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Brahms Double Concerto
Season 10 Episode 258
It's entirely possible that we would not know the name of Johannes Brahms very well if Brahms hadn't met Joseph Joachim as a very young man. Joachim,…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Copland Clarinet Concerto
Season 10 Episode 257
The commission for a new Clarinet Concerto from the great American composer Aaron Copland came from a rather unlikely source: Benny Goodman, the man …
10 months ago
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 …
10 months, 2 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…
11 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 Ros…
11 months, 1 week 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 Rav…
11 months, 3 weeks 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…
11 months, 3 weeks 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 s…
1 year 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. …
1 year 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 …
1 year, 1 month ago