Four Centuries of Great Music June 4, 2023 Full Body Orgasmic Scream Episode 1

Today on Four Centuries of Great Music we are beginning a series entitled Full Body Orgasmic Scream.  Let me take a step back to explain the origin of this series.  At a concert in April of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, during a performance of Tchaikovsky’s 5th symphony during the second movement, there was what was described as a “full body orgasmic scream”.  Now the story is a lot more complicated than you might think, but it is an interesting concept.  Well maybe we don’t have an orgasm when we listen to music, but I am sure that there are classical music pieces that give you that “tingle all over your body”.  Those are the works that we will be playing during this series of Four Centuries of Great Music episodes.  These episodes will be posted on Facebook after each show with the music on each episode.  I encourage you to make suggestions for each future episode about those classical music works that make you “tingle all over”.

First on tonight’s show is the work that started everything Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64:  I. Andante - Allegro con anima

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64.  II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza - Moderato con anima
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64.  III. Valse (Allegro moderato)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64.  IV. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace)

Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85:
Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio – Moderato
Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: II. Lento – Allegro molto
Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: III. Adagio
Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: IV. Allegro – Moderato – Allegro,


Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: I. Allegro moderato
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: II. Adagio di molto
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47: III. Allegro, ma non tanto