Podcasts about beethoven's opus

String quartet Brooklyn Rider has a new project called Healing Modes which they're currently touring. While they were in Seattle, we coaxed them into the KING FM studio with the promise of snacks. Just kidding! They came in willingly like most of our guests. In this episode, they talk about Beethoven's Opus 132, the piece at the center of this project, and about the 5 new pieces they commissioned to play alongside it. They also talk about why music is healing, and why we need it to do its magic now. Music in this episode:    Special thanks to Todd Reynolds for his music, Taskforce: Farmlab from Outerbourough.

Life isn't always puppies and kittens (she stated sagely). Sometimes, it can be downright tough - maybe your family is falling apart and you're a famous composer and you're going deaf. We've all been there, amiright? In this episode, John Largess and Joshua Gindele, members of the Miro Quartet, talk about Beethoven's Opus 131 string quartet and that it's one example of how composers use the string quartet to tell their own stories. They also talk about what was going on in Beethoven's life that he may have been working out in this piece. Music in this episode: Special Thanks to Todd Reynolds for his music, Taskforce: Farmlab from Outerbourough.  

Robert chooses Beethoven's Opus 131 and Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon.

Performance of Beethoven's Opus 131 String Quartet, by the Afiara Quartet: violinists Valerie Li and Yuri Cho, violist David Samuel, and cellist Adrian Fung. Recorded June 30th in Rolston Recital Hall by Ian Dobie and Padraig Buttner-Schnirer.