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Elgar: Enigma Variations
Season 8 Episode 123
Elgar told us all about how the inspiration for his first great success: "I began to play, and suddenly my wife interrupted by saying: "Edward, that'…
4 years, 5 months ago
Fantasia 2021: 7 Pieces to Get You Started with Classical Music
Season 8 Episode 122
Almost everyone classical music fan has a memory of the first time they saw Fantasia. The brilliant combination of music and visuals made lifelong cl…
4 years, 5 months ago
Debussy La Mer
Season 8 Episode 121
It's 1905 and you've just come to the premiere of Debussy's La Mer. The orchestra begins playing, and a magical and completely unique journey begins.…
4 years, 5 months ago
Mozart Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Season 8 Episode 120
Mozart's Jupiter Symphony is a piece that can practically define the classical era symphony. Mozart pulls out every trick in the compositional book a…
4 years, 5 months ago
Schumann Symphony No. 2
Season 8 Episode 119
Schumann's life was marked with severe mental health issues. In 1844, Schumann suffered one of his worst breakdowns yet. He was dizzy, weak, had visi…
4 years, 6 months ago
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Season 8 Episode 118
Brahms spent much of his life battling with his ambition to write great symphonies and his terror at the spectre of Beethoven looming over him. His f…
4 years, 6 months ago
How to Understand(and Enjoy!) Atonal Music, Part 2: The Wars of the 1950s
Season 8 Episode 117
The 1950s featured a musical battle, pitting composers like Boulez, Carter, and Babbit against Bernstein, Copland, and Messaien. But how did the Post…
4 years, 6 months ago
How to Listen to (and Enjoy!) Atonal Music, Part 1
Season 8 Episode 116
This week we're talking all about atonal music! I'm going to tell you all about the history of this controversial development in classical music, its…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Degenerates: Music Suppressed by the Nazis
Season 8 Episode 115
From the end of WWI until 1933, classical music in Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe was flourishing, with composers such as Zemlinsky, Weill, Kre…
4 years, 6 months ago
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Season 8 Episode 114
In 1901, in the throes of the Finnish Independence movement, Jean Sibelius composed his legendary 2nd Symphony. Sibelius' close colleague, the conduc…
4 years, 7 months ago