Podcast #25 : Aribert Reimann: Unlocking Modern Music
Is modern classical music “ugly”? Why does contemporary classical music often feel challenging—and is it worth the effort to listen?In this episode, Jens and Joe dive into the world of modern classica...
14 Aug 29min
Podcast #24: BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ: The Symphonies
In this episode, Jens and Joe turn to Bohuslav Martinů, focusing on his six symphonies — works that sound “American” in spirit even though their composer was born in a Czech church tower. Written in t...
8 Aug 29min
Episode #23 : CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH: Passion and Easter Music
You’ve heard of Johann Sebastian, but it’s Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach — the second‑oldest Bach son — who offers some of the richest, most expressive sacred and Passion‑season music of the late 18th cen...
31 Jul 30min
Podcast #22 : ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: Miraculous and Ecclesiastic Adventures
When you hear “Engelbert Humperdinck”, you’ll usually think either of the King of Romance’s hit ballad Release Me (in which case you’ve got the wrong Humperdinck, as far as we are concerned) or of the...
24 Jul 29min
Podcast #21 : FRANZ SCHREKER: an old-fashioned modernist
In this episode, Jens & Joe tackle Franz Schreker, the missing link between Schoenberg and Zemlinsky — and a composer of wildly Freudian fairy‑tale operas that were all the rage between the wars. Deem...
17 Jul 29min
Podcast #20 : JOHANN STRAUSS II and his Contemporaries
If you wanted to dance with somebody in 19th‑century Vienna, Johann Strauss was your best bet for the soundtrack. But he wasn’t alone: a whole galaxy of composers cranked out waltzes, polkas, and oper...
10 Jul 29min
Podcast #19 : ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY - The Opera Composer
Once upon a time, there was a tiny little man in Vienna who composed the grandest operas. What started out as fairy‑tale works of musical theatre ended, alas, in tragic fashion for Alexander Zemlinsky...
3 Jul 29min
Podcast #18 : KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - A Life in Four Quartets
Krzysztof Penderecki: String Quartets, Trio and MoreThe whole stylistic world of Krzysztof Penderecki in just over 70 minutes sounds almost unbelievable — but that’s the total performing time of his w...
26 Jun 25min
