I asked AI to program an orchestra season… this is what it did

There has been a lot of talk about AI in the news recently, with Chat GPT, Bing AI, and Google Bard all being released to the public. This got thinking about what AI could do in the classical music industry, so I decided to set Chat GPT a task…

“Program a season for an orchestra of 30 concerts. Each concert should be about 90 minutes long and contain multiple pieces, ideally with thematic links between the pieces”

I have to say… I’m kind of blown away with the result. Not only did it create an entire concert season, but it also included concert names, family and movie concerts, and a concert “celebrating women composers”!

Below is the full unedited response from Chat GPT. I’ll let you decide if it’s done a good job or not, and I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Concert 1 - "Opening Night"

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Mozart: Requiem Mass in D minor

Concert 2 - "Russian Masters"

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Concert 3 - "Romanticism"

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde

Concert 4 - "Musical Storytelling"

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite

Concert 5 - “The Music of Scandinavia”

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 "The Inextinguishable"

Concert 6 - "Italian Inspiration"

Rossini: William Tell Overture
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
Verdi: La Traviata Prelude and "Sempre Libera" aria

Concert 7 - Theme: From Opera to Ballet

Puccini: "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

Concert 8 - "Eastern Promises"

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical"
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Borodin: Symphony No. 2

Concert 9 - "Beethoven and Friends"

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor

Concert 10 - "Baroque Brilliance"

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2
Vivaldi: Gloria in D major

Concert 11 - "Dances and Festivals"

Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Strauss II: Blue Danube Waltz
Shostakovich: Festive Overture

Concert 12 - “Fantastical Adventures: An Orchestra Concert for the Whole Family”

Grieg - "Morning Mood" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Anderson - "The Typewriter"
Rimsky-Korsakov - "Flight of the Bumblebee"
Grieg - "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Camille Saint-Saëns - "Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium"
John W. Bratton - "The Teddy Bears' Picnic"
Dukas - "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
Mancini - "The Pink Panther Theme"
Giacchino - "The Incredibles Suite"
Menken - "Beauty and the Beast"
Elton John and Hans Zimmer - "The Lion King Medley"
ENCORE: Williams - "The Imperial March" from Star Wars

Concert 13 - "Czech It Out"

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"
Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau)
Janacek: Sinfonietta

Concert 14 - German Romantics

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, "Emperor"
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor

Concert 15 - "Classical Masterpieces"

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Concert 16 - Spanish and Latin American Music

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia
Piazzolla: Libertango

Concert 17: "French Impressionism"

Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Satie: Gymnopédies
Debussy: La Mer

Concert 18: “Russian Composers”

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Concert 19 - "American Mavericks"

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Concert 20 - "Vienna Classics"

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Concert 21 - "Romantic Cello"

Elgar: Cello Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"
Saint-Saëns: The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals)

Concert 22 - "Spanish Nights"

Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Ravel: Bolero

Concert 23 - “Music at the Movies”

Williams - "Jurassic Park Theme" from Jurassic Park
Williams - "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Williams - "Theme from Schindler's List" from Schindler's List
Shore - "The Fellowship" from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Horner - "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic
Rota - "The Godfather Theme" from The Godfather
Rota - "Love Theme" from Romeo and Juliet
Morricone - "Gabriel's Oboe" from The Mission
Williams - "Theme from E.T." from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Williams - "Raiders March" from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Conti - "Theme from Rocky" from Rocky
ENCORE: Goldsmith – “Star Trek: The Motion Picture" from Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Concert 24 - “Russian Romantics”

Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Shostakovich: Festive Overture

Concert 25 - "Beethoven's World"

Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Concert 26 - "Mozart and the Classical Era"

Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

Concert 27 - "Celebrating Women Composers"

Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C major
Amy Beach: Gaelic Symphony

Concert 28 - “From Italy with Love”

Verdi: Overture to "La Forza del Destino"
Rossini: Overture to "The Barber of Seville"
Puccini: "Nessun Dorma" from "Turandot"

Concert 29 - “Vienna to Paris”

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"
R. Strauss: Don Juan
Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 74

Concert 30 - "Eastern Promise"

Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Khachaturian: Spartacus - Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major

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