Grieg: Peer Gynt
Grieg's Peer Gynt suites are among the best-known and best-loved works of classical music in the world. They are practically embedded into p...
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Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Sticky Notes is a classical music podcast for everyone, whether you are just getting interested in classical music for the first time, or if you've been listening to it and loving it all you...
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Mozart Clarinet Concerto
When it comes to a piece like the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, a few words or phrases regularly come up: the concerto is described as "mellow"...
Bohuslav Martinu Symphony No. 1
It took a lot to make the composer and critic Virgil Thomson happy. He was famous for savaging new works he didn't like, and the truth is, h...
Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy
Thence the universe resounds With a joyful cry I AM. These are the final lines of Alexander Scriabin's epic Poem of Ecstasy , a 300-line poe...
Sibelius Tapiola
Ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams; Within them dwells the Forest's mighty God, And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets....
Arthur Honneger, Symphony No. 3, "Liturgique"
In the aftermath of World War II, the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, who had been living in occupied Paris throughout the war, wrote a new...
Dvorak Piano Quintet, Op. 81
In 1872, at the age of 31, Dvořák wrote a Piano Quintet designated as Opus 5. Dvořák was not a prodigy like some other famous composers; ins...
Mozart String Quartet, K. 465, "Dissonance"
You might be wondering: why on earth would I choose a piece that is literally called "Dissonance" when I was looking for something a bit sim...
Bonus Episode: Beethoven 5 en français!
Bienvenue dans cette édition spéciale du podcast Sticky Notes en français ! Aujourd'hui, nous parlons de la symphonie la plus célèbre du mon...
Liszt Faust Symphony
Thank you to Jerry for sponsoring today's episode on Patreon! Goethe's Faust is considered to be the greatest work of German literature. Thi...
Schubert: Die Schöne Mullerin Mini-Episode No. 1 (Free Preview)
This is a free preview of my new series of mini-episodes over on Patreon all about Schubert's Die Schöne Mullerin, one of the great masterpi...
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde w/Case Scaglione
This is a continuation of my new series where I learn about a new piece from a great friend/musician. This week I'm thrilled to welcome Case...
Lili Boulanger: Psalm 130
The story of Lili Boulanger's life is one of the most fascinating and tragic in all of musical history. A remarkably precocious talent, Boul...
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Part 2)
In a letter to Tchaikovsky's nephew Vladimir Davydov, Tchaikovsky wrote: "I'm very pleased with its content, but dissatisfied, or rather not...
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Part 1)
The great and somewhat controversial conductor Leopold Stokowski said this about Tchaikovsky: "His musical utterance comes directly from the...
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 59, No.2
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...
Brahms Symphony No. 2 LIVE w/ The Aalborg Symphony
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 st...
Zemlinsky: The Mermaid
The story of Alexander von Zemlinsky's The Mermaid begins with a passionate love affair and ends in heartbreak of the most unabashedly big-R...
Pergolesi Stabat Mater
Many aspects of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's life seem relatively normal when it comes to composers of the Baroque era. He was prolific, di...
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
We humans seem to love comeback stories, and there is no comeback quite as compelling in the classical music world as Rachmaninoff's Second...