Tulsa Symphony Season Preview Pt 1
A look at the Tulsa Symphony's 2007-2008 concert programs.
5 Juli 200715min
Rosssini's Petit Messe Solonnelle
Rossini, the master of bel canto opera, retired young, rich, and famous. Decades later, in old age and ill health, Rossini returned to composition and crafted a liturgical mass as his final work, a wo...
18 Maj 200712min
The Essential Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky's music holds a sacred place in Russian culture. Dmitri Shostakovich said, "Without Tchaikovsky we could not endure our sorrows." Professor Carol examines his Fifth Symphony and consider...
7 Maj 200716min
Music of the American Spirit 2
Professor Carol considers the question "What is Music of the American Spirit?" by considering themes across two centuries of American choral repertoire. She discusses the history, customs, and geogra...
28 Apr 200714min
Music of the American Spirit
John Gibson's choral work "Mockingbird Sings" utilizes Native American texts of the Yuma Zuni, Laguna, and Apache tribes. The title refers to the individual charged with remembering events and traditi...
18 Apr 200718min
Pulling Out All the Stops
Professor Carol talks with Mary Preston, the resident organist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, about the Lay Family Concert Organ. The organ built by C.B. Fisk for the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Ce...
9 Apr 200722min
Programming the Recital
Chopin would have been surprised at the idea of a solo piano recital in a concert hall. Professor Carol talks about the programming of recitals and works of Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy...
2 Apr 200713min
Schumann's Papillon and Fantasy
Professor Carol gives a biography of Schumann's early years, comparing Schumann's youthful work Papillons with his later Fantasy in C Major against the backdrop of his courtship of the young pianist C...
12 Mars 200714min
