…as the colorful canyons, which surely appealed to the composer’s synaesthesia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBRTJMKyvV0 Composer Frederic Rzewski is mostly known for his sociopolitical commentary through music. The composer is a virtuoso…
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Plans, Polonaises And Unarmed Men: The Role Of The Protest In Classical Music
…in the Senate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfByMkWPRg Composer Olivier Messiaen was 31 years old when he was captured by German soldiers near the beginning of World War II. He was interred at a…
The Perfect Storm: The Presto from Vivaldi’s ‘Summer,’ Reimagined
…expected (a piano) to the unusual (a melodica). Marnie Laird performs her own arrangement on the piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXikgaLMhGE Yevgeniya Lisicyna on the organ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3zANfvoUa8 Alexandr Hrustevich on the accordion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SE222v1eyM&feature=youtu.be&t=470…
Classical Music For The Marathon Runner
…Feeling Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfil4sj7X6g Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in Eb is driving yet exciting in a way that will hold your interest for just the right amount of time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqUQ4KIaiLc Get…
A Timeline of Seven Female Composers You Might Not Know
…her autobiography, Memoirs of A Composer. Contemporary: Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLyihgk5gxA The bulk of Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s work might be described as an exploration of sonic textures and…
Fowl Notes: A Brief History Of Birdsong In Classical Music
…Beethoven, and Mahler hundreds of years later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMCA9nYnLWo What keeps drawing composers back to our feathered friends? How have birds influenced the way we think about music, and how has…
This Year’s Classical Videos Will Put You In The Holiday Spirit
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXBiHyG1wRs&app=desktop Music City’s own Atwood Quartet is joined by singer-songwriter Robby Hecht for a video that they filmed at The Duck in Nashville. JS Bach Foundation: Cantata BWV 147 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evnzhg_9frs…
Star-Crossed And Set To Music: Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo And Juliet’
…scored with a solo piano composition by Craig Armstrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xC1Cus_PYY Duke Ellington’s album Such Sweet Thunder was entirely inspired by the works of Shakespeare. Ellington’s look at Romeo and Juliet…
Earth, Wind and Fire: The Elemental Mechanics of Pipe Organs
…bellows, as pictured below. Today, this process is mechanized with more modernized blowers and air reservoirs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHoXn_dQQGY For a more in-depth look at how this kind of pipe organ works,…
Cooking To The Classics: WPLN News ‘Morning Edition’ Host Rachel Iacovone Has Your At-Home Symphony Menu
…Franz Schubert’s 8th symphony. The composer completed a piano score, but only two orchestral movements before he died at the age of 31. During his lifetime the composer never enjoyed…