Episode 63: 18064 Vaughan-Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

Composer Steve Rouse constructs unique and indelible sound worlds on his album MORPHIC RESONANCE. The album is a revue of Rouse’s chamber music from the last two decades and beyond, and the works feat...

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Tomás Luis de Victoria’s requiem mass for six voices, written in 1603 and published in 1605, is an absolute masterpiece from the Renaissance Period. It is one of a handful of large-scale works that en...

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Mozart composed 17 Church Sonatas between 1772 and 1780. These church sonatas are short single-movement pieces that were performed during a celebration of the Mass between the Epistle and the Gospel. ...

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Mozart’s “Ascanio in Alba” was commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa. Her son, who would be Emperor Joseph II (who is featured in the movie “Amadeus”) would remember Mozart very well 10 years later wh...

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Although Mozart composed over 600 works, many of his compositions have not survived the 200 plus years of human history. Natural cataclysmic events can destroy much of man’s history, sadly, it is our...

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Mithridates, King of Pontus is a 3-act opera composed by the 14-year-old Mozart while touring Italy in 1770. The opera was an instant success being performed 21 times. Most musicians in Italy were ve...

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Symphony No. 11 in D major, K. 84/73q, was at one time considered unquestionably to be the work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Its status has, however, been challenged, and (as of 2008) remains uncertain...

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began learning how to compose piano and harpsichord concertos when he was 11 years old. Unlike his studies of the art of opera composition by other composers, his father, Leopo...

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