, Jupiter
(inspired by all wonderful orchestral, operatic, and choral music)
Amad, whew and a trillion whews. You never cease to amaze. It has been said, I think, that the average person knows one-thousand words. Have you exceeded the one-million mark, yet? Every music lover will thank you for taking them into outer space and back again, covering every nuance of the art of music. Musicians, conductors, composers, and avid listeners will identify easily and recognize in your all-inclusive whirlwind description what most of us want to say about our passionate love of the art form but can't. Most don't have the ability to describe our all-consuming feelings or have the mental access to sufficient words to create a living sensory image of what is stimulating us. Praise be to Ahmad! Thank you. Carol
Hi, Ahmad. I've been overworked lately and that's why I haven't been on.this site. Ahmad, I think your poems of late read like a thesaurus. You describe things and it goes on, but they're only adjectives for the most part. I think you need to use more verbs, or write about action. I think it's time for you to move to the next step and into a better style. After awhile, your poems sound just like the others. I don't know if this is how you are learning the intricacies of the English language. But try an action poem or, if it's more your style, try Haiku. And don't worry. I haven't sold a single poem yet. But I'm determined. Kaye
A brave endeavor. Includes so many things, it takes a while to absorb it all. Some of the stanzas read very quickly and then those with longer words slow down the pace, I suppose, in imitation of various speeds of an orchestra’s playing music. These words are especially meaningful to me: to love /to enjoy /to spread /to nurture, and to share/ to depict/ to involve/ to describe I preferred reading the adjectives describing the orchestra/music rather than the nouns and verbs. I like the first three stanzas the best especially with the Italian words at the end giving it an international flavor. I am glad you included other languages of French, German, etc. because music is one language for all. I am not familiar with all the directors, but my eyes opened wider each time I recognized one I knew. Interesting to see which composers and their compositions you included.
It's really interesting the melody of the Orchestra goes a long journey as the train of life?
well done. but some terms are there that i didn't understand. are they from a different language.
Ahmad, whatever you want, it's yours, sir. As a music lover, you have touched me deeply. Going to print and send to many. I know a conductor, Jorge Mester, and I'm sure he'll be honored to read this. Carol
Being one who adores classical music, I could not help but like this gigantic poem about a subject close to both of our hearts, Ahmad. I get to hear the great Cleveland Orchestra often, as it is featured on a regular program on one of our National Public Radio stations once every week. And, I have sat in concert to hear the wonderful Philadelphia Orchestra countless times, since I do not live too far from Philadelphia, which is the home of that respected orchestra. Reading your fine poem, I was surprised to note you mentioned Beethoven only once, a reference to his great sixth symphony. Had it not been for Beethoven's ground breaking third symphony, 'The Eroica, ' which changed how music was written and perceived forever, the sixth would never have been written the way it was, nor would composers like Schubert, Brahms, and even Mahler have ever been heard from. In my life, I have been priviledged to attend concerts at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and in Cologne and Bonn, Germany, as well as visit the very house where Beethoven was born. I also visited the Orcheste Suisse Romande in Geneva, Switzerland, where a Swiss cellist I knew from his being an exchange student in the US, played with the orchestra. His uncle was the conductor, Bruno Walter. Sadly, I never got to see Vienna, though. As I said before getting sidetracked, I liked your poem very much and it is a wonderful tribute to the great Cleveland Orchestra and related groups. Carl.
Breath-taking...well I know nothing about western music...but I can understand how much efforts you've put in here to shape up this informative poem...A masterpiece indeed
People need the harmony of the universe. A right and proper tribute to this one.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
What an effort and so informative, , , , , , , , , , , , , what else can i say, , ,