Wynton Marsalis and the "Blues Symphony"
I had the chance to sit down with virtually with the legendary Wynton Marsalis for a conversation about Jazz, comparing jazz and classical pieces, why so many classical composers writing jazz fail and...
10 Jun 202141min
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Part 2
The cycle is complete! Would it surprise you to find out that Beethoven's 9th Symphony wasn't his last piece? Would it surprise you that he was actually considering an all instrumental movement for th...
4 Jun 20211h 1min
Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Part 1
More has been written about the meaning of Beethoven's 9th than any other symphony. There are more recordings of it, more performances of it, and more uses of its most famous theme, the Ode to Joy, th...
1 Jun 202148min
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
In 1812, Beethoven's life was in ruins. He was embroiled in court battles, pining away for his "Immortal Beloved," and profoundly depressed. His musical response is one of his funniest, most charming,...
27 Mai 202143min
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
The composer Carl Maria Von Weber called it the work of a madman. Clara Schumann's father, Friedrich Wieck, called it the work of a drunk. Beethoven's 7th has been popular ever since its premiere, but...
20 Mai 202155min
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
Beethoven once said: "No one can love the country as much as I do. For surely woods, trees, and rocks produce the echo which man desires to hear." There's no better example of Beethoven's love of natu...
17 Mai 20211h 1min
Beethoven Symphony No. 5
They are the most famous 8 notes in all of Western Classical Music. If you walk down the street and ask someone to name a piece of classical music, they will surely say Beethoven 5. But why? What's th...
13 Mai 202156min
Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Beethoven often gets the reputation of being a composer of extreme seriousness, shaking his fist at the heavens while dealing with a litany of medical ailments and heartbreak, and there is some truth ...
10 Mai 202153min
