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Every week, I choose one piece from one composer to pick apart and look at in detail. I look at the stories behind it, I examine the composer and what inspired him/her to compose that music and of cou... more
FAQs about Classical Music: The Stories:How many episodes does Classical Music: The Stories have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.
May 30, 2021R. Wagner 'Liebestod' from Tristan und IsoldeIn the final episode before the summer, Carl looks at a pivotal moment in musical tonality; Wagner's 'unplayable' Tristan und Isolde....more23minPlay
May 23, 2021L. v Beethoven String Quartet no. 14 in C# minorThis weeks episode focuses on Beethoven's intense work scored for 2 violins, viola and cello....more22minPlay
May 16, 2021G. Holst 'The Planets Suite: Mars, The Bringer of War'In this extra-terrestrial episode, Carl discusses the piece that British composer Gustav Holst is most famous for: his tribute to the planets!...more24minPlay
May 09, 2021'E strano... Sempre Libera' G. VerdiThis week's episode focuses in on an aria from Giuseppe Verdi's groundbreaking opera La Traviata....more25minPlay
May 02, 2021Academic Festival Overture op. 80 J. BrahmsWhat would you do if you were asked to write music for a prestigious awards ceremony? Brahms clearly took it to mean 'Write music for a student party'. Which is exactly what he did. Here is his Academic Festival Overture....more27minPlay
April 25, 2021G. Faure Requiem VI Libera me and VII In ParadisumThis week's episode focuses on Faure's requiem which has a completely different mood and tone to Mozart's requiem in how it views the topic of death....more21minPlay
April 18, 2021A. Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor AND JS Bach Keyboard Concerto BWV 974 in D MinorIt's two for the price of one this week. Or is it? Alessandro Marcello may have written a beautiful oboe concerto, but it's Johann Sebastian Bach we have to thank for it's popularity!...more21minPlay
April 11, 2021R. Schumann Symphony no. 2 in C major IV: Allegro Molto VivaceBack from his break, Carl looks at Robert Schumann's Symphony in C major which he wrote at a particularly painful time of his life....more25minPlay
March 28, 2021'Bess you is my woman now' from Porgy and Bess - G. GershwinOn a completely different note (and tone and genre), Carl looks at American Composer George Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess'....more20minPlay
March 21, 2021'Ma Vlast' II. Vltava - B. SmetanaThis week, the longest river of the Czech Republic is the subject, thanks so Bedrich Smetana's gripping tone poem all about his homeland....more29minPlay
FAQs about Classical Music: The Stories:How many episodes does Classical Music: The Stories have?The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.