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Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132, Part 2
Season 9 Episode 212
If you joined me last week, you heard about the severe intestinal illness that Beethoven suffered from during the year of 1825. Beethoven thought th…
2 years, 5 months ago
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132, Part 1
Season 9 Episode 211
I had long hesitated to write a show about any of Beethoven's late string quartets. These are pieces that professional quartets spend the better par…
2 years, 6 months ago
Nielsen Symphony No. 4, "Inextinguishable"
Season 9 Episode 210
At the top of the score for the Danish composer Carl Nielsen's 4th symphony, he wrote: "Music is life, and like it, inextinguishable."
This could eas…
2 years, 6 months ago
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Season 9 Episode 209
The stories, legends, and myths about the trials and travails of composers lives are legion, like Beethoven's battles against fate, Mozart and Schube…
2 years, 6 months ago
Elgar Cello Concerto
Season 9 Episode 208
Elgar's Cello Concerto was composed in the shadow of World War 1. It was a piece that marked a profound shift in Elgar's outlook on life and music, a…
2 years, 6 months ago
Romeo and Juliet in Classical Music
Season 9 Episode 207
The "love theme" from Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture is one of the most famous themes in the history of Western Classical Music. Th…
2 years, 7 months ago
Mozart Symphony No. 38, "Prague"
Season 9 Episode 206
Very few cities have had a relationship with a single person, especially a foreigner, like the city of Prague and its love affair with Mozart. Here's…
2 years, 7 months ago
Jean-Louis Duport Cello Concerto No. 4
Season 9 Episode 205
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Have you ever heard of Jean-Louis Duport? I imagine that unless you are a professional ce…
2 years, 7 months ago
Brahms B Major Piano Trio
Season 9 Episode 204
When we listen to the music of Johannes Brahms, we often are reminded of the image of the portly bearded Brahms at the piano, eyes closed in a soulfu…
2 years, 8 months ago
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Season 9 Episode 203
There's a joke among classical musicians that the only parts of a piece that matter are the beginning, the end, and one place in the middle. I don't…
2 years, 8 months ago