Respighi, "The Pines of Rome"
Respighi occupies a strange place in musical history. He is almost never considered to be one of the "greats," though his mastery of orchestral color is never doubted by anyone. Today on this Patreon ...
21 Maj 202041min
Mahler Symphony No. 2, Part 3
At the end of 1893, Mahler could not find a way to end his 2nd Symphony. But the funeral of Hans Von Bulow, a conductor who Mahler worshipped even though Von Bulow hated Mahler's music, gave Mahler wh...
14 Maj 202055min
Classical Music During the Pandemic
Today I was thrilled to have with me Matthew Szymanski of the Phoenix Orchestra and Aram Demirjian of the Knoxville Symphony on the show to talk about what classical music as a whole is going to need ...
11 Maj 202044min
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 Maj 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 Maj 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
