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In 1789, a mob stormed a fortress called the Bastille…and the world would never be the same. Over the next sixty years, the French rose up again…and again…and again, from 1789 to 1848, revolution after revolution after revolution, one great struggle that refused to end, one song that refused to die. Or...James Houser's Cliff Notes version of French history from 1789 to 1848. Guillotines, flags, songs, speeches, and more than a little blood. The revolution will not always be civilized...but it will transform the world.Sources: coming soon (in the large German Wars of Unification source list)Music: Brahms, Tragic Overture, Op No. 81, performed by The Czech National Symphony Orchestra. CC. "Phoenix Uprising" by Allwaves via Pond5.comhttps://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/302066823-phoenix-rising-cinematic-trailer-theme-rebellion-sacrifice-i"La Marseillaise", U.S. Navy Band c. 1987, public domain, from en.wikipedia.org"Military" by florews, via Pond5.com: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/111522136-military-epic-patriotic-cinematic"Epic Finale" by Hakaneriksson, via Pond5.comhttps://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/59734878-epic-finaleHearts Of Iron by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/Royalty Free Music by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_USBeethoven, Symphony No. 5, Op No. 67, performed by the Fulda Symphonic Orchestra. CC.Chasing Daylight by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckleyMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Independence Day by florewsmusic, via Pond5.com: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/197352388-independence-day-american-military-patriotic-national-backgr

After almost a month of packing, moving, unpacking, and barely touching the bass, I'm finally back in the studio, and my chops definitely aren't where I need them.With a weekend at Birdland with Steve Smith and Vital Information coming up, it would be very easy to panic and spend every available minute working on the music for the gig.Instead, I'm trying something different.I've been going back to classical music (Brahms in particular) and experimenting with arranging music I love for solo electric bass. Rather than immediately putting pressure on myself to be "gig ready," I'm using completely unrelated music to reconnect with the instrument, rebuild the mechanics of my playing, and get my ears and imagination working again.Make sure you're signed up to this substack newsletter so you get every podcast episode, all the news about new music recordings, and all the lessons and behind the scenes information I share from my little world of bass and music. In this episode, I work through part of Brahms' Poco Allegretto from Symphony No. 3 and start asking some of the questions that might eventually shape an entire solo classical bass album.How much of the original harmony should I keep?Should I reharmonize it?Do I play the melodies completely solo, or use loops?Should there be improvisation?Could classical repertoire live alongside original music and more ambient, experimental sounds?And how far can I push the orchestration when I'm trying to make all of this work on a five-string electric bass tuned E–C?We also get into one of the harmonic exercises I've been using to get my hands moving again: taking V–I resolutions and breaking triadic ideas into groups of five using 2+3 and 3+2 patterns. It's a simple concept that opens up a huge amount of melodic and rhythmic material. You can find it in my book From Practice to PerformanceThis episode ended up becoming a pretty accurate snapshot of where my musical brain is right now. I start with Brahms, move into dominant harmony, disappear into ambient sounds and effects, and somehow end up seriously thinking about what a solo classical electric bass record could become.There's also a little history behind all of this. Before bass became my instrument, I was heavily involved in classical guitar, working through the UK grade system to Grade 8 and playing solo classical guitar and in ensembles. A lot of the chordal and right-hand techniques I use on bass today actually come directly from that period of my life.I'd love your input on where I take it.If I make a solo classical electric bass album, would you want the visual side to be an important part of the project — filmed performances in a beautiful space — or would you rather put on headphones, close your eyes, and experience it purely as a record?Let me know in the comments.Also in this episode: the new studio is slowly coming together, the blue couch has returned, the new transcription book is finally in stock, and I found a photograph from my first semester at Berklee in 1998 featuring a fellow bass player you might recognize...More soon, JanekThe Complete Bass Mastery eBook Course Get full access to Janek's Newsletter at janekgwizdala.substack.com/subscribe

M. Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C, IV. Finale: Allegro moderatoRussian State Symphony OrchestraIgor Golovschin, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.550792Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Charles Gounod: Symphony No. 2 in Eb, IV: Finale, Allegro, Leggiero AssaiJyväskylä SinfoniaPatrick GalloisMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.557463Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Tod Field's Tár (2022) is one of the best ghost stories we've discussed on the show. The story of a troiubled genius, the film is also a wonderfully ambiguous portrat of a person persued by her past in the form of an unseen and vengerful force. Lydia Tár is by turns charismatic, repulsive, fascinating, and frightening. She's a real person and demands a compicated response, just like the film as a whole. Part Amadeus and part Lolita, Tár is a high-water mark for anyone intrested in a portrat of the artist. Bumper music: Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 - Trauermarsch by Jason Weinberger & WCF Symphony. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 If, like Lydia Tár, you're fascinated by Mahler, check out Stephen Downes' 2025 biography. Please subscribe to the show and consider leaving us a rating or review. You can find over three hundred episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Letterboxd and email us any time at fifteenminutefilm@gmail.com with requests and recommendations. Check out Dan Moran's substack, Pages and Frames, where he writes about books and movies, as well as his many film-related author interviews on The New Books Network. Mike Takla is on substack at The Grumbler's Almanac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Tod Field's Tár (2022) is one of the best ghost stories we've discussed on the show. The story of a troiubled genius, the film is also a wonderfully ambiguous portrat of a person persued by her past in the form of an unseen and vengerful force. Lydia Tár is by turns charismatic, repulsive, fascinating, and frightening. She's a real person and demands a compicated response, just like the film as a whole. Part Amadeus and part Lolita, Tár is a high-water mark for anyone intrested in a portrat of the artist. Bumper music: Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 - Trauermarsch by Jason Weinberger & WCF Symphony. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 If, like Lydia Tár, you're fascinated by Mahler, check out Stephen Downes' 2025 biography. Please subscribe to the show and consider leaving us a rating or review. You can find over three hundred episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the show on Letterboxd and email us any time at fifteenminutefilm@gmail.com with requests and recommendations. Check out Dan Moran's substack, Pages and Frames, where he writes about books and movies, as well as his many film-related author interviews on The New Books Network. Mike Takla is on substack at The Grumbler's Almanac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture

Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Italian, IV: Saltarello, prestoSlovak Philharmonic OrchestraAnthony Bramall, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.553230Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

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, he didn't like very many new works at all. One exception was Bohuslav Martinů's very first symphony, written in 1942. Thomson said this: "The Martinů Symphony is a beaut. It is wholly lovely and doesn't sound like anything else." The story of how this symphony came to be is as fascinating as the music itself, and it's perfectly in keeping with the relentless curiosity of Martinů as a composer. Martinů, a prolific composer who wrote nearly 400 works, had just arrived in the US in 1941 as a refugee from war-torn Czechoslovakia. He was 51 years old and had never written a symphony before. This delay wasn't a case of crushing self-doubt, as it was for Brahms. It was actually a seeming lack of interest in the symphonic genre, which was not unusual at the time. But in 1942, Martinů sent a letter to Serge Koussevitzky, the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a friend to the dozens of refugee composers who had arrived from Europe during the early days of World War II. Koussevitzky commissioned Martinů to write a large-scale work, and Martinů responded with his First Symphony -- a perfect welcome to his new home, and to the grand adventure he was setting off on in a country he found intimidating, exciting, and full of opportunity. The result is a piece of remarkable contrast, energy, light, and boisterous hope, given the situation back in his homeland. As the sponsor of this episode, Pere Casan Bonet, put it, the symphony is "a pool of energy that makes me feel optimistic even at my lowest points." We'll start today with a quick overview of Martinů's life and work, since he might not be the most familiar composer to you, and then we'll talk our way through this incredible First Symphony. Martinů has always been one of my favorite "underrated" composers, so it's a thrill to get to talk to you about him today. Join us!

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in e, Op. 95, IV: Allegro con fuocoSlovak Philharmonic OrchestraStephen Gunzenhauser, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.550271Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

On July 25, 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, a fact we know because the composer kept intricate records. I can tell you that so far there have only been two other July 25 editions of Charlottesville Community Engagement and they were in 2023 and 2024. What were you doing on any of those three days? In this week's stories:* Charlottesville City Council will not take another vote on design review of The Mark (read the story)* Charlottesville speakers provide multiple perspectives on how to help those without a home (learn more)* City of Charlottesville develops brochure in advance of encampment “transition” (read the story)* Albemarle County Supervisors learn about human services needs in the community (story posting Monday!)* Albemarle Supervisors get update on transportation projects (learn more)A sponsored message: Panorama Natural BurialAt Panorama Natural Burial, we believe caring for the deceased can be simple, meaningful, and deeply connected to the natural world. As a natural burial ground just outside Charlottesville, we offer families an alternative to traditional burial that honors both the people we love and the land that will carry them forward.Whether you are planning ahead, navigating a recent loss, or are just curious about natural burial, we welcome the conversation. We host regular tours and community events throughout the year. At Panorama we are building new ways of understanding death, land, ecology, ritual, memory, and community. We believe that building community around death care helps us all to live fuller lives. We are open to the public daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come visit!A house shout-out for Town Crier Productions at the end of 1096-AThe posting of the podcast marks the end of one week and the beginning of another. These days it takes me a lot longer to do the very simple task of restripping the WTJU version with fresh audio. Fridays are usually very intense production days and it is my true hope to eventually have someone to assist with putting it all together.All of this work is the result of one person with a vision for how to put it all together. When I look back in my archives, I see that this is what I wanted to do with the Charlottesville Podcasting Network back in 2005 but all of the tools were not in place yet to make it work.We're now six years into the experiment of Town Crier Productions which has allowed me to document a lot of events and decisions and details in this newsletter. This week we crossed the threshold of 5,000 subscribers in Substack, with about 820 of them paying into this newsletter. I'm going to write more notes to those paying because I need help thinking through some of the next steps of the business plan.An issue with being on Substack is that most people who find this newsletter through the algorithm don't have a connection to the area so they disappear fairly quickly. Aside from a few Facebook boosts, I've never done any targeted marketing to attract new people since the beginning when I emailed as many people as possible an update of what I was doing.So this shout-out concludes with me once again giving you the opportunity to sign-up through various social media platforms.* I post stories over at BlueSky but don't really do much else than that at this point. Here's the account for Information Charlottesville.* You can also subscribe to get Information Charlottesville postings via email Wordpress. This is where I confess I don't entirely know the link for this. Might be a pop-up?* Town Crier Productions has a Facebook page but I'm really not sure if it's worth keeping as the site doesn't really seem to like Substack material. Or Wordpress material. In six years of doing this, I've never had a post “go viral” and I think it's all throttled. I don't pay them any money anymore* And then there's Instagram which gets a couple of likes. I'd like to have better images but that is another skill set I don't have.Okay. I have procrastinated a lot by writing this.Charlottesville Community Engagement is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityengagement.substack.com/subscribe

A. P. Borodin: Symphony No. 1 in Eb, IV. Alegro molto vivoSeattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.572786Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Today's guest is one of my favorite artists, singer, songwriter, fellow "Nashvillain", and French Horn enthusiast Cody Fry, whose unique blend of songwriting and classical music has created a passionate fan base and helped bridge the gap between pop and classical music for millions of people. He's been on a hot streak lately with three Grammy nominations for best arrangement, a busy travel schedule performing with top symphony orchestras all over the country, and most recently the premiere of his "Symphony no.1: The Unlikely Mariner", a 16-minute multimedia work recorded in a 2,000-gallon water tank in front of a 130 ft LED wall. Longtime listeners of the show will know that I've long been an advocate for artists to release their own sheet music, and Cody is one of the best at that. There's so much that we cover in this episode and I think you'll really be blown away by Cody.Garrett's arrangements of Cody's music:GoWhat IfPhotographWant Me BackPictures of Mountains

J. K. Paine: Symphony No. 2 in A, Op. 34, III: Adagio "A Romance of Spring"Ulster OrchestraJoAnn Falletta, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.559748Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

Stephanie Childress is principal guest conductor of the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, and she is a rising star on both sides of the Atlantic, equally at home in opera and in concerts.Born in London to a non-musical family, as a teenager she would often skip classes and spend her afternoons watching stage and orchestra rehearsals at the English National Opera, eventually dropping out of school to pursue musicology at the University of Cambridge, aged 16. Stephanie has received much critical acclaim over her interpretations of Mozart's operas, and she will make her Paris Opera debut in Spring of 2027 with Don Giovanni.She is passionate about cross-disciplinary projects, whether they involve cinema, theatre, dance, or a DJ set. Reimagining the concert experience lies at the heart of her artistic mission, and in June 2026 she collaborated with director Tom Morris on an exploration of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 at St John's Smith Square in London.In 2020, she gained international recognition following her second-prize win at the conducting competition ‘LaMaestra'. She previously undertook a residency at the Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, a division of the French Embassy in the United States. 

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 symphony entitled "Liturgical." He wrote an extended commentary on the piece, which included these lines: "My intention in this work was to symbolize the reaction of modern man against the morass of barbarism, stupidity, suffering, machine-mindedness, and bureaucracy that has been besieging us for some years now. I have reproduced in musical terms the combat that is joined in man's heart between yielding to the blind forces that encircle him and his instinct for happiness, his love of peace, his apprehension of a divine refuge. My symphony is, if you like, a drama played out between three characters, whether real or symbolic: misery, happiness, and man. These are everlasting themes. I have tried to give them new life." It doesn't get much clearer than that in terms of a "message" behind a piece, and the symphony reflects these feelings of Honegger's in almost every note. This is not a symphony to be taken lightly, and over the course of its roughly 30-minute runtime, Honegger explores these ideas from three different perspectives, all centered around the Catholic liturgy. In this symphony, we find an attempt at understanding after the unthinkable had occurred, a passionate condemnation of war, and a search for eternal peace. This is a symphony that, in its heyday, was fairly popular, with recordings by two of the world's great conductors, Herbert von Karajan and Charles Munch, but it slowly faded from concert stages and is now very rarely performed. Thanks to Staffan for sponsoring today's episode on this symphony, which was a discovery for me and which I think will be a discovery for many of you as well. Today we'll talk about the detailed program that Honegger attached to the symphony, the liturgical connections in the piece, and of course the music itself. Join us!

Welcome to a special concert edition of Inwood Art Works On Air podcast featuring the Inwood Chamber Players playing classical program featuring MOSTLY romantic works by Amy Beach, Giacomo Rossini, Claude Debussy, Max Bruch, and Gabriel Pierne arranged by Gilbert Dejean. Hence the name of the concert, Mostly Romantic! It also features local singer, Karen Jolicoeur. It was recorded live on May 3, 2026 at Good Shepherd Auditorium. Program:Claudio Monteverdi - Cantata DominoClaude Debussy - Marche EcossaireGiuseppe Verdi - Three Excerpts from Aida·      Celeste Aida·      Patri Mia·      MarchGabriel Faure - PavaneJohannes Brahms - Excerpts from Serenade No. 1·      Movement I - Allegro molto·      Movement VI - AllegroJoseph Haydn - Excerpt from Symphony No. 99·      Movement IV - VivaceJacques Offenbach - La Belle Helene Overture Musicians: Helen Campo - Flute 1, Kaoru Hinata - Flute 2 and Piccolo, Kathy Halvorson - Oboe 1, Setsuko Otake - Oboe 2, David Gould - Clarinet 1, Meryl Abt - Clarinet 2, RJ Kelly - Horn 1, Nancy Billmann - Horn 2, Sarah Boxmeyer - Horn 3, Sara Cyrus - Horn 4, Patti Wang - Bassoon 1, Yuki Higashi - Bassoon 2, Jeffrey Levine - Double Bass

G. W. Chadwick: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 21: II. Allegretto ScherzandoUkraine National Radio Symphony OrchestraTheodore Kuchar, conductorMore info about today's track: Naxos 8.559213Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc.SubscribeYou can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed.Purchase this recordingAmazon

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Bass guitarist, composer and songwriter Guy Pratt and bassoonist Amy Harman are Jeffrey and Anna's studio guests as they add five more tracks. Starting with an early ska classic, they explore the art of 'hocketing' before heading to the beach with Einstein.Producer Jerome Weatherald Presented with musical direction by Jeffrey Boakye and Anna PhoebeThe five tracks in this week's playlist:Miss Jamaica by Jimmy Cliff Rock On by David Essex Finale of Symphony No 6 in B Minor by Tchaikovsky Hockets for Two Voices: 1 by Meara O'Reilly Knee Play 5 from Einstein on the Beach by Philip GlassOther music in this episode:Ain't No Doubt by Jimmy Nail Like a Prayer by Madonna The Reason by Celine Dion I'm Alive by Vybz Kartel Be My Guest by Fats Domino Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd 9th Symphony by Gustav Mahler Zap Mama by Babanzélé Gamelan by the Bali Gamelan Orchestra Money by Pink Floyd Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd

Music Credits: Intro: "Zero Signal," Sean Kolton, MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries Round 1 Mix: "Mars, the Bringer of War," Gustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32; "Ride of the Valkyries," Richard Wagner, The Valkyrie; "Montagues and Capulets," Sergei Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 "3, Allegro Non Troppo," Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 3 in F Major Round 2 Mix: "1, Allegro Con Brio," Ludwig von Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C Minor "Night on Bald Mountain," Modest Mussorgsky Round 3 Mix: "Danse Macabre, Op. 40," Camille Saint-Saens "Moonlight Sonata," Ludwig von Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 "Summer 1, Allegro Non Molto," Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons "1, Mist," Alfred J. Fissinger, Suite for Solo Marimba Round 4 Mix: "Nocturne in E Flat Major," Frederic Chopin, The Nocturnes, Op. 9 "Sonata Pathetique 2, Adagio Cantabile," Ludwig von Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 8 "Canon in D Major," Johann Pachelbel Johnny Treble Fight: "Charge Assault," Keiki Kobayashi, Ace Combat 7 Post-Fight: "Clean Slate," Sean Kolton, MechWarrior 5 Mercenaries Soundtrack

Alice Farnham surveys recordings of Mahler's Symphony no.5 and makes a top recommendation

Reg Bloor is a guitarist, instrument builder, and founder of the Systems Neutralizers record label. For 18-years she collaborated with composer Glenn Branca, serving as a guitarist, concertmaster, and manager on international tours and multiple albums. On June 12, 2026, she will conduct Branca's Symphony No. 13 at Lincoln Center, and she is currently preparing the release of his Symphony No. 4. Independently, Reg has released four solo guitar albums, co-founded the bands The Paranoid Critical Revolution  and Twitcher, and contributed to several film soundtracks.

Welcome to our final episode in our Reformation Symphony series, of course with the grand movement IV. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.107_(Mendelssohn%2C_Felix) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Kate Molleson explores the life and music of Florence Price, joined by pianist and scholar Samantha Ege. From her childhood in Little Rock, where family, education and the realities of racial segregation shaped her early ambitions, Price's story unfolds through persistence, reinvention and growing recognition. Moving through her years of study and early career, we hear how she drew on African American musical traditions while navigating the social and political pressures around her. In Chicago, she found a vibrant artistic community and new opportunities, leading to orchestral success and national visibility. In her later years, recognition remained uneven, and her music continued to evolve in the face of resistance and neglect, with works still coming to light long after her death.Music featured includes: Negro Folksongs in Counterpoint: No. 4 Shortnin' Bread Violin Concerto No. 2 Symphony No. 4 in D minor (extract) Scenes in Tin Can Alley: Children at Play Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E minor Fantasie Nègre No. 2 in G minor String Quartet No. 2 in A minor – Finale Concert Overture No. 2 Adoration Fantasie No. 2 in F sharp minor A Day in the Life of a Washerwoman Fantasie No. 1 in G minor The Goblin and the Mosquito Songs to the Dark Virgin Ethiopia's Shadow in America (extracts) Symphony No. 1 in E minor (extract) Symphony No. 1 in E minor – Juba Dance Piano Concerto in One Movement (extract) Sympathy My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord The Oak Resignation Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major – Allegro The Mississippi River (extracts) Fantasie Nègre No. 3 in F minorPresented by Kate Molleson Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Florence Price (1887-1953) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vw41.And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we've featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z

It's Part 3, time for the heavy third movement of Mendelssohn's iconic Reformation Symphony. We hope you're enjoying this series as we're in the home stretch! Be sure to like, and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.107_(Mendelssohn%2C_Felix) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

We'll focus on Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93.

We'll look at Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60.        

We'll look at Beethoven's last great public work, the Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, completed in 1824.

We'll talk about Beethoven's great “Pastoral” Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68.

We'll talk about Beethoven's Symphony in C Minor, Op. 67, composed in 1807.

We'll focus on Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, completed in 1812.

We'll look at Beethoven's great “Eroica” Symphony, No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55.

We'll talk about Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36.

We'll look at Symphony No. 1, Op. 21.

SynopsisAs far as anniversary gifts go, the one Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg received in 1920 was pretty spectacular. To celebrate his 25th year as Music Director of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, they staged a special month-long festival in honor of one of Mengelberg's favorite composers — Gustav Mahler, the Austrian composer of monumental symphonies, who had, in fact, conducted the Concertgebouw several times before his untimely death at 50 in 1911.Mahler was the conductor Mengelberg admired most, and Mengelberg and his orchestra were ardent champions of Mahler's symphonies, too: their 1920 festival performed all nine of them over the course of two weeks that May. Mahler's widow Alma was in attendance, as were his younger Austrian contemporaries Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, Danish composer Carl Nielsen and a young British conductor and Mahler fan named Adrian Boult, who reported on the festival for a British newspaper back home.In 1995, the Concertgebouw staged another Mahler Festival on the 75th anniversary of the 1920 one, this time inviting the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic to participate. A hundredth-anniversary festival was planned for May 2020, but the COVID pandemic forced that Mahler cycle to be postponed until May 2025. Good things come to all who wait.Music Played in Today's ProgramGustav Mahler (1860-1911): Symphony No. 1 (Titan); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly, conductor; London/Decca 448813

The state Senate will vote Monday on a package of gun violence protection bills. It includes a ban on assault weapons and restrictions on ghost guns. More from supporters and opponents of the legislation that's been a central debate this session.It was decision day for many high school seniors this weekend, as they chose where they will be headed in the fall for college. Thousands of those students could get free tuition at Minnesota schools thanks to the North Star Promise program. A check in on the program ahead.And the Wild and the Wolves are starting the second round of their playoffs. It's the first time in Minnesota history that's happened. Our Minnesota Music Minute was a performance of Gustav Mahler's “ Symphony No. 5” by the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony.

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Camille Saint‑Saëns, a composer whose career was shaped as much by personality and circumstance as by precocious talent. Raised in Paris by strong‑minded women who recognised his gifts early, Saint‑Saëns grew into a formidable pianist and an alert observer of the musical world around him. He moved easily through the city's salons, where reputations were made, ideas exchanged, and music absorbed as a social force as much as an art. Alongside influential relationships, including a lasting creative bond with Gabriel Fauré, Saint‑Saëns was drawn into a life increasingly shaped by travel.Music featured includes: Danse macabre, Op. 40 Calme des nuits (Deux Chœurs, Op. 68 No. 1) Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75 Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12 (Movements 1–4) Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 2 Tarantelle in A minor, Op. 6 Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 14 Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, Op. 20 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 Le timbre d'argent (extract) Marche héroïque, Op. 34 La jeunesse d'Hercule, Op. 50 A Voice by the Cedar Tree Romance in C major, Op. 48 Romance, Op. 36 Le Déluge: Prelude Samson et Dalila: “Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix” Requiem, Op. 54 (extracts) Suite algérienne, Op. 60: Prélude Étienne Marcel: Ballet Music (extracts) Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33 Le carnaval des animaux Oboe Sonata in D major, Op. 166Presented by Donald Macleod Produced by Ellie Ajao for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v8nk.And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we've featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z.

It's time for the cute little movement II from Mendelssohn's Reformation Symphony! We hope you're enjoying following along with us on this symphonic series. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.107_(Mendelssohn%2C_Felix) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

It's Spring and time for a new symphonic analysis here on the CoffeeHouse! Join us as we start our look into Mendelsson's iconic 5th Symphony. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5%2C_Op.107_(Mendelssohn%2C_Felix) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C Major, the “Jupiter,” was his last, a symphony he never heard, composed in the summer of 1788, three years before his death, along with two other symphonies, a piano sonata, other chamber works, by a 32-year-old genius deeply in debt, having lost the favor of his noble patrons, caring for his ailing wife, Constanze — it's heartbreaking to hear the tenderness of the dances in the third movement, the inventiveness of the finale.The audience adored the Shostakovich. They gave it a standing ovation and brought the maestro back for five bows and he gave bows to the brass, the English horn, the violas, the tympani, the cymbals, the strings, the winds, the harps. Shostakovich wrote it in honor of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 but during intermission Jenny had shown me videos she'd taken of New Yorkers sliding Cedar Hill in Central Park, sliding on plastic saucers, pieces of cardboard, baking trays, roasting pans, skis, going off a jump and flying in the air and landing in a cloud of snow. Tyranny is brutal and blind to the goodness and delight of life that Mozart found even in his summer of distress. We have a democracy here, my friend. The vintage of the grapes of wrath has been trampled out. The king cannot lie repeatedly and nakedly and demand to be believed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit garrisonkeillor.substack.com/subscribe

SynopsisOn today's date in 1938, radio listeners across North America tuned to the NBC network to hear the first American performance of the Symphony No. 5 by 32-year-old Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. The work premiered in Moscow the previous year to great acclaim, and many American conductors and orchestras were competing to give its first performance here, but it was Artur Rodzinski and the NBC Symphony who were chosen — for two very good reasons.First, he had traveled to Moscow in 1934 to meet Shostakovich and a kind of mutual admiration bond was formed. Second, NBC was willing to pay the outrageously high premium demanded by the Soviet government for the American premiere. Now, $5000 might not seem like a lot to us now, but in 1938 that was the equivalent of well over $100,000 in today's money — and NBC was willing and able to pony up that much to promote their recently-formed NBC Symphony Orchestra and its coast-to-coast radio broadcasts.Rodzinski's wife Halina recalled that upon receiving the new score after all the fuss and expense, her husband was at first not impressed, but during rehearsals fell in love with what would become Shostakovich's most-performed symphony.Music Played in Today's ProgramDmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975): Symphony No. 5; Cleveland Orchestra; Artur Rodzinski, conductor; Sony 19439928772

Time to celebrate! 2026 is the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America. We go back to the Bicentennial, 1976, and look at the songs from the charts back then. This was quite a year for variety, with Thin Lizzy and Walter Murphy representing two extremes. Music Attribution / Credits “The Boys Are Back in Town” – Thin Lizzy Written by Phil Lynott © 1976 “Let Your Love Flow” – The Bellamy Brothers Written by Larry E. Williams © 1976 Figs. D Music, Inc. “A Fifth of Beethoven” – Walter Murphy Adapted from Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 © 1976 (Original classical composition is in the public domain) “When Forever Has Gone” – Demis Roussos Written by Barry Mason and Stelios Vlavianos © 1976 No copyright infringement intended. All rights belong to their respective owners.

March is Women's History Month, and in this special episode of Busy Kids Love Music, we explore a powerful and important question: If women have been composing for centuries…why were so many of their names forgotten? Instead of focusing on just one composer, this episode looks at the bigger historical picture — uncovering the social, cultural, and publishing barriers that kept many brilliant women composers from being widely remembered. You'll hear excerpts from stunning works and discover why these composers deserve a permanent place in music history. Featured Composers & Works Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847) Piano Trio in D Minor, Op. 11 – I. Allegro molto vivace Clara Schumann (1819–1896) Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7 Florence Price (1887–1953) Symphony No. 1 in E Minor  Amy Beach (1867–1944) Romance, Op. 23 In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why women composers were often discouraged from writing large-scale orchestral works How publishing, performance, and teaching influence which music survives Why genre bias shaped the way music history was written How modern musicians are rediscovering and performing long-overlooked works Why listening itself can be an act of honoring history Listener Challenge This week, choose a female composer you don't know well. Listen to: One of the podcast episodes linked below OR A piece of her music  A free printable listening guide is available here to help you go deeper. Previous podcast episodes on female composers to check out and use with your Listening Challenge printable: Episode 15: Fanny Mendelssohn | Busy Kids Do Piano Episode 42: Clara Schumann | Busy Kids Do Piano Episode 66: The Life and Music of Florence Price | Busy Kids Do Piano Episode 92: Lili Boulanger | Busy Kids Do Piano Episode 116: Nina Simone | Busy Kids Do Piano Episode 118: Fanny Crosby | Busy Kids Do Piano Episode 160: The Life of Imogen Holst | Busy Kids Do Piano Episode 171: Margaret Bonds | Busy Kids Do Piano Thanks for listening to Busy Kids Love Music! See you next time as we continue discovering the stories — and the sounds — behind classical music.

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What’s a sentence that invites the universe to call your bluff? “I could do that!” Meet three people who said it, and then had to live it. Christopher Lamar runs Lunar Embassy, a company that sells deeds to plots on the Moon and other celestial bodies. Logan Goodspeed learns what happens when you casually claim you could run a marathon “with 24 hours’ notice,” and your spouse takes that seriously. And Mandle Cheung, a tech CEO and devoted music lover, writes a huge check to fund a Mahler concert, so he can conduct the Toronto Symphony Orchestra himself. Suggested episodes: What Happens When You Act Like You Belong GOOD GOURD! A show about pumpkins! TOPS: A woman summits Everest, a man considers a body transplant, and world-record hat-wearing GUESTS: Christopher Lamar: CEO of Lunar Embassy, a company that sells deeds to plots on the Moon and other celestial bodies. The business was founded by his father, Dennis Hope, in 1980 Logan Goodspeed: A 32-year-old software engineer from California who ran the Rock ’n’ Roll San Diego Marathon with about 24 hours’ notice and no formal training Mandle Cheung: A 78-year-old technology CEO and amateur conductor who founded Mandle Philharmonic in 2018. In June 2025, he personally funded a one-night performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) and conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Jessica Severin de Martinez, Meg Fitzgerald, and Robyn Doyon-Aitken contributed to this show, with help from Coco Cooley. Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political commentator Chuck Todd discusses the latest national political headlines and how Republicans are walking a tight-rope between Trump and the party's anti-interventionists. Olga Cherevko is  head of communications for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. She joins us again via zoom to discuss how the US-Israel war on Iran is impacting Palestinians.Former secretary of public safety Andrea Cabral on why the Minneapolis prosecutors office is launching an investigation into top border patrol officials.The Culture Show host Jared Bowen joins us briefly to discuss why composer Philip Glass chose to withdraw his Symphony No. 15: Lincoln from the Kennedy Center.And for this week's Am I the A-hole: rims-up or rims-down for storing coffee mugs? 

Our third installment of calming songs includes Max Richter's tribute to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ambient sounds from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Brazilian jazz from Wayne Shorter and more.Note: This episode originally ran in April, 2025Artists and songs featured on this episode:(00:00) Intro(02:20) The Choir: “You Don't Have To Smile,” from ‘Translucent'(05:58) Orbital Patterns: “Can't Tell If I'm Awake,” from ‘Extended Impostor Syndrome'(10:11) Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alvo Noto: “Logic Moon,” From ‘Insen'(15:46) Lea Bertucci: “Vapours,” From ‘Of Shadow And Substance'(20:25) Hayden Pedigo: “Long Pond Lily,” From ‘I'll Be Waving As You Drive Away'(25:57) Max Richter: “All Human Beings,” from ‘Voices'(31:17) Wayne Shorter: “Tarde,” From ‘Native Dancer'(36:15) Mabe Fratti: “El Sol Sigue Ahí,” From ‘Pies Sobre La Tierra'(41:08) Ida: “Don't Get Sad,” from ‘Will You Find Me?'(46:10) David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw & London Sinfonietta:  “Lento,” from Henryk Górecki's ‘Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 - Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs'Support the show with a review on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And tell a friend!Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.orgTo manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below:See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Capitalism as an economic system has been around in various forms for over a thousand years and according to our featured guest this week, it keeps evolving. Join us for a lively and challenging discussion between Ralph and Harvard history professor, Sven Beckert, as they discuss his book “Capitalism: A Global History.”Sven Beckert is the Laird Bell Professor of History at Harvard University. He has written widely on the economic, social, and political history of capitalism. His book Empire of Cotton won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His latest book is Capitalism: A Global History.Capitalism has existed within a whole range of political systems of organizing political power. And this includes authoritarian regimes; this includes fascist regimes; and this includes also liberal democratic regimes such as Great Britain and the United States. And you see this kind of tension emerging today within the United States in which there is a kind of concern, I think, among some capital-owning elites about liberal democracy. They see that as being limiting to some of their business interests.Sven BeckertIn a way, the book tries to not make us to be just powerless cogs in a machine and not powerless cogs in the unfolding of history. But the book very much emphasizes that the particular shape that capitalism has taken at any particular moment in time has a lot to do also with questions of the state. It has a lot to do with questions of political power. It has a lot to do with questions of social contestation. And sometimes capitalism has been reshaped drastically by the actions of people with very little power. And I show that in particular when I look at the end of the slave-based plantation economy in the Americas, which is very much driven by the collective mobilization of some of the poorest and most exploited people on planet Earth—namely the enslaved workers who grow all that sugar and all that cotton or that tobacco in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.Sven BeckertI think markets and market activities have existed in all human societies. That is not particular to capitalism. And the few efforts in world history in which people have tried to get rid of the market in its entirety have been pretty much economic disasters. So there is a place for the market. There has been a place for the market in all human societies. But in capitalism, the market takes on an importance that it didn't take on in other forms of economic life… I think it is so important to think about this, because, as I said earlier, capitalism is not natural. It's not the only form of economic life on planet Earth. Indeed, it's the opposite. It's a revolutionary departure from older forms of the organization of economic life.Sven BeckertTrump seems really concerned about impeachment because it's beyond his control. And he sees if (with inflation) the economy starts going down more, unemployment up, prices up, all these campaign promises bogus, polls going down—he fears impeachment. And I've yet to hear him say if he was impeached and removed from office, he wouldn't leave the White House—while he's defied all other federal laws, constitutional provisions, and foreign treaties.Ralph NaderNews 1/30/26* Following the murders of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renée Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis – along with the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis, the abduction of 5-year-old Liam Ramos along with his father, and the arrest of an estimated 3,000 people – the Minnesota AFL-CIO called a General Strike for workers to demand ICE leave the state. This one-day general strike, staged during temperatures of -20°F, drew as many as 100,000 workers into the streets, according to Labor Notes. Participating unions included the SEIU, AFT, and the CWA, along with UNITE HERE Local 17, OPEIU Local 12, IATSE Local 13, and AFSCME Council 5, among many others. Minneapolis has been the site of major labor actions before, perhaps most famously the 1934 General Strike, and it remains a relatively union-dense hub today. It was also the locus of the 2020 George Floyd protests, which many see as a reason why the Trump administration has been so hostile towards the locals.* With the spiraling situation in Minnesota, the Trump administration has finally moved to deescalate somewhat. Per POLITICO, “DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, has…been sidelined,” and border czar Tom Homan has been dispatched to the state to take over operations there. Moreover, the Atlantic reports “Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol ‘commander at large' and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon.” While hardly an adequate response to the crisis, these moves do show that Trump sees how badly his lieutenants have bungled their mission. It remains to be seen whether this will mark the end of the high-lawlessness period of ICE activity or if the agency will simply shift its primary theater of operation.* For Minnesota Republicans meanwhile, the situation is nothing short of catastrophic. While the party's fortunes had looked promising just weeks ago, some, like Republican attorney Chris Madel, now say “National Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota.” Madel had been a candidate for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, but dropped out abruptly this week, citing national Republicans' “stated retribution on the citizens of our state,” per the Star Tribune. While the election is still 10 months away – “a lifetime in politics,” as one person quoted in the story puts it – it is hard to imagine Minnesotans forgetting about the murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti and delivering a statewide victory for Republicans for the first time since 2006.* Speaking of dropping out, the New York Times reports Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term incumbent delegate representing Washington, D.C. in Congress, has filed a termination notice for her re-election campaign. Norton, a civil rights activist and law professor, was elected D.C. delegate in 1991 and earned a reputation as D.C.'s “warrior on the Hill.” Today, she is the oldest person serving in the House at 88 years old. Norton has shown signs of cognitive decline but insisted she would seek reelection and even after her campaign filed this termination paperwork Norton did not make a public statement for days, raising questions about how aware she even was of this decision – a disgraceful end to a towering career. If any silver lining is to be found, one hopes this will serve as a cautionary tale for other members of Congress not to cling to their seats to the bitter end.* In more congressional news, Axios reports, “Nearly half of the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee broke with their party's leadership in stunning fashion…by voting to hold former President Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress,” for his refusal to testify in the committee's probe related to Jeffrey Epstein. While House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries whipped votes against the motion, Ranking Member Robert Garcia gave committee members permission to “vote their conscience.” With the defections, the vote to hold former President Clinton in contempt was a lopsided 34-8. Nine Democrats voted yes, eight no, and two present. On a separate vote to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt, far fewer Democrats broke ranks. In that vote, Democrats Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee and Melanie Stansbury voted yes, Dave Min voted present, and the rest voted no. The contempt measure will now move to the House floor and Jeffries must decide whether or not to formally whip votes against the measure there. If it passes a full house vote, the Clintons could be held in jail on contempt charges until they agree to testify, as Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro were during the January 6th investigation.* In more news out of D.C., legendary modern classical composer Philip Glass has pulled the world premiere of his Lincoln Symphony from the Kennedy Center in protest of the venue's takeover by Trump and his cronies. In a statement, Glass wrote “After thoughtful consideration , I have decided to withdraw my Symphony No. 15” because the symphony is “a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and the values of the Kennedy Center [and its current leadership] today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.” Just days after this embarrassing fiasco, Kevin Couch, the Center's new head of artistic programming, abruptly resigned without explanation, per the Hill.* Meanwhile, in Alaska, the Anchorage Daily News reports the Alaskan Independence Party – the state's third largest political party founded in the 1970s to push for Alaskan independence from the United States – has voted to dissolve itself. Ballot Access News reports that the party leaders felt that there is “little support” for Alaskan independence today and “the public doesn't even understand the party's original purpose.” Still, the party stands as one of the most successful minor parties of the twentieth century, electing Walter Hickel Governor in 1999 and electing a state legislator in 1992. It almost elected another candidate Tyler Ivanoff, in 2022; he won 48.73% of the vote. The state of Alaska will now give the roughly 19,000 members of the AIP the chance to re-register with another party, per Alaska Public Media.* In more positive independent political news, the Chicago Tribune reports Southwest Side Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez has launched an independent bid for Illinois' 4th Congressional District seat. Sigcho-Lopez, a DSA member and progressive firebrand in Chicago, is campaigning to “end tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy and dramatically expand social services in housing and health care,” in Congress and is “aligned with working-class labor unions and street protesters pushing back against Trump.” This seat is currently held by stalwart progressive Jesús “Chuy” García, but he pulled an unsavory bait and switch, announcing he would “not seek reelection just hours before the party primary filing deadline, leaving no time for other hopefuls to get in the race for the suddenly vacant seat as his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, became the only candidate in the Democratic primary.” This has forced other candidates like Sigcho-Lopez to launch independent campaigns. To get on the ballot, he must collect at least 10,816 petition signatures between February 25th and May 26th.* In more state and local news, NPR reports that as the federal government withdraws from international institutions like the World Health Organizations, states are stepping into the breach. California, for example, has joined the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network, or GOARN, and other states like Illinois are poised to follow suit. States like California and Illinois, being sub-national entities, can not join the WHO as a full member, but are eligible to participate in WHO subgroups like GOARN. In a statement, California Governor Gavin Newsom said “The Trump administration's withdrawal from WHO is a reckless decision that will hurt all Californians and Americans…California will not bear witness to the chaos this decision will bring.”* Finally, Axios is out with a major story on the Catholic Church emerging as a “bulwark of resistance,” to Trump's authoritarianism. This piece cites Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, condemning the ICE killings as “examples of the violence that represent failures in our society to respect the dignity of every human life.” This piece adds that “the three highest-ranking heads of U.S. archdioceses also recently issued a plea for ‘moral foreign policy'” in response to the lawless American military action abroad, namely in Venezuela, Cuba and Iran. Most strikingly, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, the Catholic archbishop for the military's archdiocese, is quoted saying it would be “morally acceptable” for troops to disobey orders that violate their conscience. A related question of troops disobeying illegal orders has been much discussed lately, with Trump suggesting members of Congress who reminded troops of their obligation to do so should be hanged for treason. Notably, Pew data suggests 43% of Catholics in the U.S. were born outside the country or had at least one parent born outside the U.S. Reverend Tom Reese, a Jesuit priest and analyst, said the people being targeted by Trump's immigration crackdown are “the people in the pews.”This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe