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Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1
Oct 13, 2022In almost every one of the past shows I've done about Shostakovich, the name Joseph Stalin is mentioned almost as much as the name Dmitri Shostakovich, and of course, there's a good reason for that. S...
10 Pieces You've (Probably) Never Heard, But Need to Listen To!
Oct 06, 2022Everyone knows Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Even if United Airlines hadn't made the piece ubiquitous, it seems like the one piece of classical music almost everyone knows besides the beginning of Bee...
Ives, "Three Places in New England"
Sep 29, 2022In 1929, the conductor Nicolas Slonimsky contacted the American composer Charles Ives about performing one of his works. This was a bit of a surprise for Ives, since he had a checkered reputation amon...
Louise Farrenc Symphony No. 3
Sep 22, 2022In the mid 19th century, the way to make yourself famous in France as a composer was to write operas. From Cherubini, to Meyerbeer, to Bizet, to Berlioz, to Gounod, to Massenet, to Offenbach, to Saint...
Saint-Saens, The Carnival Of The Animals
Sep 15, 2022In 1922 a review appeared in the French newspaper Le Figaro: "We cannot describe the cries of admiring joy let loose by an enthusiastic public. In the immense oeuvre of Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carniv...
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Sep 08, 2022Welcome to Season 9 of Sticky Notes! We're starting with a bang this season with Brahms' incomparable 4th symphony. This symphony takes the listener on a journey that unexpectedly ends in a legendaril...
Mozart, The Music, The Myth, The Legend, w/ Jan Swafford
Aug 04, 2022"I think Mozart just really loved people." - Jan Swafford. For the Season 8 Finale, I had the great pleasure of welcoming back Jan Swafford, the great writer on music, who has written a spectacular n...
The Life and Music of George Gershwin
Jul 28, 2022George Gershwin's story is like the story of so many American immigrants. His mother and father, Moishe and Rose Gershowitz, were Russian Jews who came to New York City in the 1890s looking for a be...
Haydn Symphony No. 94, "Surprise"
Jul 21, 2022If you want to understand how a symphony works, look no further than the works of the Father of the symphony, Joseph Haydn. In 1790, a concert promoter and impresario named Johann Peter Solomon showe...
Derrick Skye: "Prisms, Cycles, and Leaps" w/ Derrick Skye
Jul 14, 2022Derrick Skye is one of the most creative, innovative, and brilliant composers of our time. His orchestral work, Prisms, Cycles, and Leaps is a musical thrill ride spanning influences from literally al...