Program Notes
Over the years Julian has contributed program notes for many Bay Area concerts — written to be more entertaining than earnestly scholarly or musicological. The Vaughan Williams note is a good sample of the style.
- Bach, Double Violin Concerto
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor
- Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A major
- Brahms, Academic Festival Overture
- Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn
- Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C minor
- Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E minor
- Brahms, Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
- Debussy, Petite Suite
- Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor
- Dvořák, Symphony No. 8 in G major
- Elgar, Enigma Variations
- Liszt, Les Préludes
- Mendelssohn, Reformation Symphony in D major
- Mozart, Overture to "The Magic Flute"
- Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra
- Prokofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
- Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol
- Saint-Saëns, Organ Symphony
- Saint-Saëns, Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor
- Sibelius, Karelia Suite
- Sibelius, Symphony No. 2
- Sibelius, Symphony No. 7
- Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D minor
- Strauss, Oboe Concerto
- Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
- Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
- Tchaikovsky, Valse-Scherzo in C major for Violin and Orchestra
- Vaughan Williams, The Wasps: Aristophanic Suite
- Wieniawski, Polonaise Brillante No. 1, Op. 4 in D major