Mahler Symphony No. 2, Part 2
Today we explore the two middle movements of Mahler's 2nd symphony. These movements were meant as intermezzi, and are both memories in their own way. The first is a nostalgic, wistful, and extraordina...
7 Mai 202036min
Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
We're taking a brief detour from Mahler 2 today to discuss Debussy's legendary Afternoon of a Faun, a piece written in the same year as Mahler's 2nd symphony. It's easy to forget how revolutionary thi...
4 Mai 202035min
Mahler Symphony No. 2, Part 1
"What next? What is life and what is death? Will we live on eternally? Is it all an empty dream or do our life and death have a meaning? We must answer this question, if we are to go on living." These...
30 Apr 202038min
A Conversation with Jan Swafford, Composer and Author
If you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall for a slightly nerdy conversation between a conductor and a composer who also happens to be a great writer and thinker about classical music, this week's sho...
27 Apr 202056min
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
