Poster Mahler
Mahler composed a burlesque for his Ninth Symphony
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Morning Glories: Burlesque

Every weekday morning at 10 a.m., the hosts at Classical MPR play a standout work based on the theme for the week. We call them Morning Glories.

On this week's Morning Glories, we'll share some of the best known examples of burlesque in classical music.

Monday

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9 III. Rondo-Burleske

Tuesday

William Walton: Capriccio Burlesco

Wednesday

Georg Philipp Telemann: Ouverture-Suite "Burlesque de Quixotte"

Thursday

Russian Burlesques

Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 IV. Burlesque

Ossip Gabrilowitsch Caprice Burlesque

Peter Tchaikovsky Orchestral Suite No. 2 III. Scherzo burlesque

Friday

Richard Strauss: Burleske in D Minor

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