Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Scheherazade, also commonly Sheherazade (Russian: Шехераза́да , "Shekherazáda"; ] ), Op.
 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on "One Thousand and One Nights", also known as "The Arabian Nights".
 This orchestral work combines two features typical of Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colorful orchestration and an interest in the East, which figured greatly in the history of Imperial Russia, as well as orientalism in general.
 The name "Scheherazade" refers to the main character "Shahrazad" of the "One Thousand and One Nights".
 It is considered Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work.
Pastorale (Stravinsky)
Pastorale (Russian: Пастораль ) is a song without words written by Igor Stravinsky in 1907.
 Stravinsky composed the piece at his family's estate in Ustilug, Ukraine, while under the supervision of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and dedicated it to Rimsky-Korsakov's daughter Nadia.
Christmas Eve (opera)
Christmas Eve (Russian: Ночь перед Рождеством , "Noch' pered Rozhdestvom"), is an opera in four acts with music and libretto by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
 Composed between 1894 and 1895, Rimsky-Korsakov based his opera on a short story, "Christmas Eve", from Nikolai Gogol's "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka".
 The story had been used as the basis for an opera at least three times previously, including for Tchaikovsky's "Vakula the Smith" (1874).
 Oliver Knussen writes that "Rimsky is only interested in recreating the atmosphere of the folk-tale, fleshing it out for his stage pageant in a comparable way to Humperdinck in "Hansel".
Sadko (musical tableau)
Sadko, Op.
 5, is a "musical tableau" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, written in 1867 and revised in 1869 and 1892.
 It is sometimes called the first symphonic poem written in Russia.
 It was first performed in 1867 at a concert of the Russian Musical Society (RMS), conducted by Mily Balakirev.
 Rimsky-Korsakov later wrote an opera of the same name which quotes freely from the earlier work.
 From the tone poem the composer quoted its most memorable passages in the opera, including the opening theme of the swelling sea, and other themes as leitmotives - he himself set out to "utilize for this opera the material of my symphonic poem, and, in any event, to make use of its motives as leading motives for the opera".
Elegia (Madetoja)
Elegia (In English: Elegy; occasionally with the Finnish subtitle "Suru ", or "Sadness"), Op.
 4/1, is a composition for string orchestra by the Finnish composer Leevi Madetoja, who wrote the piece in 1909 during his student years.
 On 10 January 1910, Robert Kajanus, chief conductor of the Helsinki Orchestral Society, premiered the "Elegia" to great acclaim, with the piece described as the "first master work" of a budding "natural orchestral composer".
 Madetoja subsequently designated the "Elegia" as the first number in his four-movement "Sinfoninen sarja" ("Symphonic Suite"), Op. 4, which the Helsinki Orchestral Society performed in its entirety under the composer's baton on 26 September 1910.
 The suite's three other numbers are virtually unknown, and the "Elegia" typically is performed as a stand-alone concert piece.
 Stylistically reminiscent of Tchaikovsky, it is, to date, Madetoja's most recorded and well-known orchestral composition, as well as the most enduringly popular of his many miniatures.
Russian Symphony Concerts
The idea for the Russian Symphony Concerts was Rimsky-Korsakov's.
 He had become acquainted with Belyayev at the weekly "quartet Fridays" ("Les Vendredis") held at Belayev's home.
 Belayev had already taken a keen interest in the musical future of the teenage Alexander Glazunov, who had been one of Rimsky-Korsakov's composition students.
 In 1884, Belayev rented out a hall and hired an orchestra to play Glazunov's First Symphony plus an orchestral suite Glazunov had just composed.
 Glazunov was to conduct part of this concert.
 Seeing he was not ready to do this, Rimsky-Korsakov volunteered to take his place.
 This "rehearsal," as Rimsky-Korsakov called it, went well and pleased both Belayev and the invited audience.
 Buoyed by the success of the rehearsal, Belayev decided the following season to give a public concert of works by Glazunov and other composers.
 Rimsky-Korsakov's piano concerto was played, along with Glazunov's symphonic poem "Stenka Razin".
Capriccio Espagnol
Capriccio espagnol, Op.
 34, is the common Western title for a five movement orchestral suite, based on Spanish folk melodies, composed by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1887.
 Rimsky-Korsakov originally intended to write the work for a solo violin with orchestra, but later decided that a purely orchestral work would do better justice to the lively melodies.
 The Russian title is Каприччио на испанские темы (literally, Capriccio on Spanish Themes).
Antar (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Antar is a composition for symphony orchestra in four movements by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
 He wrote the piece in 1868 but revised it in 1875 and 1891.
 He initially called the work his Second Symphony.
 He later reconsidered and called it a symphonic suite.
 It was first performed in 1869 at a concert of the Russian Musical Society.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March [O.S. 6 March] 1844 21 June [O.S. 8 June] 1908 ) was a Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five.
 He was a master of orchestration.
 His best-known orchestral compositions—"Capriccio Espagnol", the "Russian Easter Festival Overture", and the symphonic suite "Scheherazade"—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his 15 operas.
 "Scheherazade" is an example of his frequent use of fairy tale and folk subjects.

Question: What symphonic suite and composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's 1888 piece?
Answer: Scheherazade