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Brahms Violin Concerto
Oct 26, 2023Brahms' violin concerto is one of the most difficult works for any violinist to tackle. It is as virtuosic as the hardest piece of Paganini as well as being as musically complex as a Brahms symphony. ...
What Does Music Mean?
Oct 19, 2023Today is a bit of an unusual episode. Last month I was invited by the British Society of Aesthetics to address their annual conference. My task was to give a lecture on whatever topic I wanted, having...
William Grant Still Symphony No. 1., "Afro-American"
Oct 12, 2023On October 29th, 1931, The Rochester Philharmonic presented the world premiere of a new symphony by the composer William Grant Still. A symphonic premiere is always something to look out for in musica...
(Part 2) - The Music of World War II and the Holocaust with "Time's Echo" writer Jeremy Eichler
Oct 05, 2023This is another episode where I highly recommend listening to Part 1 from last week before listening to this episode! It was a great honor to speak with the critic and cultural historian Jeremy Eichle...
The Music of World War II and the Holocaust with "Time's Echo" writer Jeremy Eichler (Part 1)
Sep 28, 2023I had the great pleasure and honor this week(and next week) to speak with the author of the new book Time's Echo Jeremy Eichler. The book chronicles four composers and their varied reactions to World ...
Mahler Symphony No. 4, Part 2
Sep 21, 2023If you haven't listened to Part 1 of this episode about Mahler's 4th symphony, I highly recommend doing that, as every movement of this symphony builds to the "Heavenly Life" of the last movement. On ...
Mahler Symphony No. 4, Part 1
Sep 14, 2023After the truly heavenly slow movement of Mahler's 4th symphony, a soprano emerges and sings a song literally called "The Heavenly Life." It is a symphonic ending like no other, one that leaves the li...
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132, Part 2
Sep 08, 2023If you joined me last week, you heard about the severe intestinal illness that Beethoven suffered from during the year of 1825. Beethoven thought that he was near death; he was spitting up blood, in ...
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132, Part 1
Aug 31, 2023I had long hesitated to write a show about any of Beethoven's late string quartets. These are pieces that professional quartets spend the better part of their careers grappling with, struggling with,...
Nielsen Symphony No. 4, "Inextinguishable"
Aug 24, 2023At the top of the score for the Danish composer Carl Nielsen's 4th symphony, he wrote: "Music is life, and like it, inextinguishable." This could easily be the shortest podcast I've ever done. I coul...