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A Conversation with Harry Christophers, Founder and Director of The Sixteen
Season 6 Episode 73
This week I spoke with Harry Christophers, who wears many different hats in his jobs as Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society, and as the…
5 years, 3 months ago
Mahler Symphony No. 3, Part 1
Season 6 Episode 72
Mahler on his third symphony: "Just imagine a work of such magnitude that it actually mirrors the whole world—one is, so to speak, only an instrument…
5 years, 3 months ago
A Conversation with Composer and Violinist Jesse Montgomery
Season 6 Episode 71
Jessie Montgomery is an acclaimed composer, violinist, and educator. Her works are performed frequently around the world by leading musicians and ens…
5 years, 4 months ago
Politics in Classical Music
Season 6 Episode 70
First of all, if you're American, I hope you're listening to this while standing in line to vote! Western Classical Music does not have the reputati…
5 years, 4 months ago
Mozart Symphony No. 40
Season 6 Episode 69
This week continues my project of reuploading seasons 1-5 in new and improved sound quality! The opening of Mozart's 40th symphony is one of the most…
5 years, 4 months ago
"Wagnerism" with Alex Ross
Season 6 Episode 68
This week I got to cross off a Sticky Notes bucket list item by interviewing the best-selling author and critic Alex Ross. We talked about his incred…
5 years, 4 months ago
Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann: A Love Story
Season 6 Episode 67
Today is the beginning of a new project to re-upload older episodes in new and improved sound quality! First up is a story I can't believe Hollywood …
5 years, 5 months ago
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Season 6 Episode 66
In one of the most famous reviews in this history of Western Classical Music, Eduard Hanslick torched the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, saying that th…
5 years, 5 months ago
Bruckner Symphony No. 4
Season 6 Episode 65
Bruckner's symphonies are a world unto their own. They are epic works that are also full of a trademark humility that is present in the work of no ot…
5 years, 5 months ago
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Season 6 Episode 64
In 1919, the impresario Sergei Diaghilev came up with the idea of having Stravinsky write a ballet inspired by 18th century music by composers like P…
5 years, 5 months ago