Approved Classical Music Performance Videos

There are two categories of lists provided below:

1. Approved Classical Music Performance Videos (List 1)
   1. The piece performed on the video is your focus for the Pre-Concert Report Form.
      1. If you wish to attend a live performance, send your instructor the date, ensemble performing, and complete program (list of all pieces on the program and the name of the composer for each work).
   2. NOTE: If the piece has multiple movements, you must select and identify one movement that you will use for the music description. In most instances, this information is listed in the Approved Video list.
   3. You will watch the video again (one or more times) or attend a selected live performance of your choice before you write your Concert Paper.
2. Approved Contrasting/Non-Classical Music Performance Videos (List 2)
   1. It is required that you use a performance that is not classical music to contrast with the performance used for the report form.
   2. There is no report form required for this performance.
   3. Watch the video (one or more times) or attend a selected live performance of your choice before you write your Concert Paper.

IMPORTANT: For this part of your Concert Paper, you must select a music style with which you are not familiar.

You may use any of the performance videos in List 2 or attend any live performance of non-classical music attended during the semester to use for the Concert Paper. These live performances do not require instructor approval, but you may contact the instructor if you’re in doubt about the appropriateness of the music. NOTE: no other video performances can be used without prior approval.

The performance opportunities in the Denver area are too unclear as we deal with ever-changing pandemic restrictions to list here. Non-classical music styles include, among others: jazz, country, rap, EDM, punk, rock, alternative, metal, string band, ukulele, and world musics, such as mariachi, gamelan, salsa, Indian raga, Bollywood, taiko drumming, Celtic, J-pop, K-pop, etc.

LIST 1: Approved Classical Concert Video Options

Piece: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
Movement: First movement: Adagio—Allegro molto
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Performed by: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by: Alan Gilbert
Where: David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, New York
When: Sept. 21, 2016
https://youtu.be/QCfDtxcFoyM (Links to an external site.)

Piece: The Planets
Movement: Fourth movement: “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity”
Composer: Gustav Holst
Performed by: BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by: Susanna Malkki
Where: Royal Albert Hall, London
When: July 27, 2015
The Planets – IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity – Gustav Holst (Links to an external site.)

Piece: Candide
Movement: Overture
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Performed by: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by: Andres Orozco-Estrada
Where: Alte Oper (Old Opera House), Frankfurt, Germany
When: April 13, 2018
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra – Candide: Overture (Links to an external site.)

Piece: Cavalleria Rusticana 
Movement: Intermezzo
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Performed by: Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by: Andrea Colombini
Where: Vienna Musikverein Golden Hall
When: December 2014
MASCAGNI CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA INTERMEZZO – Lucca Philharmonic – Andrea Colombini Vienna (Links to an external site.)

Piece: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
Movement: (there are multiple movements, choose ONE of them)
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
Performed by: Norwestdeutsche Philharmonie, feat. Anna Fedorova, piano
Conducted by: Martin Panteleev
Where: Koninklijk Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
When: Sept. 1, 2013
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no.2 op.18 – Anna Fedorova – Complete Live Concert – HD (Links to an external site.)

LIST 2: Approved Contrasting/Non-Classical Performance Videos

Video options:

Piece: “The Fields of Athenry”
Performed by: Various performers with festival singalong
Live street performance (click on “Show more”)
Where: Athenry, Ireland
When: May 6, 2019
The Fields Of Athenry – World's Biggest Street Performance by Athenry Town & KamilFilms 2019 (Links to an external site.)

Piece: “De Que Manera Te Olvido”
Performed by: Lucero
Where: Televised arena performance
When: 1999
Lucero – De Qué Manera Te Olvido (Links to an external site.)

Piece: “Thunderstruck”
Performed by: AC/DC
Where: Antonio Vespucio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina
When: December 2009
AC/DC – Thunderstruck (Live At River Plate, December 2009) (Links to an external site.)

Piece: “Livin’ on Love”
Performed by: Alan Jackson
Where: Red Rocks Amphitheater
When: May 17, 2015
Alan Jackson – Livin' On Love – Keepin' It Country (Links to an external site.)

Piece: Sekar Jagat
Performed by: MSU Denver’s Gamelan Manik Kusuma
Where: King Center Concert Hall, Auraria Campus
When: Dec. 2018 at Holiday Card to the City
Gamelan: Sekar Jagat (Links to an external site.)

Live options: Any performance of your choosing that is not classical music.