Professor Carol

By Carol Reynolds

Professor Carol mixes humor with history to bring you this entertaining series about music. From concerts, opera, and composers, to folk song collectors and singing parrots, Professor Carol tells it ... more

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The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.

Professor Carol episodes:

April 02, 2007 Programming the Recital
Chopin would have been surprised at the idea of a solo piano recital in
a concert hall. Professor Carol talks about the programming of recitals
and works of Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy. Works Discussed: Bach-Busoni Chorale Preludes; Beethoven Sonata No. 21, Opus 53 ("Waldstein"); Chopin Sonata No. 2; Debussy "Children's Corner"
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14min
March 12, 2007 Schumann's Papillon and Fantasy
Professor Carol gives a biography of Schumann's early years, comparing Schumann's youthful work Papillons
with his later Fantasy in C Major against the backdrop of his courtship
of the young pianist Clara Wieck and the emerging Romantic image of the
artist.Works Discussed: Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2; Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
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15min
March 06, 2007 They All Came to Hollywood
Hollywood is heir to the European musical traditions. The classic films
were scored by composers trained in Europe and schooled in the
classical traditions and by immigrant composers who escaped Germany
after their work was denounced by the Nazis as "degenerate music" (Entartete Musik).
Works Discussed: Bernard Herrmann: Psycho, Vertigo; Erich Korngold: Robin Hood; Aaron Copland: Red Pony; Virgil Thompson: The Plow that Broke the Plains
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16min
March 02, 2007 Bands of the Battle
Military music inspires the troops, facilitates maneuver,
intimidates the enemy, sends signals, marks daily events of camp life,
entertains the troops in their leisure time, and comprises an important
part of the pageantry and tradition of military life.
Works Discussed: Scotland the Brave, Yankee Doodle, Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, Bugle Calls, The Army Song
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14min
February 07, 2007 Big Band Swing
Carol interviews Dean Bouras, arranger for the Dallas Wind Symphony
Big Band concerts, and John Trapani, leader of the John Trapani Big
Band about the era, the music, and its popularity today. Works Discussed: Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Norman Leyden
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20min
January 31, 2007 Tales of the Young Brahms
A youthful Brahms finds his signature style early in the Opus 10 Ballades based on the Scottish Ballad "Eduard" by Herder.
Works Discussed: Brahms: Four Ballades, Op. 10
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14min
January 24, 2007 One Generation to Another
Student players in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony
join the professionals of the Dallas Wind Symphony for a "side by side"
concert, featuring music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Paul Hindemith, Donald
Grantham, Dan Welcher, and Giovanni Gabrieli.
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20min
January 23, 2007 Beethoven the Musical Wordsmith
Beethoven sliced and diced his themes, using musical rhetoric that rebelled against the natural melodic style of Mozart and that charted a path into 19th-century Romanticism. Professor Carol uses the Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 31, to show how he did it. Works Discussed: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 31
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13min
January 15, 2007 Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 2
Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared
deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew
how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishing
orchestration, and a heart-racing sense of the dramatic. Works Discussed: Smetana's The Moldau, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade, and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2
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9min
January 15, 2007 Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 1
Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared
deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew
how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishing
orchestration, and a heart-racing sense of the dramatic.
Works Discussed: Smetana's The Moldau, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade, and Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2
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15min

FAQs about Professor Carol:

How many episodes does Professor Carol have?

The podcast currently has 54 episodes available.