The CoffeeHouse Classical

Copland has so cemented himself as an American music figure that he was commonly referred to as "the Dean of American Music"- find out more in this weeks episode, and be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Shenandoah_(Alink%2C_Bert) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

It's time to bring Ravel back into our lives, along with a fictional dead princess. Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Pavane_pour_une_infante_d%C3%A9funte%2C_M.19_(Ravel%2C_Maurice) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

Step right up for the great history of The Sousa Band! Be sure to like, and share with a friend.  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Stars_and_Stripes_Forever_(Sousa%2C_John_Philip) https://imslp.org/wiki/Hands_Across_the_Sea_(Sousa%2C_John_Philip) https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Honored_Dead_(Sousa%2C_John_Philip)

Happy (late) April Fools! We're honoring our tradition of letting you hear some of our shenanigans that take place behind the scenes. We hope you laugh along with us, and please share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Trio_Sonata_in_D_minor,_RV_63_(Vivaldi,_Antonio) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

Our March madness is coming to an end with our final La Folia variation, but there's a secret OTHER variation as well! Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Rhapsodie_espagnole,_S.254_(Liszt,_Franz) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

The (March) madness continues here on the CoffeHouse with MORE La Folia variations for you! We hope you enjoy this rendition from the classical era this week. Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/12_Variations_%C3%BCber_die_Folie_d%27Espagne,_Wq.118/9_(H.263)_(Bach,_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

No, we're not mad! This is yet ANOTHER La Folia theme and variations, this time from Corelli. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_in_D_minor_'La_Folia'%2C_Op.5_No.12_(Corelli%2C_Arcangelo) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

Are you ready to have your socks knocked off? This week features a riveting piece you're sure to love. Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Trio_Sonata_in_D_minor,_RV_63_(Vivaldi,_Antonio) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

We're taking a quick break from music analysis for a little diversion. We'll investigate the musically tangential topic of Synesthesia, a fascinating way that some people experience the world! Be sure to like and share with a friend.  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Hungarian_Rhapsody_No.2%2C_S.244%2F2_(Liszt%2C_Franz) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Well, we've made it to the end of the symphony! Join us for the final installment of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 with the glorious 4th movement. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_(Mahler%2C_Gustav) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Happy Holidays! Why not spend some time learning about Mahler and a very grim sounding funeral march to take your mind off these festive times? Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_(Mahler%2C_Gustav) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Mahler Winter is progressing nicely here on the CoffeeHouse; welcome to Part 2 of our Mahler series! Be sure to like, and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_(Mahler%2C_Gustav) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

While the calendar still says it's Fall, we're officially opening Mahler Winter here on the CoffeeHouse! Strap in for whole series on Mahler's 1st symphony- we think you'll really enjoy it. Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_(Mahler%2C_Gustav) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

Can you Handel this episode? We think you can! Join us as we meet once again with our good friend Handel and one of his lovely works for keyboard. Be sure to like and share with a friend!  https://imslp.org/wiki/Prelude_and_Allegro%2C_HWV_576_(Handel%2C_George_Frideric) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode

Thank you for enjoying Dvorak Autumn with us! That's right, it's coming to a close this week with the final movement of The New World Symphony. Be sure to like, and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9,_Op.95_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k,_Anton%C3%ADn) https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_licenses  

It's round three with Dvorak, of course with the 3rd movement of the New World Symphony. As always, like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9,_Op.95_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k,_Anton%C3%ADn) https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_licenses

Dvorak Autumn continues with the New World Symphony, mvt 2! We hope you are enjoying this work as much as we are, and be sure to stick around for movements 3 and 4 upcoming as well. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9,_Op.95_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k,_Anton%C3%ADn) https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_licenses

Back again, as promised with one of our friends of the show: Dvorak. We're looking at his New World Symphony (finally), and we'll be making a whole 4 part series about it. Be sure to subscribe, and like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9,_Op.95_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k,_Anton%C3%ADn) https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Creative_Commons_licenses

Have you had enough of us yet? Hopefully not, we've got a lot of composers still to talk about! Be sure to like and share with a friend, and thanks for sticking with us for these 200 episodes!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/21_Hungarian_Dances_(Orchestra)%2C_WoO_1_(Brahms%2C_Johannes) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Thank you so much for sticking around with us for 200 episodes! We really love making this podcast, and we're happy to have our little following. We're going to keep listening to music and talking about it, and we're happy to have you follow us on this journey. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/21_Hungarian_Dances_(Orchestra)%2C_WoO_1_(Brahms%2C_Johannes) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

We've made it to the end of Symphony No. 5! We hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have! Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.64_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Yes, we're back as promised with the next installment of Tchaikovsky's Symphony no. 5. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.64_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode  

It's time for movement 2! We hope your ready for some more Fate! Be sure to rate and share with a friend Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.64_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Back by popular request, we're doing more Tchaikovsky! Be sure to share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.64_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

We're back after hiatus! Please welcome back some Tchaikovsky music as well, and be sure like share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet_(overture-fantasia)%2C_TH_42_(Tchaikovsky%2C_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

If you think you know what Peer Gynt is about, maybe think again! We'll give you the whole run down of the play, with the music from Suite No. 1 sprinkled in for context. Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://musopen.org/music/777-peer-gynt-suite-no-1-op-46/#recordings https://imslp.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt_Suite_No.1,_Op.46_(Grieg,_Edvard) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

You know it and love it, it's the Peer Gynt Suite! We're starting this series with a bit of bio about Grieg, and we'll delve into some music in our next episode, so stay tuned! Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://musopen.org/music/777-peer-gynt-suite-no-1-op-46/#recordings https://imslp.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt_Suite_No.1,_Op.46_(Grieg,_Edvard) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Our annual April Fool's tradition: our goofs and outtakes from the past year. We hope you enjoy the shenanigans!  Music: https://musopen.org/music/777-peer-gynt-suite-no-1-op-46/#recordings https://imslp.org/wiki/Peer_Gynt_Suite_No.1,_Op.46_(Grieg,_Edvard) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

It's not like your normal woodwind instrument, it has Free Reeds! Join us to learn all about the harmonic. And be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Au_coeur_du_jour_(Marcoux%2C_Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

We're back with Satie and we'll regale you with his strange and unusual history! Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Gymnop%C3%A9dies_(Satie%2C_Erik) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

You've probably picked up a trick or two from us regarding critical listening over the past several hundred episodes, but this week we want to give you all the tools you need to listen for yourself! Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Jazz Transcriptions on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GeorgeCollier Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Scheherazade,_Op.35_(Rimsky-Korsakov,_Nikolay) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

It may be cold outside, but we hope your fingers are all warmed up for this week's piece- it's a real work out! Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Impromptus%2C_D.899_(Schubert%2C_Franz) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4xizJkG3GzjrKWRmMVRHJn?si=18347e91a70a42fb Youtube Links: Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KzF1KgaREo Mahler Symphony No. 6, Mvt IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_z2xWjlK9U  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob4lKRKrTuQ Anderson Sleigh Ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ98oN9LN98 Tan Dun Water Passion: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbQm6maUAC9ZJv1yoFW5seiVeoom-X6lp Verdi Anvil Chorus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdX3T_Kjcos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSO8e4iicRA Holst Song of the Blacksmith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DldaGUhyifg Copland Fanfare for the Common Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KxMc_tyQBo Maslanka Morning Star: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVjD4AFaPZg Orff/Krance Carmina Burana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL8KPtSSj4o&t=1628s Beethoven (Mozart in the Jungle) Egmont Overture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9bFEs3aUUM Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vr4JRbz8Yg Strauss Alpine Symphony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsTo7QxxgYg Satie Parade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFWI8p8FPOs Music In Episode:  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky_-_1812_overture.ogg

It's the final epic episode of Suite Bergamasque- we're ending with the most iconic movement, Clair de Lune. If you want to review the piece's actual final movement, go back and listen to Episode 185 after this. And be sure to like and share with a friend.  Happy Holidays from the CoffeeHouse Classical Music Podcast! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque_(Debussy%2C_Claude) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

Well well well, if it isn't time to look at Debussy's Minuet! We hope you'll enjoy a look into this movement, and be sure to tune in next time for Clair de Lune! Like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque_(Debussy%2C_Claude) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

It's part II, but Mvt I of the Suite Bergamasque series! We hope you'll stick with us for the whole suite! Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque_(Debussy%2C_Claude) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

Dreamers, awake! It's time for Dance Debussy! Be sure to like and share with a friend Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque_(Debussy%2C_Claude) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode

It's the soundtrack to all the best spooky settings: the Theremin. Learn all about it just in time for Halloween! Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Schmaltz_Continuum_(Kram%2C_Richard) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Rose_for_Ecclesiastes_(Yamamoto%2C_Jun) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

We've made it to the end! Listen along to our final episode of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6- we hope you'll enjoy it! Be sure to like and share with a friend! A good YouTube video of a full Symphony No. 6 performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVkWCHgOxw8  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.6,_Op.74_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Well, well, well, look at us deciding to show up with an episode! We're sorry we missed last week, but to make it up we're releasing episodes two weeks in a row! So enjoy Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 mvt. 3 today and the come back next week for mvt. 4! Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.6,_Op.74_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

It's the part you've been waiting for- Part II! We're looking at Tchaikovsky's emotion filled movement II from the 6th symphony. Stay tuned for the rest of the symphony in our upcoming episodes- like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.6,_Op.74_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

As promised, we are looking at a WHOLE SYMPHONY from our dearest Tchaikovsky. And this is just part 1, stay tuned in the following weeks for our 2nd, and possibly 3rd episodes on this symphony as well. And be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.6,_Op.74_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode  

Welcome back to yet another episode about Berlioz, with another piece that is a crowd favorite! But, it comes from one of Berlioz's worst failures- how will he prevail this time? Be sure to like, subscribe, and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Le_Carnaval_romain%2C_H_95_(Berlioz%2C_Hector) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Hold your horses, It's time for another episode! Let's ride off to Valhalla with Wagner, this week on the CoffeeHouse! Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Die_Walk%C3%BCre,_WWV_86B_(Wagner,_Richard) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Buzz, buzz! Happy Sunday and welcome to another new episode of the CoffeeHouse! Please enjoy this episode featuring one of the most well known tunes in the classical cannon, and be sure to share with a friend! Music: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rimsky-Korsakov_-_flight_of_the_bumblebee.oga https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

He's such a famous guy, yet we haven't done a bio of him until now! It's the long awaited Rossini!  Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://archive.org/details/BarberOfSeville_719 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Don't sleep on this composer any more- after you listen to this episode, go listen to all of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's music and discover this hidden gem! Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Novelletten_for_String_Orchestra%2C_Op.52_(Coleridge-Taylor%2C_Samuel) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/

We're back yet again with a new composer bio and music analysis! We hope you enjoy it! Be sure to like and share with a friend!  Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Szymanowski,_Karol https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

Music fit for a king (NOT a graduation!) Be sure to like and share with a friend! Classic FM list of the Coronation music: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/king-coronation-music-performers-hymns-full-list/ Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Pomp_and_Circumstance_March_No.4%2C_Op.39_No.4_(Elgar%2C_Edward) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

If you or someone you know was offended about what we said about bagpipes in our last episode, than this episode is for you! We're showering the bagpipe with love this week on the CoffeeHouse! Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Mui%C3%B1eira_da_Cascarexa_(Campos%2C_Ernesto) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode https://imslp.org/wiki/Polca_para_Pucho_(Campos%2C_Ernesto) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scotland_the_Brave_-_United_States_Air_Force_Pipe_Band.oga

Welcome to Spring! All across the country we're experiencing Spring-like weather (for better or for worse!) so we wanted to celebrate the season with a timeless concerto. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music:  https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_in_E_major%2C_RV_269_(Vivaldi%2C_Antonio) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode