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We'll focus on the Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1 and the String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1.

durée : 00:15:23 - The White Birds - String Trio Baltia - Pour son premier album, le Trio Baltia a choisi d'enregistrer les compositeurs lettons Peteris Vasks, Talivaldis Kenins, Gundaris Pone et Gundega Smite. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:15:23 - The White Birds - String Trio Baltia - Pour son premier album, le Trio Baltia a choisi d'enregistrer les compositeurs lettons Peteris Vasks, Talivaldis Kenins, Gundaris Pone et Gundega Smite. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:15:23 - The White Birds - String Trio Baltia - Pour son premier album, le Trio Baltia a choisi d'enregistrer les compositeurs lettons Peteris Vasks, Talivaldis Kenins, Gundaris Pone et Gundega Smite. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

As a teen, Elana James grew up busking on the streets of Kansas City. Now a professional musician, James is the co-founder of Hot Club of Cowtown, a jazz and swing band that's performing at the Folly Theater on Jan. 18.

LADIES, LADIES, LADIES! We snagged legendary ZADDY AKA the OG TURTLE DADDY HIMSELF - MISTER DAVE BALARKRISHNAN, VIOLINIST/COMPOSER/GRAMMY WINNER and FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE TURTLE ISLAND STRING QUARTET! JEALOUS? In this penultimate episode of 2024, Mr. Daddy soothes our end-of-the year hysteria with his Aristotelian knowledge and calming presence. He masterfully engages with our unsavory conversation no matter how hard we try! Stay tuned till the end for some really heart warming stuff - the future is bright! 

Bei Streichtrios denkt man vor allem an Werke von Beethoven, Haydn und Schubert. Es gibt aber viel mehr zu entdecken – finden jedenfalls Nevena Tochev, Meredith Kuliew und Elodie Théry.

Charlie Burnham Interview Charlie Burnham is an accomplished American violinist, singer, and composer celebrated for his imaginative and eclectic style. Burnham traverses multiple genres, including bluegrass, folk, free jazz, blues, classical, and chamber jazz. His innovative use of the wah-wah pedal on the violin adds a distinctive flair to his performances. Burnham first gained prominence through his contributions to James "Blood" Ulmer's Odyssey album, highlighting his versatility and skill. The ensemble from that project later formed Odyssey the Band. Throughout his career, Burnham has been a pivotal member of several notable groups and artists, like Living Colour, Cassandra Wilson,  String Trio of New York, 52nd Street Blues Project, Hidden City, We Free Strings, the Improvising Chamber Ensemble, and the Kropotkins. He has also recently recorded new music with Eureka Shoes, showcasing his continual evolution as a musician. Beginning as an informal gathering of friends and now blossoming into a fully-fledged collaborative band, Eureka Shoes' Beautalina (Adhyâropa ÂR00079) soars aloft on gorgeous 3-part harmonies, delicate acoustic textures, and world-class songcraft. Eureka Shoes features award-winning songwriter Jean Rohe, acoustic music stalwart Skye Soto Steele, and omni-genre multi-instrumentalist Charlie Burnham. Rounded out here by the virtuosic bass of Rashaan Carter, Beautalina is an enduring testament to the power of music to unite, communicate, and elevate. Eureka Shoes Beautalina https://open.spotify.com/album/1bH16X7J5KU6YNJgDbEVL2?si=t0YsU9C7RVehdGdwc6hpdg

Artistic Director Steven Isserlis introduces Open Chamber Music, one of IMS Prussia Cove's biannual seminars. Open Chamber Music began in 1976, four years after the Masterclasses, when founder Sándor Végh invited some of the students to stay on and play chamber music with him. It has since grown into a three-week seminar taking place every September, with more than 120 musicians rehearsing and performing over 60 works of chamber music together, in ensembles that combine younger musicians with more experienced performers. Artistic Director: Steven Isserlis  @StevenIsserlis Contributors in order of appearance: Stuart Arrandale Tim Crawford Jenna Sherry Tim Boulton Patrick Bailey Millie Ashton Laura MacDonald Susanna Patterson Helena Winkelman Amy Harman Alice Neary Erich Höbarth Melissa Phelps Tom Poster Alec Frank-Gemmell Narrator: Samuel West @exitthelemming Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald @Melissafitzg Music in order of appearance: Brahms Op.111 played by the Salzburg Camerata, conducted by Sándor Végh. Beethoven String Quartet in F major Op.135 Musicians: Daniel Phillips, David Adams, violin; Thomas Riebl, viola; Jeong Hyoun Christine Lee, cello Recorded OCM 2016, Friday 23 September, Richard Lander School in Truro Leoš Janáček String Quartet No. 1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata' Musicians: Maria Włoszczowska violin; Tim Crawford violin; Clare Finnimore viola; Tim Posner cello. Recorded OCM 2021, Saturday 25 September, St Michael's Mount, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Divertimento for String Trio in E Flat, K.563 Musicians: Maria Wloszczowska violin; Blythe Teh-Engstroem viola; Steven Isserlis cello Recorded OCM 2021, Saturday 25 September, St Michael's Mount ‘Chicken on a Fence Post' played by school children participating in the outreach workshops, alongside IMS musicians Lesley Hatfield, Millie Ashton, violins; Tim Boulton, violin; Laura MacDonald, cello Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 Musicians: Lesley Hatfield, Millie Ashton, violins; Tim Boulton, violin; Laura MacDonald, cello Helena Winkelman, Gott-Fa for Bassoon and String Quartet Musicians: Helena Winkelman, Tim Crawford, violin; Georgia Russell, viola; Tim Posner, cello;  Amy Harman, bassoon Recorded OCM 2021, during rehearsal Schumann Piano Trio in D minor Musicians: Barbara Doll, violin; Alice Neary, cello; Anton Kernjak, piano Recorded OCM 2022 Sunday 25th September, Princess Pavilion Falmouth, Reger String Sextet Musicians: Erich Höbarth, Corey Cerovsek, violin; Thomas Riebl, Celia Libertad Elíaz, viola; Christoph Richter, Natania Hoffman, cello Recorded OCM 2022, Sunday 25th September, Princess Pavillion Falmouth, Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) Musicians: Alessandro Ruisi, Larissa Cidlinsky, violin, Garfield Jackson, Anna Puig Torne, viola, Laura MacDonald, Bas Jongen, cello Recorded OCM 2023, Saturday 30th September – Trelowarren Chapel Bacewicz, Piano Quintet Musicians: Jackie Shave, Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin; Celia Libertad Eliaz, viola; Sam de Caprio, cello; Tom Poster, piano Recorded OCM 2022, Friday 23 September, St John's Hall Penzance. Johannes Brahms, Horn Trio in E Flat Op 40 Musicians: Arisa Fujita, violin; Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn; Alasdair Beatson, piano Recorded OCM Tour 2021, Thursday 1 October, Wigmore Hall, London Special thanks to Capriccio for the use of the recording of the Brahms Op.111 played by the Salzburg Camerata, conducted by Sándor Végh. Cover Artwork: Bananadesign Ltd Follow us on Instagram @ims_pc X @ims_pc www.i-m-s.org.uk

Das portugiesische Lisboa String Trio prägt mit seiner Musik einen ganz eigenen Stil aus Jazz und Kammermusik. Sein neues Album lässt auifhorchen, findet SWR2 Musikkritiker Georg Waßmuth.

WE ARE BACK for the SEASON, PODIENCE! What happened to us? Well...better answer is what DIDN'T HAPPEN TO US cause we MAY or MAY NOT HAVE gotten abducted by aliens/UAPs, been soft recruited by the CIA, coerced into being mascots at a corn husk shucking competition by an oddly tall and convcing Tom Cruise look-alike... ANYWAY, we are SO HAPPY to have the ILLUSTRIOUS international man of violin, Filip Pogády, on the pod. We lured him into our car pod lair under the guise of an easy gig upstate. WARNING - THIS IS OUR FIRST CAR POD. NEXT CAR POD WILL SOUND BETTER BUT THIS STILL SOUNDS GOOD ENOUGH, SCOUTS DISHONOR.  In this episode, we embarass ourselves, talk sh*t about being a good classical music baby, etc. all while Caroline tries masterfully not to crash!         

本期空岛「遗落的歌」我们邀请到的是来自中国爱乐乐团的弦乐四重奏组合「麒麟四重奏」，四位音乐家除中提琴王子洋外，小提琴赵婵、徐鼎力与大提琴杨长缨均已顺利抵达空岛，并分享了他们私藏的古典音乐歌单，带领大家近距离地感受他们所理解的音乐的极境。本期节目，舒伯特、贝多芬、马勒等大师的作品依次奏响，古典音乐带给人的震撼，不仅是在于演奏的高超技术，它所蕴含的演奏者和作品之间微妙细腻的情感才最让人动容。在静谧的夜色里，抛开杂念，把身体和灵魂统统交给音乐，跟随三位的讲述，慢慢走入音乐的极境之处～温馨提示，因为时长原因，在节目中无法完全展示每首歌的魅力，大家感兴趣的话不妨找来全曲听一听。00:05:56 Emerson String Quartet - Beethoven String Quartet In F Major Op.18 No.1:2rd Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato（埃默森四重奏 - 贝多芬F大调弦乐四重奏，作品18 之一，二乐章）00:09:58 Ian Bostridge - Schubert 《Du bist die Ruh》D.776（伊恩·博斯崔吉 - 舒伯特 《你是安宁》 作品776）00:15:06 Leonard Bernstein,New York Philharmonic - Mahler Symphony No. 3：VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden（伯恩斯坦&纽约交响乐团 - 马勒第三交响曲第6乐章）00:20:46 麒麟四重奏 - 卡契尼《圣母颂》（live）（Giulio Caccini - 《Ave-Maria》）00:26:58 Takács Quartet - Brahms String Quartet No.2 in a minor, Op.51 No.2：1. Allegro non troppo（塔卡契四重奏 - 勃拉姆斯a小调弦乐四重奏，作品51之二，一乐章）00:36:15 Mstislav Rostropovich,Emerson String Quartet,Franz Schubert - String Quintet in C Major, D. 956：II. Adagio（姆斯蒂斯拉夫·罗斯托罗波维奇&埃默森四重奏 - 舒伯特C大调弦乐五重奏第2乐章，作品号D. 956）00:41:26 Northern String Quartet - Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings, Op. 11（北方弦乐四重奏 - 赛谬尔·巴伯 柔板，作品11）00:46:38 Borodin Quartet - Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No.1 in d major, Op.11：2rd Andante cantabile（鲍罗丁弦乐四重奏 - 柴可夫斯基d小调第一弦乐四重奏，作品11，二乐章，《如歌的行板》）00:55:56 Galimir String Quartet,Harold Gomberg,Benjamin Britten - Fantasy for Oboe and String Trio in f Minor, Op. 2（Galimir弦乐四重奏&Harold Gomberg - 本杰明.布里顿f小调双簧管和弦乐三重奏幻想曲，作品2）01:03:13 Iskander Zakirov - Johannes Brahms Intermezzi：Op.118 No. 2 Andante teneramente（勃拉姆斯钢琴间奏曲，作品118之二）01:09:29 朱晓玫 - Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988（巴赫 哥德堡变奏曲，作品988）

Greetings! Phase One of today's program highlights a number of new releases, concluding with the emotional, "Journey's End," Neil Rolnick's reflection on the battle with cancer experienced by the his wife of 45 years, Wendy. The piece was commissioned and performed by Kathleen Supové who, as a personal friend of the couple, witnessed Wendy's heroic fight with the disease and Rolnick's role in caring for her throughout her illness.  In Phase Two, we celebrate the 86th revolution around the sun of Philip Glass, featuring some lesser known pieces. Enjoy! Joel e-mail: pushingtheenvelopewhus@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/envpusher1     2-4-23 PTE Playlist   Part II / Part III -  George Winstone w/ Ben Monder - Odysseus - digital self-release (2023) https://georgewinstone.bandcamp.com/album/odysseus   The Difference Is The Buildings Between Us - No Hay Banda / composer: Mauricio Pauly - I Had A Dream About This Place - No Hay Discos (2022) https://nohaybandamtl.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-a-dream-about-this-place   Over The Hill - Van der Graaf Generator - The Bath Forum Concert - Esoteric (2023) https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/van-der-graaf-generator-the-bath-forum-concert-2cd-blu-ray-dvd-box-set-4-disc/    Journey's End - piano: Kathleen Supové / electronics - composer: Neil Rolnick - Lockdown Fantasies - Other Minds Records (2023) https://othermindsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lockdown-fantasies   "Happy 86th Birthday, Philip Glass!"   Phaedra: Scene 2 for String Trio - violin: Christina Fong / viola: Christopher Martin / cello: Karen Krummel - Phaedra: The Non-Mishima Music / Modern Love Waltz - OgreOgress Productions (2011) https://ogreogress.bandcamp.com/album/ph-dra-modern-love-waltz   Phaedra: Scene 4 for Percussion & String Trio - percussion: Glenn Freeman / violin: Christina Fong / viola: Christopher Martin / cello: Karen Krummel - Phaedra: The Non-Mishima Music / Modern Love Waltz - OgreOgress Productions (2011) https://ogreogress.bandcamp.com/album/ph-dra-modern-love-waltz   Phaedra: Scene 6/Scene 14 for Guitar & String Trio - guitar: Paul Vondiziano / violin: Christina Fong / viola: Christopher Martin / cello: Karen Krummel - Phaedra: The Non-Mishima Music / Modern Love Waltz - OgreOgress Productions (2011) https://ogreogress.bandcamp.com/album/ph-dra-modern-love-waltz   Phaedra: Scene 15A for Percussion - Grand Valley State Univeristy Percussion Ensemble - Phaedra: The Non-Mishima Music / Modern Love Waltz - OgreOgress Productions (2011) https://ogreogress.bandcamp.com/album/ph-dra-modern-love-waltz   Truman Sleeps - Philip Glass - Soundtrack: The Truman Show - Milan (1998) https://philipglass.com/films/truman_show/   Changing Opinion - The Philip Glass Ensemble - vocal: Bernard Fowler / composer: Philip Glass / lyrics: Paul Simon - Songs from Liquid Days - Sony Masterworks (1985) https://philipglass.com/recordings/songs_from_liquid_days/   from Wichita Vortex Sutra - The Philip Glass Ensemble / Allen Ginsberg / composer: Philip Glass - Hydrogen Jukebox - Nonesuch (1993) https://philipglass.com/recordings/hydrogen_jukebox/   Offering - Ravi Shankar (raga melody) & Philip Glass (composition) - Passages - Private Music (1990) https://philipglass.com/recordings/passages/   #2 For Gaia - Phillip Glass, Mickey Hart, Kitaro - Freedom Chants From The Roof Of The World - Rykodisc (1989) https://folkways.si.edu/the-gyuto-monks/freedom-chants-from-the-roof-of-the-world/music/album/smithsonian        

Sergei Taneyev - String Trio: Scherzino Spectrum Concerts Berlin More info about today's track: Naxos 8.574367 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon

Franz Schubert - String Trio: Rondo Sergey Ostrovsky, violin Noemie Bialobroda, viola Daniel Mitnitsky, cello More info about today's track: Naxos 8.573891 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon

Ludwig van Beethoven - String Trio No. 1: Finale Attila Falvay, violin Janos Fejervari, viola Gyorgy Eder, cello More info about today's track: Naxos 8.557895 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon

Erno Dohnanyi - Serenade for String Trio: Theme and Variations Spectrum Concerts Berlin More info about today's track: Naxos 8.557153 Courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon

Time for Three — Letters for the Future (DG) Jump to giveaway form New Classical Tracks - Time for Three by “This is Kevin Puts; he's our new member, our composer in residence — ‘Time for Four.'” The members of the string trio Time for Three — violinists Nick Kendall and Charles Yang, and bassist Ranaan Meyer — are talking about Puts and his involvement on their latest album, Letters for the Future, which also includes music by composer Jennifer Higdon. Meyer: “We've been on this journey for a while. When we started out, we were this band that was discovering a common ground with classical music. We had this desire and inquisitive nature of wanting to explore all different genres. “Now fast-forward to today, and we're here to talk about our recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra, which features Jennifer Higdon's work that was also the very first concerto that was ever written for us back in 2008. Here is an exclusive performance for YourClassical MPR of the Cadenza from Higdon's Concerto 4-3: Watch now “We're also super excited about our latest concerto, Contact, by Kevin Puts. In addition to being a sensational composer and writing gorgeous music that is incredibly storytelling in nature, he is like-minded to our group, which pushes us forward on our instruments.” How is this album a homecoming for the group? Kendall: “When Ranaan and I attended the Curtis Institute of Music in the late ‘90s, Mark O'Connor, Edgar Meyer and Yo-Yo Ma released Appalachian Waltz, which blew our minds. At that time, it also seemed natural for Time for Three to do the same. We had this incredible opportunity with the Philadelphia Orchestra with help from maestro Christoph Eschenbach. “Eschenbach saw this energy from us and thought if he could put these virtuoso musicians in the hands of a master composer, who would that be? We had a meeting with him, and both of our lists had Jennifer Higdon, who was a teacher at Curtis. That is the story behind Concerto 4-3.” Can you talk about the creativity behind Contact? Puts: “I thought it was an interesting idea to start with nothing but a three-voice chorale and then gradually elaborate on that. As far as there being a message, I didn't really think of it that way until later. We realized what we were working on a piece about all the different forms of contact.” Here's an exclusive performance of Puts' Gankino Horo, which is not featured on the album: Watch now To hear the rest of my conversation, click on the extended interview above, or download the extended podcast on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. More on Time for Three New Classical Tracks: Time for Three Time for Three Giveaway Time For Three New Classical Tracks Giveaway You must be 13 or older to submit any information to American Public Media/Minnesota Public Radio. The personally identifying information you provide will not be sold, shared, or used for purposes other than to communicate with you about things like our programs, products and services. See Terms of Use and Privacy. This giveaway is subject to the Official Giveaway Rules. Resources Time for Three — Letters for the Future (DG store) Time for Three — Letters for the Future (Amazon) Time for Three (official site)

To learn more, please visit the websites of Terezín Music Foundation and its project Our Will to Live.SHOW NOTES:00:02:45 Foundation of Terezín Music Foundation00:06:30 Our Will To Live00:08:30 Ullmann as guide through Terezin's cultural community 00:09:35 Otto Weininger00:12:20 Ullmann's essays on Sigmund Schul included in Our Will To Live00:13:30 Ullmann's critiques of Carman and Verdi's Requiem00:14:45 Viktor Frankl00:18:40 Council of Elders member Karel Herman00:22:50 smuggling musical instruments00:24:55 Ullmann's critique of performance by Karel Švenk00:26:05 knowledge of environment and history of creators enriches understanding of their work00:26:10 George Horner00:29:15 Yo-Yo Ma's work with TMF00:30:45 Yo-Yo Ma and George Horner's performance at Boston's Symphony Hall00:32:45 Ludwig's performance of Klein's Lullabye for Dalai Lama at US Capital and in Sarajevo after seige00:33:20 Our Will To Live as a work of historical justice00:33:50 Primo Levy's The Drowned and The Saved00:35:00 How tracks for Our Will To Live were choosen00:35:40 Karel Berman's performance of “A Sleepless Night” from Four Songs on Chinese poetry00:36:00 cabaret works by Karel Svenk00:37:15 Tracks of the month by OWTL00:38:15 TMF's ‘Finding A Voice' program curriculum00:39:55 enabling individuals to find their voice 00:40:50 social justice and the voice of society00:41:20 voices of Ullmann, Hans Krása,  Gideon Klein00:42:05 Friedl Dicker-Brandeis 00:44:50 Pavel Haas' “A Sleepless Night” from Four Songs on Chinese Poetry00:46:20 Gideon Klein's String Trio, Second movement00:46:55 Ullmann's Third String Quartet00:47:40 Hans Krása's children's opera Brundibar 00:48:10 Krása's Passacaglia and Fugue for String Trio 00:48:50 Picasso's Guernica00:49:30 Ullmann's Don Quixote Overture 00:51:10 TMF's legacy00:55:40  Track 27 Viktor Ullmann, Third String Quartet [13:38] (Terezín, 1943)performed by Hawthorne String Quartet01:09:45 Track 11 Gideon Klein, String Trio, Movement II — Theme and Variations [07:17] (Terezín, 1944), performed by Ronan Lefkowitz, violin; Mark Ludwig, viola; Sato Knudsen, cello01:17:45 Track 12 Gideon Klein, String Trio, Movement III — Molto Vivace [03:04] (Terezín, 1944) performed by Ronan Lefkowitz, violin; Mark Ludwig, viola; Sato Knudsen, cello01:21:05 Track 16 Pavel Haas, Four Songs on Chinese Poetry (for Karel Berman) “A Sleepless Night” (Han Yu [14:11] (Terezín, 1944) performed by Karel Berman, baritone, and Přemsyl Charnát, piano, November 1991 Czech Radio broadcast of a concert featuring Terezín composers in the Jewish Town Hall, Prague.01:25:10 Track 29 Karel Švenk, “Why Does the Black Man Sit at the Back of the Car?” [01:16] (Terezín, 1943) Arrangement by David L. Post; performed by Thomas Martin, clarinet, and Hawthorne String QuartetTo view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2022]For more details about joining the monthly discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. Hope to see you there!

Synopsis In 1949, while on his deathbed, the German composer Richard Strauss supposedly turned to his beloved daughter-in-law, and said: “Funny thing, Alice. Dying is just the way I composed it in ‘Death and Transfiguration.” Strauss was referring to a tone-poem he had written some 60 years earlier depicting an artist on his deathbed, reviewing his life in art between bouts of an eventually fatal fever. On today's date in 1951, the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg was on his deathbed in Los Angeles, on a Friday the 13th, in fact. Now, Schoenberg had a “thing” about numbers. He developed an atonal “12-tone” style of composition, and assigned a mystical, quasi-religious significance to numbers. One might imagine Schoenberg on his deathbed, turning to someone he loved and said: “Funny thing: I'm dying on Friday the 13th at the age of 76, which, numerically speaking, is 7+6, or 13, don't you see... ” Well we do know that in 1946, after suffering a near-fatal heart attack, Schoenberg wrote a String Trio and told his friend Thomas Mann it was a musical representation of both that coronary incident and its subsequent medical treatment, including, at one point, the penetration of a hypodermic needle! Music Played in Today's Program Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949): Death and Transfiguration (Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, cond.) DG 447 422 Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951): String Trio, Op. 45 (Members of the Juilliard String Quartet) Sony 47690

Synopsis In 1949, while on his deathbed, the German composer Richard Strauss supposedly turned to his beloved daughter-in-law, and said: “Funny thing, Alice. Dying is just the way I composed it in ‘Death and Transfiguration.” Strauss was referring to a tone-poem he had written some 60 years earlier depicting an artist on his deathbed, reviewing his life in art between bouts of an eventually fatal fever. On today's date in 1951, the Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg was on his deathbed in Los Angeles, on a Friday the 13th, in fact. Now, Schoenberg had a “thing” about numbers. He developed an atonal “12-tone” style of composition, and assigned a mystical, quasi-religious significance to numbers. One might imagine Schoenberg on his deathbed, turning to someone he loved and said: “Funny thing: I'm dying on Friday the 13th at the age of 76, which, numerically speaking, is 7+6, or 13, don't you see... ” Well we do know that in 1946, after suffering a near-fatal heart attack, Schoenberg wrote a String Trio and told his friend Thomas Mann it was a musical representation of both that coronary incident and its subsequent medical treatment, including, at one point, the penetration of a hypodermic needle! Music Played in Today's Program Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949): Death and Transfiguration (Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, cond.) DG 447 422 Arnold Schoenberg (1874 – 1951): String Trio, Op. 45 (Members of the Juilliard String Quartet) Sony 47690

Have you ever listened to a song and wondered, "how would this sound in a different genre?" There are so many different kinds of music - Western Classical, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Hindustani Classical - and each one, apart from having very different notational styles, gives off a certain vibe. But is it possible to take a song from one of these styles, but reinvent it in another? That's what we are doing in this episode. We are taking The Police's "Message in a Bottle", a 1979 Rock classic, and reimagining it, but as a classical String Trio! Listen as I break the song into different musical segments, reimagine each one, and rebuild the song with the same tune, but a completely different vibe - the sound of a Classical piece.