Stravinsky’s Les Noces
A coffin on a gondola, a ballet dancer with no pants on, an anti-patriarchy show, a royal scandal and a Russian peasant wedding ceremony - this and more, as well as tons of great music in our longest ...
25 Mar 20231h 41min
Mily Balakirev’s oriental fantasy ”Islamey”
The world's most difficult solo piano piece and its nationalist antisemitic author are the hot topic of this episode. Is it all that simple though?..
11 Mar 20231h 14min
Season 2 introduction
After 2 years of silence, Pizzicato Ost returns with a second season. This introduction episode presents the concept and the idea of the new season.
3 Mar 202316min
Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" (pt. 2)
We continue talking about the great piano suite, where babbling French ladies mix with an even old witch, and a gate is wearing a helmet... https://spoti.fi/2P94ffW
20 Mar 202154min
Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" (pt. 1)
The most orchestral of all piano works, a piece that has inspired so many great musicians, Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an exhibition" is our topic for two episodes. Composed as an homage to the composer...
6 Mar 20211h 19min
Beethoven's Große Sonate für Hammerklavier b-flat major, op. 106
"Here you have a sonata that will be a hard nut to crack; pianists will grit their teeth from it for another 50 years". 200 years later, pianists still grit their teeth from Beethoven's Hammerklavier ...
20 Feb 20211h 6min
Georges Bizet: Orchestral suites played by Orchestre de la Bastille with Myung-Whun Chung
Bizet's bright and dazzling suites for orchestra (Carmen, L'Arlesienne, and Jeux d'enfants) are full of energy, the spirit of Provence and Spain. Here, they are played by the Orchestre de la Bastille ...
13 Feb 20211h 9min
Robert Schumann's Phantasiestücke (fantasy pieces) op. 12
One of Schumann's intimate and diverse piano cycles "Phantasiestücke" involves emotional states of his imaginary characters Florestan and Eusebius, and has appeared as a means of provoking jealousy. R...
6 Feb 20211h 4min
