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Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue
Season 10 Episode 242
"It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattle-ty bang, that is so often so stimulating to a composer – I frequently hear music in the ver…
1 year, 5 months ago
Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2
Season 10 Episode 241
During Bartok's life, the violin concerto we now know as Violin Concerto No. 2 was simply known as Bartok's only violin concerto. The reason? His fir…
1 year, 5 months ago
Dvorak Symphony No. 7
Season 10 Episode 240
In December of 1884, Dvorak wrote to a friend about the composition of a new symphony: "I am now busy with this symphony for London, and wherever I g…
1 year, 6 months ago
Shostakovich Symphony No. 4
Season 10 Episode 239
Shostakovich's 4th symphony is not for the faint of heart. It is a massive work, around an hour in length, and it calls for the second largest orches…
1 year, 6 months ago
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
Season 10 Episode 238
They are the most famous 8 notes in not only Western Music, but probably in all of music. If you walk down the street and ask someone to name a pain…
1 year, 7 months ago
Mozart Requiem
Season 10 Episode 237
This show is a bit different today. Last year I did a live video podcast on Mozart's Requiem for my Patreon subscribers. I've now edited that show in…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Life and Music of Lili Boulanger
Season 10 Episode 236
The history of classical music is littered with the stories of great composers who tragically died young. The composer I've been talking about for t…
1 year, 8 months ago
Schubert Sonata in B Flat, D. 960 (Part 2)
Season 10 Episode 235
There are a few tropes when it comes to Schubert's late music. The pieces are very long. They have four movements. The first two movemnts are expan…
1 year, 8 months ago
Schubert Sonata in B Flat, D. 960 (Part 1)
Season 10 Episode 234
For a long time I've received emails and messages from people asking, and sometimes demanding, that I explore the solo piano repertoire. Other than a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Mozart Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466
Season 10 Episode 233
H.C. Robbins Landon, the great musicologist, once wrote about Mozart that his music was "an excuse for mankind's existence and a small hope for our…
1 year, 9 months ago