263. Building on History

262. Introducing Daniel Lebhardt

Works by Brahms and Beethoven performed by Daniel Lebhardt on March 12, 2017.
Hungarian pianist Daniel Lebhardt is one of a long line of Young C...

261. Near the End

Works by Schumann performed by Miriam Fried, violin and Jonathan Biss, piano on January 15, 2017.
For many years, musicologists and music-lovers...

260. The Sweetness of Youth

Works by Webern and Brahms performed by A Far Cry and Stefan Jackiw, violin and Anna Polonsky, piano on December 11, 2016 and October 5, 2014.
H...

259. All That Glitters

Work by Korngold performed by Alexi Kenney, violin and Dina Vainshtein, piano on March 6, 2016.
The piece we’ll hear on the podcast today was wr...

258. Putting it to the Test

Works by Bach and Bartók performed by the Borromeo String Quartet and Yoo Jin Jang, violin and Renana Gutman, piano on August 14, 2016 and March 8, 20...

257. Twinkle

Works by Mozart performed by Charlie Albright on February 14, 2016.
Many of us think of “improvisation” as a modern concept, usually linked to j...

256. Taking it Slow

Works by Vivaldi and Beethoven performed by the Gardner Chamber Orchestra and Musicians from Marlboro on September 11, 2004 and October 19, 2014.

255. Summing it Up

Works by Bach and Brahms performed by the Borromeo String Quartet and Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute on August 7, 2016 and April 10, 2016.
Bot...

254. New Directions

Works for string quartet by Bartók and Webern performed by the Omer Quartet on November 27, 2016.
In this podcast, we’ll follow two 20th century...

253. Small Packages

Works for clarinet and piano by Berg and Weber performed by Raphaël Sévère, clarinet and Paul Montag, piano on October 23, 2016.
On this podcast...

252. Baroque Inspirations

Works for piano by Handel and Brahms performed by Charlie Albright, piano on October 2, 2016.
This podcast starts with the Baroque composer Geor...

251. Danza!

Works for solo piano by Falla and Albeniz performed by Alessio Bax, piano on May 17, 2015. Work for string quartet and guitar by Boccherini performed...

250. Heroic Measures

Works for solo piano by Beethoven, performed by Charlie Albright, piano on March 27, 2016.
You know when you just can’t get a tune out of your h...

249. Love Fail

Work for voices by David Lang, performed by Lorelei Ensemble on January 10, 2016.
This month’s podcast tend towards the introspective: an hourlo...

248. Intimate Voices

Work for harp by Zabel performed by Emmanuel Ceysson, harp on January 6, 2008 and work for string orchestra by Sibelius, arranged by Frank Shaw, perfo...

247. Krai

Work for string orchestra and voice by Olga Bell, performed by A Far Cry and Olga Bell on November 1, 2016.
Today, we’re going on a journey acro...

246. Sweetly Sung

Work for string orchestra by Phyllis Chen performed by A Far Cry on April 17, 2014 and works for clarinet and piano by Peter Sculthorpe and Richard St...

245. Boston Children’s Chorus, Ten Years In

Works for chorus by various composers performed by Boston Children’s Chorus on November 17, 2015.
For more than a decade, the Boston Children’s...

244. New York to Paris, Nonstop

Work for harp by Salzedo performed by Catrin Finch, harp on April 14, 2001 and work for violin and piano by Ravel performed by Benjamin Beilman, violi...

243. Schubert’s Parting Notes

Works for solo piano by Schubert performed by Charlie Albright, piano on March 24, 2013.
In the late 1820s, all of Franz Schubert’s hard work an...

242. The Lyrical Cello

Works for cello and piano by Schumann, Debussy, and Peter John performed by Cicely Parnas, cello and Noreen Cassidy-Polera, piano on April 5, 2015.

241. Musical Omnivores

Works for string orchestra by Borodin and Frank performed by A Far Cry on April 21, 2013 and September 27, 2015.
These days, many of us think o...

240. Baroque Concertos

Works by Vivaldi and Bach for orchestra and flute solo performed by Gardner Chamber Orchestra, Paula Robison, and Orlando Cela, flute, and John Gibbon...

239. Second Impressions

Works for solo piano by Griffes performed by Richard Masters on September 20, 2015 and by Debussy performed by Paavali Jumppanen on November 29, 2015....

238. Schubert’s Swan Songs

Works by Schubert for voice and piano performed by Mark Padmore, with Jonathan Biss on October 12, 2014 and for solo piano performed by Charlie Albrig...

237. Northern Lights

Works for chamber orchestra performed by A Far Cry on February 22, 2015 by Grieg and Marin arr. Higgins.
On this podcast, we look north, to work...

236. Lineage

Works for solo piano by Liszt performed by Gleb Ivanov on April 11, 2010 and work by Faure performed by Michael Brown, Chad Hoopes, Matthew Lipman, an...

235. Diversions

Works by Mozart for violin and viola performed by Chad Hoopes and Matthew Lipman on November 22, 2015 and for chamber orchestra performed by A Far Cry...

234. Quite an Impression

Works for solo piano by Griffes performed by Richard Masters on September 20, 2015 and Paavali Jumppanen on November 29, 2015.
The gently unfurl...

233. Getting Serious

Work by Handel performed by A Far Cry with Amanda Forsythe, soprano on November 16, 2014 and work by Beethoven performed by Borromeo String Quartet on...

232. Recreating Bach

Works by Bach for chamber orchestra performed by Rebel on November 10, 2013 and solo piano performed by Ji, piano on April 12, 2015.
It’s incre...

231. Piano Personas

Works for piano by Schumann performed by Paavali Jumppanen on May 4, 2014 and November 30, 2014.
This podcast comes courtesy of several musical...

230. Perfectionist

Works for strings by Brahms performed by A Far Cry on December 9, 2012 and Musicians from Marlboro on May 10, 2015.
Imagine if, before you publi...

229. Oldies, But Goodies

Work for string quartet by Boccherini performed by Musicians from Ravinia's Steans Institute on May 3, 2015 and work for solo piano by Bach performed...

228. Obsessed

Works for string orchestra and voice by Meder and Vivaldi performed by A Far Cry and Amanda Forsythe, soprano on November 16, 2014.
On this podc...

227. Schubert’s Second Trio

Work for piano trio by Schubert performed by Claremont Trio on April 26, 2015.
Some works call for their own podcast. We have just such a piece...

226. Showstoppers

Works for solo piano by Bach and Ravel performed by Ji, piano on April 12, 2015.
First, we have the less razzle-dazzle of the pair: Bach’s Parti...

225. Baroque Women

Works for chamber orchestra by Rebel and La Guerre performed by Les Délices on November 23, 2014.
We begin with an instrumental piece: La Fidell...

224. Sounds of Home

Work for chorus by Sibelius performed by Boston Children’s Chorus on March 28, 2015 and work for string quartet by Tchaikovsky performed by Borromeo S...