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Steve Reich: Different Trains
Season 10 Episode 256
Steve Reich, the great American contemporary composer, provided this program note about his work Different Trains: “The idea for the piece came from my childhood. When I was one year old my parents s…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Best of Frenemies: Debussy and Ravel
Season 10 Episode 255
Debussy and Ravel are often described as the prototypical musical impressionists. It is often said that the two composers are the closest equivalents to the artistic world of Monet, Renoir, Pisarro, …
Published on 5 months ago
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1
Season 10 Episode 254
It’s hard to overstate the depth of the connection between Dmitri Shostakovich and the legendary cellist Mstistlav Rostropovich. Shostakovich and Rostropovich were extremely close friends, and Shosta…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Ravel, Ravel, Ravel, w/Boris Giltburg and G. Henle Verlag!
Season 10 Episode 251
Magician, Swiss Watchmaker, Aloof, Elegant, Precise, Soulful, Childlike, Naive, Warm: these are all words that have been used to describe Maurice Ravel, a man of elegant contradictions. But perhaps t…
Published on 6 months ago
Amy Beach, "Gaelic" Symphony
Season 10 Episode 253
Amy Beach is a name that might not be familiar to you. She was born in 1867 and died in 1944, and her life was one of the most fascinating and varied in musical history. She was a child prodigy, beca…
Published on 6 months ago
Sticky Notes en Français! Shostakovich Symphonie No. 13 (Bonus Episode)
Season 10 Episode 252
Voici un épisode bonus spécial de Sticky Notes en français, en avant-première de mes concerts avec l'Orchestre National de Lille, présentant la 13e symphonie de Shostakovich. Si vous souhaitez écoute…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Smetana: Ma Vlast
Season 10 Episode 250
Nationalism, patriotism, cultural identity, a sense of home; these are concepts and ideas whose popularity have ebbed and flowed throughout history. Nationalism has been seen as a natural expression …
Published on 7 months ago
Berg Violin Concerto
Season 10 Episode 249
In the early 1930s, at the height of the atonal and twelve tone movement in music, the American violinist Louis Krasner commissioned a concerto from the Viennese Composer Alban Berg. Berg declined at…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 135
Season 10 Episode 248
There is nothing like hearing a Late Beethoven String Quartet for the first time. Beethoven’s late string quartets, Op. 127, Op. 130, Op. 131, Op. 132, and Op. 135, are among the 5 greatest pieces of…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique LIVE w/ The Aalborg Symphony
Season 10 Episode 247
I'm so happy to share this live episode of Sticky Notes that I did with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra in Denmark back in October! This episode covered Berlioz's remarkable Symphonie Fantastique - th…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago