Exploring Classical Music Podcast

Exploring Classical Music Podcast

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  • Episode 7 - Romantic Era
    Franz Schubert: “When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.”
    Robert Schumann: “To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.”
    Franz Liszt: “Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.”


    Sources for this episode:

    Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewoAW-Zyuj8

    Other Sources:

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/romantic/#:~:text=Discover%20Music%20Home-,Romantic,inspiration%20from%20art%20and%20literature.

    https://www.britannica.com/art/Romanticism/Music

    https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/periods-of-music/romantic-period-music/

    https://racheltaylorgeier.org/2017/04/15/75-inspirational-composer-quotes/

    https://cnx.org/contents/5xVkusr9@11/The-Music-of-the-Romantic-Era

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgcmxnb/revision/2

    20 min
  • Episode 6 - Mozart vs. Salieri Myth

    For those of you who know and don’t know, there is a conspiracy theory that Salieri killed Mozart by poisoning him with, perhaps using arsenic. Is that true? Or is it not? That’s the question that we will explore today!


    Sources for this episode:

    Amadeus Movie Scene, Mozart vs. Salieri:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciFTP_KRy4

    Salieri – Piano Concerto in B-flat major:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiDroZRF7YA

    Salieri – Venice Symphony in D major:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKEI0iYnYVw

    Other Sources:

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Salieri

    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/dec/19/classicalmusicandopera.italy

    http://www.salieri-online.com/bio1.php

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/03/antonio-salieris-revenge

    https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/guides/did-salieri-murder-mozart-mythbuster/

    https://www.musicacademyonline.com/composer/biographies.php?bid=42

    17 min
  • Episode 5 - Mozart

    At 1 am on December 5 he died suddenly and unexpectedly. His corpse was consecrated in a cheap coffin and brought to the St. Marx Cemetery outside Vienna without any funeral cortege. Only the undertaker kept him company as the corpse, covered in a linen cloth, was lowered into a simple grave with five other deceased. The exact spot remains unknown. A monument, erected many years after his death at St. Marx Cemetery, commemorates the great composer and musician.


    Sources for this episode:

    Apollo et Hyacinthus, Mozart’s First opera:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g7-7zPZDr0

    K.397, Fantasia in D minor:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BkZ8ci8_k4

    The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night aria

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ

    Mozart - Don Giovanni - complete

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL2VdxseTvE

    Mozart Piano concerto no 27 in B flat major, KV 595 Trevor Pinnock

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvrich2Tyw

    Other Sources:

    https://www.biography.com/musician/wolfgang-mozart

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart

    https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/

    https://www.classicfm.com/composers/mozart/pictures/mozarts-15-birthday-facts/

    http://www.mozart.com/

    21 min
  • Episode 4 - Classical Era

    Why is a symphony different from a concerto? 

    Do you know the answer to this? I do, do you? I have created a YouTube channel for this podcast, so if you want nothing to happen, then just ignore it. But, if you go the Exploring Classical Music YouTube Channel and comment your answers, then absolutely nothing will happen. It’s your choice!


    Sources for this episode:

    Mozart - Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 [complete]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNeirjA65Dk

    Mozart, Piano Sonata in C major, No 16, K 545, Allegro:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNbqRC4xtEg

    Other Sources:

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/classical/classical-music-beginners-guide/

    https://courses.lumenlearning.com/musicappreciation_with_theory/chapter/overview-of-the-classical-era/

    https://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2014/08/11/the-classical-era-on-learning-to-listen

    https://www.britannica.com/art/musical-composition/The-Classical-period

    https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199757824/obo-9780199757824-0128.xml

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zthrcdm/revision/2

    https://www.wqxr.org/story/what-are-four-movements-symphony/

    25 min
  • Episode 3 - Bach

    Today we will explore a life of an unusual person – someone who challenged the paradigms of his time, someone who spent 30 days in jail for quitting his job, someone who gave up comfortable living for his kids, someone who was forgotten for 100 years after his death. 


    Sources for this Episode:

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Sebastian-Bach

    https://www.classicfm.com/composers/bach/

    https://www.biography.com/musician/johann-sebastian-bach

    http://www.baroquemusic.org/biojsbach.html

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vF9owrxMo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i5O923PzeQ

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9bhei_o

    21 min
  • Episode 2 - Baroque Era

    This is when the belief that words are the only communication tools was no longer accepted. Music was in its very development and overtime proved to be just as effective as words and sentences.


    Sources for this Episode:


    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/baroque/baroque-music-beginners-guide/

    https://www.baroque.org/baroque/whatis

    http://www.operafolio.com/list_of_operas.asp?n=George_Frideric_Handel

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2mv34j/revision/2

    https://www.naxos.com/education/music_instruments.asp

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/organ/

    http://www.ciocm.org/history-of-the-organ?language=en_CA&

    https://www.theopera101.com/operaabc/history/

    https://www.liveabout.com/history-of-the-fugue-2456371

    https://wmich.edu/mus-gened/mus150/BaroqueDances.htm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0

    25 min
  • Episode 1 - Introduction to Classical Music

    This episode is an introduction to classical music – we explore the various eras of music development and briefly talk about why they even exist!


    Exploring Classical Music is a place for you to dive into the world of art. In this podcast, we explore the history of classical music, biographies of the greatest composers, musical masterpieces, and even legends!



    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.musicnotes.com/now/news/musical-periods-the-history-of-classical-music/

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/renaissance/

    https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/baroque/baroque-music-beginners-guide/


    12 min

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Exploring Classical Music is a place for you to dive into the world of art. In this podcast, we explore the history of classical music, biographies of the greatest composers, musical masterpieces, and even legends!

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