Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 1
Mahler's 6th Symphony is one of his most complex and ambitious pieces, though it retains a firmly classical structure throughout. It has notorious performance problems such as the order of the middle ...
2 Juli 202041min
Founding an Orchestra, w/ Eric and Colin Jacobsen of The Knights
Eric and Colin Jacobsen are co-founders of the The Knights. The orchestra has claimed a spot over the last 10 years as one of the most dynamic and adventurous orchestras in the world. Colin and Eric a...
29 Juni 202044min
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
Saint-Saens considered his 3rd symphony his greatest work: "I have given all that I had to give. What I have done I shall never do again." Later in his life, Saint-Saens would be known as an arch-cons...
25 Juni 202046min
The Organ, Competitions, Filmmaking, and more w/ Alcee Chriss and Stacey Tenenbaum
I had a chance to sit down with the award winning duo of organist Alcee Chriss and filmmaker Stacey Tenenbaum for a fascinating interview about the organ, competitions and more. We talk about Chriss' ...
22 Juni 202037min
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Beethoven's Triple Concerto might be his most heavily criticized work. Musicians look down on it, critics always complain about it, conductors hate conducting it, orchestral musicians hate playing it,...
18 Juni 202051min
Encounters with Milhaud, Messiaen, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti, with John Heiss
John Heiss teaches composition, flute, and music history at the New England Conservatory. I first encountered Mr. Heiss in his legendary Schoenberg/Stravinsky class at NEC and have been an admirer of ...
15 Juni 202056min
The Life and Music of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Just a glance at a biography of Le Chevalier should have every movie producer salivating. He was the son of a 17 year old slave and her white owner. He was an expert athlete, known as the greatest fen...
11 Juni 202046min
Stephen Hough on Practicing Through the Pandemic, Composing, and Classical Music as Entertainment.
First, I want to let my listeners know that Thursday will begin a new commitment to exploring the works of minority composers. It's long past time to begin doing that. For today, please enjoy this tho...
8 Juni 202045min
