The CoffeeHouse Classical

Surprise! The Mozart family is the gift that keeps on giving! Here is one more week's worth of fascinating info about the Mozart family, this time directed to W. A. Mozart's sister, Nannerl! Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Minuet_in_G_major,_K.1/1e_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.11_in_A_major%2C_K.331%2F300i_(...

Well, here we are again! We hope you enjoy this Part II of our look into the extraordinary Mozart, just one week after we started this mini-series! Remeber to subscribe on your favorite podcast access site and share episode links with your friends!   Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Divertimento_in_F_major%2C_K.138%2F125c_(Mozart%2C_Wolfgang_Amadeus) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/l...

It's the CoffeeHouse's 2nd birthday, and to celebrate we're bringing you the history of one of the most well known and greatest composers to ever live, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart! Enjoy, and listen in JUST ONE WEEK to Part II of our Mozart spectacular!  Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Divertimento_in_F_major%2C_K.138%2F125c_(Mozart%2C_Wolfgang_Amadeus) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/l...

This week's episode is a little different. Instead of our normal historical perspective, we are talking about attending concerts or listening to music in our modern world and how audiences perceive what they hear! We hope you'll humor us in this little experiment. Let us know what you think by emailing or posting on our Facebook page! Links to the pieces: Trace:  http://zhoutianmusic.com/Works%20-...

It's our 50th episode! And we're celebrating with lots and LOTS of music talk and listening! Cuddle up with your favorite coffeehouse beverage and enjoy Part II on Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn!  If you would like to read Dr. Bach's dissertation about the Trios in today's episode, it can be found here:  https://etd.ohiolink.edu/pg_10?0::NO:10:P10_ETD_SUBID:63939 Music: https://creativecommons.org/li...

Who were Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn? Find out here on the CoffeeHouse in Part I of our deep dive into the Mendelssohn lives! Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Trio_No.1%2C_Op.49_(Mendelssohn%2C_Felix) http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Trio%2C_Op.11_(Hensel%2C_Fanny) http://imslp.org/...

Be careful out in those forests this summer! As Edward MacDowell shows us in this week's piece, they can be pretty scary places! Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_No.1%2C_Op.42_(MacDowell%2C_Edward) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode

Jump in those time machines, we're going way back to the beginning of the Baroque! Praetorius will serenade us with us with his ancient aesthetic.   Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Es_ist_ein_Ros_entsprungen_(Praetorius%2C_Michael) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Roll out the red carpet, we've got a real romantic rock star on the podcast today!  Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Mephisto_Waltz_No.1%2C_S.514_(Liszt%2C_Franz) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

We have a fantastique episode to share with you this week, filled with cunning plans, plot twists, and demonic dances!  Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphonie_fantastique,_H_48_(Berlioz,_Hector)

What a joy it is to be presenting one of the worlds greatest composers of all time: Ludwig van Beethoven and his extraordinary final symphony, the "Choral" Symphony.  Music: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ https://musopen.org/music/2571-symphony-no-9-in-dm-op-125/

Look out! This episode is bursting with music fun in the form of a brand new genre (for the time)- the tone poem! We'll see how Richard Strauss made history with this new form as we go on an adventure with his Don Juan.  Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Don_Juan,_Op.20_(Strauss,_Richard) http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphonie_fantastique,_H_48_(Berl...

He's the new "it" guy in recent years. This once overlooked and snubbed composer gets the attention he deserves this week as we look into the first movement of his first symphony.  Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_(Mahler,_Gustav) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode

How many pieces to do you know by Johann Pachelbel? Just "the one"? Well, join us as we broaden your musical horizons!  Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode https://musopen.org/music/43604-magnificat-fugue-t103/ http://imslp.org/wiki/Canon_and_Gigue_in_D_major%2C_P.37_(Pachelbel%2C_Johann)

What do you think it would be like to personally know both Mozart and Beethoven? Our composer this week, Johann Hummel, certainly knew! Check out this lesser known rockstar and his Rondo in Eb Major! Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Rondo_in_E-flat_major%2C_Op.11_(Hummel%2C_Johann_Nepomuk)

Welcome back to the CoffeeHouse for our first episode in 2018! We're taking a look at Verdi who followed his destiny to become one of the greatest Italian opera composers to ever live, as we can see with his Force of Destiny Overture. Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/La_forza_del_destino_(Verdi,_Giuseppe)

We have an early Christmas present for you, our dear listeners: a holiday special about everyone's go-to classical holiday music, The Nutcracker! We hope everyone has a happy holiday season. We're going to take a little break ourselves and will return to you on January 14, 2018. Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker_(suite),_Op.71a_(Tchai...

Come along with us to an auditory Spanish festival with this French piece! Think we don't know geography? Tell that to the French impressionists.  Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Espa%C3%B1a_(Chabrier,_Emmanuel)

This week on the CoffeeHouse we're taking a look at a real American show stopper in a classic episode.  Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.12%2C_Op.96_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k%2C_Anton%C3%ADn) https://musopen.org/music/4571-slavonic-dances-op-46/ http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.9,_Op.95_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k,_Anton%C3%ADn)

Whoever says that classical music is stuffy and uptight obviously doesn't understand satire! Join us as we look at a humerous piece by French composer Charles Gounod that has made its way into pop culture!  Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Marche_fun%C3%A8bre_d%27une_marionnette_(Gounod,_Charles)

Meet Carl Maria von Weber. He should have been called "Europe's Next Top Mozart", and he arguably changed the course of music history. Take a listen as we explain his history and dissect his well loved Clarinet Concertino. Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode https://musopen.org/music/6168-clarinet-concertino-in-e-flat-major-op-26/

Get ready for those spooky October nights with some devilishly good music! We have more baroque violin this week, this time from Giuseppe Tartini! Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_in_G_minor%2C_B.g5_'Le_trille_du_diable'_(Tartini%2C_Giuseppe)

We're going back to Baroque this week for a seasonally appropriate work, the Violin Concerto in F Major "Autumn" by Italian composer, Antonio Vivaldi. Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode https://musopen.org/music/14910-the-four-seasons-op-8/

Welcome to the CoffeeHouse classical music salon-podcast! We're simply delighted you could join us today. Do relax and enjoy this scrumptious piece from the French music salons of old written by one of the most important composers in modern French history! Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_No.1,_Op.13_(Faur%C3%A9,_Gabriel)

Do you know this melody? If not, you will after this episode about one of the great melody composers, Serge Rachmaninoff and his iconic Symphony No. 2! Music: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ http://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.2,_Op.27_(Rachmaninoff,_Sergei) http://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.1,_Op.1_(Rachmaninoff,_Serg...