How does a composer capture the spirit of a country, especially if it's not his native land? Mendelssohn, in his Italian Symphony, gives us one of the best examples of someone doing just that, giving us a tightly integrated, yet highly independent set of 4 snapshots from his travels all over Italy. And yet, despite the piece being called the Italian Symphony and being indelibly associated with the country, the symphony remains a relatively traditional 4 movement German classical symphony. What we hear then is a brilliant amalgamation of a symphony and a tone poem that is among the first of its kind. The symphony tells no story, has no narrative, and yet, when we finish the breathless Tarantella that ends the piece, we feel like we’ve been flicking through a photo album of Felix’s vacation, smiling (mostly) all along the way. Today we’ll talk all about how Mendelssohn builds this symphony and how each movement captures such a distinctive character, while remaining Mendelssohnian to its core - kind, warm-hearted, and full of bubbling energy. Join us!
Talking Conducting, Studying, and Loneliness w/ Dalia Stasevska
The Connection Between Language and Music w/ Yundu Wang
A Decidedly Undogmatic Conversation w/ Mahan Esfahani
Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 3
Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 2
Programming Post-Covid, Competitions, and the Negro Folk Symphony, w/ Ryan Bancroft
Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 1
Founding an Orchestra, w/ Eric and Colin Jacobsen of The Knights
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
The Organ, Competitions, Filmmaking, and more w/ Alcee Chriss and Stacey Tenenbaum
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Encounters with Milhaud, Messiaen, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti, with John Heiss
The Life and Music of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Stephen Hough on Practicing Through the Pandemic, Composing, and Classical Music as Entertainment.
Bartok Violin Duos and Social Duoing
How Musical Revolutions Were Created, Part 2 - w/ Jan Swafford
Sibelius Symphony No. 7
How Musical Revolutions Were Created, Part 1 - w/Jan Swafford
Respighi, "The Pines of Rome"
Quarantine, Richter, Kleiber, Dvorak, Zander, Wearing Different Hats, and Schumann w/ Zsolt Bognar
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
Immediately Kinfolk
Turned On
Resident by Hernan Cattaneo
Markus Schulz presents Global DJ Broadcast