Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! Today, we are headed to the opera house in the 18th century, a time when the world of opera was exploding with new forms, new stories, and new sounds. This was the golden age of opera seria, the rise of comic opera, and the beginning of Singspiel and other national operatic styles.

Some of the music mentioned in this episode:

Handel Giulio Cesare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qrcg2jlnqA

Pergolesi La serva padrona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsUeywPFEgQ

Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYOTeHL14uQ

John Gay The Beggar’s Opera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq7g_NRKHU0

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry. Today, we’re diving into the early Classical period to explore the musical styles that helped define a new era. If the Baroque period was all about grandeur, complexity, and dramatic contrast, the early Classical era brought with it a new vocabulary—one of elegance, clarity, and expressive nuance. Let’s talk about the galant style, the empfindsamer Stil, and a few others that formed the bridge between Baroque ornamentation and the Classical balance we know from Mozart and Haydn.

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! Thank you for joining me for the 4th season of this podcast! This season, we are going to talk about the Classical era, focusing primarily on the new genres created as well as a few key composers. Today, we are going to talk about the early classical era and the Enlightenment.

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! This is the final episode of season 3 - thank you for joining me to learn about the Baroque era! Today, we’re turning the spotlight on one of the most vibrant, dramatic, and influential composers of the 18th century—Antonio Vivaldi. You may know him as the composer of The Four Seasons, or as the “Red Priest” of Venice. But Vivaldi was more than a violin virtuoso or a master of Baroque flamboyance—he was also a pivotal figure in the evolution of musical style, someone whose innovations helped shape the language of the Classical era to come.

Music mentioned in this epsiode:

The Four Seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgSzQwe5DQ

Concerto for Strings in G major ("alla rustica"): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwe8ycrMX2w

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! Today, we are in our second to last episode of season 3! We are going to be spending the next few minutes learning more about George Frideric Handel.

Music mentioned in today's episode:

Rinaldo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeCbbVS8z1s

Giulio Cesare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qrcg2jlnqA

Alcina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXdnmSZGxSQ

Messiah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR0cEOTpYSk

Samson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tua5wVlYmmo

Israel in Egypt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdU8k0bpY1Y

Judas Maccabeaus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq1gtPpxsts

Water Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAyiidg25uE

Music for the Royal Fireworks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEiyiZ6fhqY

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today, we are going to talk about the developement of music conservatories in the 1700s in Europe!

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! We are at the end of Bach Week, so if you haven’t taken a listen to the other 2 episodes, I suggest you go back and take a listen! Today to finish off Bach Week, I am going to spend today’s episode talking about Bach’s chamber works. This includes string works, concerti, and one surprise collection of pieces.

Music mentioned in episode:

Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpMiqzkRDCY

Three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027–1029: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEcABwJuekw

Six Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTm2kEAfo8o

The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfMQ-AYiuJw

Trio Sonatas for Organ BWV 525–530: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAg1A_IhF0

Welcome to Between the Barlines, I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! We are continuing today with our second episode of Bach Week! If you haven’t listened to the first episode, I highly suggest that you start there! Today, we are going to talk solely about Bach’s vocal works. I will highlight his cantatas, Passions, and Mass in B minor.

Music mentioned in today's episode:

BWV 82, Ich habe genug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_5DG9BD-SU

BWV 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h97JE4--p84

BWV 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXMUpqSyJJo

St. John Passion, BWV 245: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMf9XDQBAaI

St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwVW1ttVhuQ

Mass in b minor, BWV 232: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FLbiDrn8IE

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am super excited for this week, because we are going to talk all about Johann Sebastian Bach and all about his works! If you haven’t already, please follow and rate this podcast on whatever platform you listen on. I would also love it if you shared this podcast with another person who might love to learn more about music history! In today’s episode, we are going to talk solely about the keyboard works of Bach.

Music mentioned in today's episode:

Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor, BWV 891: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0PRAUrADU

Goldberg Variationen BWV 988 Víkingur Ólafsson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrY0k4yDgWA

Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzBXZ__LN_M

BWV 659 Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland (Bach/Busoni): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ANSfYZmiEc

BWV 659 Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2ANMpDoRow

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! We are more than halfway through season 3’s episodes! I am excited for the next few episodes because we are getting into one of our first musicians that everyone knows at least one thing about! Can you guess who that might be? I’ll let you think on that! Today’s episode will take us to German-speaking lands, where music wasn’t just a form of art—it was theology made audible. We’ll explore how Lutheran theology shaped musical practice, how the organ became the thunderous and sublime voice of the church, and how composers like Buxtehude and Scheidemann turned chorales into towering monuments of faith. In this episode, we address the North German Organ School, Dieterich Buxtehude, Heinrich Scheidemann, and chorale preludes/fantasias.

Music mentioned:

Buxtehude Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUcdBz3LIuU

HEINRICH SCHEIDEMANN - SELECTION OF PRELUDES AND FUGUES FOR ORGAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbI7AUUzsXQ