Listening to The Works

Listening to The Works

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Listening to The Works episodes

  • Week 16: Variations and Themes

    It's Week 16 of The Works, Nate Brown's 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!

    This week's playlist is here on Spotify but also includes Duke Ellington's Fargo ND 1940 concert, which is not available there. A link is on the show notes page, which can be found at www.natebrownmusic.com

    12 min
  • Week 14: No Clever Title

    It's Week 14 of The Works, Nate Brown's 10-year project to listen to the masterpieces of Western music.

    Show notes are available at www.natebrownmusic.com

    Listen to the pieces for Week 14 on this Spotify playlist.

    15 min
  • Week 12: Fugue Subjects and Bel Canto

    Welcome to Week 12 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the great works of Western music.

    In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Bach, Mahler, Boulez, Rossini, and some early rock-and-rollers.

    The coming week's pieces are found on this Spotify playlist.

    Show notes are at www.natebrownmusic.com

    17 min
  • Week 10: Rock and Roll

    It's Week 10 of Nate Brown's 10-year listening project, The Works!

    Show notes at natebrownmusic.com

    Listen to this week's pieces on Spotify with this playlist.

    17 min
  • Week 8: Listening for the Form

    It's Week 8 of Listening to The Works! This is a 10-year project to listen to the great works of Western music. In this episode, we discuss listening for the form in last week's pieces by Ravel, Mahler, Mozart, and Morton.

    Find show notes at http://www.natebrownmusic.com

    Here's the playlist for Week 8

    27 min
  • Week 7: Musicality

    Welcome to Week 7 of The Works, a ten-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World.

    In this episode, host Nate Brown discusses the various ways that musicality is expressed in the pieces from last week's listening list.

    Show notes are available at natebrownmusic.com

    Here's the Spotify playlist for the coming week.

    22 min

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Listening to The Works - the great music of the Western world! This is a 10-year project to study the masterpieces in all eras of classical, jazz, and rock.