The piece played before the start of class was Igor Stravinsky, Concerto for Piano and Winds, I. Largo – Allegro – Piu mosso – Maestoso – Largo del principo (1923-24, revised 1950):
The other pieces in class, arranged alphabetically by composer’s last name:
Olivier Messaien, Quartet for the End of Time, VIII. In Praise of the Immortality of Jesus (1940)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Suite on Finnish Themes, I. Energico (1939)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D minor (1937)