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The Life and Music of George Gershwin
Season 8 Episode 162
George Gershwin's story is like the story of so many American immigrants. His mother and father, Moishe and Rose Gershowitz, were Russian Jews who …
3 years, 7 months ago
Haydn Symphony No. 94, "Surprise"
Season 8 Episode 161
If you want to understand how a symphony works, look no further than the works of the Father of the symphony, Joseph Haydn.
In 1790, a concert promot…
3 years, 7 months ago
Derrick Skye: "Prisms, Cycles, and Leaps" w/ Derrick Skye
Season 8 Episode 160
Derrick Skye is one of the most creative, innovative, and brilliant composers of our time. His orchestral work, Prisms, Cycles, and Leaps is a musica…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Music of Olivier Messiaen
Season 8 Episode 159
There is one composer who I've never devoted a full show to that fills me with the same devotion and ecstasy as the people who claim that Wagner almo…
3 years, 8 months ago
Dvorak Symphony No. 8
Season 8 Episode 158
Bucolic. Sunny. Cheerful. Joyous. Folksy. Ebullient. Thrilling. These are all words that I found while researching Dvorak's 8th symphony. Dvorak's gi…
3 years, 8 months ago
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Season 8 Episode 157
How does a composer capture the spirit of a country, especially if it's not his native land? Mendelssohn, in his Italian Symphony, gives us one of t…
3 years, 8 months ago
Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor (+Schoenberg!)
Season 8 Episode 156
Today I'm going to be talking about one piece, but in two different ways. I'm going to start today with an in-depth look at Brahms' Piano Quartet in…
3 years, 8 months ago
Berio Folk Songs
Season 8 Episode 155
In 1964, the popular 20th century composer Luciano Berio was commissioned by Mills College in California to write a piece for voice and chamber orche…
3 years, 8 months ago
Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
Season 8 Episode 154
It's very easy to compare Sergei Prokofiev to Dmitri Shostakovich. They are the two most famous representatives of Soviet and Russian music of the 2…
3 years, 9 months ago
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24
Season 8 Episode 153
Imagine writing a concerto that prompted Beethoven to remark to a friend: "we'll never be able to write anything like that. Or a piece that prompted…
3 years, 9 months ago