…fill an inflatable that steals the show. Itzhak Perlman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3richcoCUI Perlman’s demonstration of “easy” and “hard” was a surprise coming from a virtuoso. Victor Borge: Practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNDotER9XEs Victor Borge visited…
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Spooky And Surprising: Lesser Known Classical Music For Your Halloween
…Scary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9owZ77oTD8 2016 MacArthur fellow Julia Wolfe’s piece is a static soundscape of impending doom. Arnold Schoenberg: Erwartung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJSvA8oP7rw The libretto, by Maria Pappenheim, for this half hour long monologue…
10 Classical Albums To Usher In The Next Decade
…40-year-old’s masterful command of the orchestra. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WlGcS7gPts Jan Bartoš Janáček: Piano Works Performing the idiosyncratic piano music of late 19th century Czech composer Leoš Janáček isn’t easy: His moods shift…
Music From The Time Of ‘Downton Abbey’
…a few pieces of classical music that premiered or were composed that year. Alban Berg: Lyric Suite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAVN5ZUdbw&list=PLlhKTXg-f9DfViBPLx-b3670dtSLt8xSJ&index=2&t=1s The twelve-tone technique of composition was alive and well by this time,…
The Leader Of Lieder: The Romantic Musical Settings Of Heinrich Heine
…Swan Song, which Mendelssohn published one year before her untimely death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-LX4Jh-5YU Robert Schumann’s creativity came in bursts, and Dichterliebe was no exception — the composer produced the entirety of…
Sounds You Cherish: How To Help Someone Fall In Love With Classical Music
…from The Planets, Jupiter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Fx24Xzc3U “It just doesn’t get much better than that.” – Mary Biddlecombe “It brought complete joy into my life, making me realize how wonderful music is.”…
Celebrate Uncommon Instrument Day with These Musical Oddities
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8NIpPhXpfQ When nonconformist composer Harry Partch decided that the Western system of equal-tempered tuning was unsatisfactory, he worked to build his own collection of instruments that would be capable of…
Freedom, Incarceration And Womanhood: 10 More Pieces Of Protest Music
…and a descent into depression and madness, alongside poetry by Rilke, Al-Ma‘arri, Rūmī, and the Book of Psalms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6EM4ZzcSvc&feature=youtu.be Frederic Rzewski: Coming Together Percussionist Allen Otte pointed to another piece…
Classically Speaking: Christopher Rouse Does Not Play An Instrument
…these composers. William Schuman: Chester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TWwbPfehas Like Rouse, William Schuman started his musical life in a band — albeit, a jazz ensemble where he played violin. He was known for…
Notes in the Margin: Your Playlist for Ann Patchett’s ‘Bel Canto’
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRhBY0X4sv8 Three nights in a row Hosokawa sees Roxane perform in La Sonnambula, never approaching her. Apocryphally, composer Frederic Chopin asked for this aria to be played for him while…