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Ravel, Bolero + La Valse
Season 9 Episode 202
Maurice Ravel the Magician, the Swiss Watchmaker, the aloof, the elegant, the precise, the soulful, the childlike, the naive, the warm, the radical, …
2 years, 8 months ago
Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
Season 9 Episode 201
Have you ever been to an art museum and wished that you had music to accompany your experience? Music that made the art you were looking at more viv…
2 years, 8 months ago
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Season 9 Episode 200
Welcome to episode number 200 of Sticky Notes!!
On December 22nd, 1808, a day that would live in classical music lore forever, Ludwig Van Beethoven s…
2 years, 8 months ago
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8
Season 9 Episode 199
What did Dmitri Shostakovich intend to portray in his music? There is probably no more debated a question in all of 20th century Western Classica lMu…
2 years, 9 months ago
What Does a Conductor Really Do?
Season 9 Episode 198
Have you ever wondered what it is that us conductors are really doing up there? Are we just waving our arms in time to the music? What role does the …
2 years, 9 months ago
All things Piano with Marc-André Hamelin
Season 9 Episode 197
Marc-André Hamelin is one of the world's greatest living pianists. He is known as a virtuoso of the highest order and has made nearly 100 recordings …
2 years, 9 months ago
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Season 9 Episode 196
"This is Fate, the force of destiny, which ever prevents our pursuit of happiness from reaching its goal, which jealously stands watch lest our peace…
2 years, 9 months ago
My 25 Favorite Moments in Classical Music (Part 2)
Season 9 Episode 195
Last week we covered moments 1-15 in my top 25 favorite moments in classical music, going all the way up towards the end of the 19th century. This we…
2 years, 10 months ago
My Top 25 Favorite Moments in Classical Music (Part 1)
Season 9 Episode 194
What MAKES a moment in a piece of classical music? Sometimes it's the result of careful pacing from a composer, the slow build to a powerful release.…
2 years, 10 months ago
Mendelssohn Octet in E Flat Major, Op. 20
Season 9 Episode 193
From 1825-1827, Mendelssohn wrote 3 of his most beloved and most played works: his Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, his String Quartet, Op. 13, and …
2 years, 10 months ago