The Music of Ukrainian Composers

I'm always tickled by composer trivia questions, like which standard canon works begin in a major key and end in a minor key? I'll give you one, but please comment others below: Mendelssohn's 4th Symphony. Well, how about this one: how many of Beethoven's 16 string quartets end i ...  Show more

Brahms spent much of his adult life battling with his ambition to write the next great symphony and his terror at the shadow of Beethoven standing behind him. Brahms tortured himself for 14 years with his first symphony, and only published it when he was 49 years old. But when th ...  Show more

Hey everyone! I hope everything is fine:) Today we talk about Russian music. This episode is quite challenging but interesting. Slow Russian Podcast Transcript and audio download for $20 – https://russian.fromzerotofluency.com/courses/slowrussian Join my free email course with A ...  Show more

Chaque samedi, Laure Dautriche nous fait (re)découvrir un morceau qui a marqué l'histoire de la musique classique. Aujourd'hui, elle revient sur l'oeuvre d'un compositeur hongrois qui a marqué la première moitié du 20e siècle : Zoltán Kodály.

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(Recorded June 2021) Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi is one of the most in-demand maestros in the world, and one of Alec’s favorite conductors. Järvi is currently the chief conductor of the NHK symphony orchestra in Tokyo and the Tonhalle Orchester-Zürich. Over his career, he’s ...

Send a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 10 of the Fourth Series in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this very special episode, I perform for you music by Jean Louis Nicodé, Dora Pejacevic, Edward MacDowell ...  Show more