I 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 War II and the Holocaust, including Schoenberg, Strauss, Shostakovich, and Britten. This week we talked about the historical symbiosis between Germans and German Jews, the concept of Bildung, a central idea in German culture throughout the 19th and early 20th century, Mendelssohn's role in creating a sense of "German" music, Schoenberg's remarkable prescience about what lay in the future after the Nazis took power in Germany, his remarkable Survivor from Warsaw, the first major musical memorial to the Holocaust, and the almost hard to believe it's so wild story of the premiere of the piece. This is truly one of my favorite books about classical music that I've ever read, so I highly recommend picking it up. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did!
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Part 2
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, Part 1
Ysaye Sonatas for Solo Violin
Mahler Symphony No. 1, Part 2
Mahler Symphony No. 1, Part 1
The Music of Heinrich Schutz (and Brahms!)
Bartok Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste
Bach Transformed
Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Shostakovich Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"
Sticky Notes Vs. Wagner w/ Rafael Payare
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Fantasia 2021: 7 Pieces to Get You Started with Classical Music
Debussy La Mer
Mozart Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Schumann Symphony No. 2
Brahms Symphony No. 2
How to Understand(and Enjoy!) Atonal Music, Part 2: The Wars of the 1950s
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