Opus 1s: The First Works of Great Composers, Part 2
Every great composer has an origin story. Every composer started somewhere. I'm fascinated with a composers first works because they tell us so much about who they are going to become. In some cases, ...
23 Apr 202042min
What is Historical Performance? w/Augusta McKay Lodge
Have you ever wondered what the real differences are between modern and historical performance? Why do historical performances sound so different from modern ones? This week, we take a deep dive into ...
20 Apr 202041min
Opus 1s: The First Works of Great Composers, Part 1
Every great composer has an origin story. Every composer started somewhere. I'm fascinated with a composers first works because they tell us so much about who they are going to become. We can see in s...
16 Apr 202045min
Conductor's Roundtable
This week I was proud to join the Phoenix Orchestra's livestream at twitch.tv/thephoenixorch for a quarantined conductor's roundtable featuring Matthew Szymanski, Aram Demirjian, and Gemma New. We dis...
13 Apr 202056min
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Part 2
Bartok did not have an easy life in the US, and he was constantly both homesick and horrorstruck by the news from across the ocean. The final three movements of his Concerto for Orchestra display some...
9 Apr 202047min
Bartok Concerto For Orchestra, Part 1
In 1944, Bartok, dying of Leukemia and weighing only 87 lbs, was commissioned to write a new orchestral piece. He had not written any music for years, and was barely clinging to life. The commission s...
2 Apr 202042min
Shostakovich Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad"
I've been coming back to this symphony again and again over the past couple of weeks. The story of the composition and Leningrad performance of Shostakovich 7 is one of the most remarkable stories of ...
26 Mar 202040min
The Overtures of Beethoven
Never fear everyone, the podcasts are still coming during this crazy time! This week I'll take you through 7 of Beethoven's greatest overtures, pieces that distill Beethoven's storytelling abilities, ...
19 Mar 202056min
