A Concerted Effort

A Concerted Effort episodes

November 20, 2020 Intro to Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella
Prokofiev manages to move us as adult listeners despite presenting us with fairy tale music
11 min
August 21, 2020 Domestic String Quartets
Two String Quartets that suggest Husband & Wife: Borodin's 2nd and Shostakovich's #7
26 min
August 21, 2020 An Introduction to Art Song: Vaughan Williams' "Vagabond"
Description of operatic style singing, explored with two versions of a lovely song in English
Link to lyrics of song:
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-vagabond/
14 min
August 05, 2020 Arnold's disappointing Sym. #5
It didn't have to end this way!
44 min
July 16, 2020 Beethoven 4th Concerto 2nd movement
Beethoven 4th Concerto 2nd movement
21 min
July 16, 2020 Beethoven 5th Symphony
Beethoven's 5th
42 min
July 01, 2020 Enigma Variations
Enigma Variations.
45 min
July 01, 2020 How deafness affected two great composers.
Beethoven and Smetana both lost it.
12 min
July 01, 2020 Beethoven different tempos
Beethoven 6th tempo options.
17 min
July 01, 2020 Moldau
Music river cruise.
21 min

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A non-technical exploration of some seriously good music.