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What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today we look at Keyboard music of the Harpsicord and Fortepiano Even if this is something you already know, join me anyway for music by Bach and Mozart. Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Conc...

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 3. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today we look at four Sonatas for Violin with Keyboard accompaniment. Even if this is something you already know, join...

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 10. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today we look at the Keyboard music of the Piano in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Even if this...

Today is about recognizing the sound of a Baroque orchestra, vs a Classical orchestra, vs a Romantic orchestra, vs a Modern (20th century) orchestra. Even if this is something you already know, join me anyway for music by Bach, Haydn, Schumann, and Bartok. And a surprising item for piano by György Ligeti: Musica Ricercata - VI. Allegro molto capriccioso György Ligeti: Musica Ricercata - VI. Allegr...

Today we look at Keyboard music of the Piano in the twentieth century. Many people think that this music is unlistenable, but I would like to surprise you with some truly interesting music. I will highlight these –ism genres: Impressionism, Expressionism, Nationalism, Neoclassicism, Experimentalism (also called Aleatoric or Avante Garde, or Chance Music), and Minimalism. Even if this is something...

We are still listening to Ballet music, but we have moved on to the twentieth century, where the Romantic fixation with lush sound, expressive melodies and emotional stories gives way to a wider variety of influences. Amongst these are modernism, neo classicism, jazz and avante garde. The contemporary choreography frequently reflects more abstract experimentation in movement and form, allowing the...

Get out your Tutu, Leotard, and Pointe Shoes! The most romantic of all Romantic music today! Part three of the three part dip into the world of Ballet music. Today we hear Adolphe Adam’s Ballet Music from Giselle and Pyotr Ilych Tcahaikovsky’s Ballet Music from Swan Lake Prepare to be entranced. Adolphe Adam: Ballet Music from Giselle Performed by the Nuremberg Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Han...

More of the most romantic of all Romantic music today! Prepare for part two of a three part dip into the world of Ballet music. Today we hear Pyotr Ilych Tcahaikovsky’s Ballet Music from The Nutcracker Suite, and also Léo Delibes’ Ballet Music from Coppélia. Prepare to be entranced. Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky: Ballet Music from The Nutcracker Suite Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted...

The most romantic of all Romantic music today! Part one of a three part dip into the world of Ballet music. Today we hear Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, and also Les Sylphides, which is Chopin’s music as arranged by Alexander Glazunov. Prepare to be entranced. Pyotr Ilych Tcahaikovsky: Ballet Music from The Sleeping Beauty Performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan &...

We are continuing our listening to music of the Romantic period with part 2 of the Chamber music genre. Today we listen to two movements from “Death and the Maiden” by Schubert, two movements from Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, and the complete Piano Quintet by Robert Schumann. I just know you will enjoy these Schubert - String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, · Schubert - String Quartet No....

Some of my favourite music today, so I really hope you will join me! If you don’t know these pieces, you are in for a surprise, and if you do know them, you will be delighted to hear them again. We are going to listen to Dvorák’s “American” Quartet Opus 96 and Brahm’s String Quintet Op 111. Dvořák - String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, · Dvořák - String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 9...

What do I hear you saying? You're not familiar with any opera? You haven't heard any opera tunes either? Well, I have quite the surprise for you! Make sure to join us on Thursday at 6pm on GaySA Radio. Let me refresh your memory with what you might have overlooked! We'll be featuring 12 Opera Arias that have achieved "Pop" status. Giacomo Puccini: “Nessun Dorma!” from Turandot Sc 91 Act III Sung b...

There are four big Piano Concertos from the Romantic period, which feature in almost every competition, played usually by multiple competitors. These are Tchaikovsky’s first, Rachmaninov’s second, and the Concertos in A minor by Grieg and Schumann. We listen today to the Schumann concerto. These extremely well known and popular concertos gained their popularity for a reason, and if you don’t know...

Today’s music is again one of those “crank up the volume to maximum” programmes. There are four big Piano Concertos from the Romantic period, which feature in almost every competition, played usually by multiple competitors. These are Tcchaikovsky’s first, Rachmaninov’s second, and the Concertos in A minor by Grieg and Schumann. We listen today to the Grieg concerto and next week we will take the...

Today’s music is one of those “crank up the volume to maximum” programmes. Big, big stuff today! We start off with the Symphonic Poem "The Moldau," by Bedřich Smetana Next is "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius Thereafter "Les Preludes", a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt Our final item "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" (German: "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche") is a tone poem composed by Richard Stra...

One of my favourite music genres in programme 46! We are starting with fingerprints of the different genres of the 19th century, and first up is Lieder, or German songs. The music is by Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Carl Loewe, and Robert Schumann. Some of my favourite music today, so I really hope you will join me! Franz Schubert: Erlkönig Opus 1,...

In this programme we are going to play a little quiz game. I have lined up nine items in the programme today; all are from the 17th and 18th Centuries, and I would like you to use all the fingerprints we have covered in past episodes to identify if the music is of the Baroque period or of the Classical Period. For each I will give you two hints, then we listen, and then I will briefly discuss the...

In part 2 in the series, we are looking again at the music of the Classical period, Our composers for this programme are Haydn, CPE Bach, Glück, Clementi and Schubert.. Spend an hour with me getting up close and personal with the Classical sound as composed by these five masters. Josef Haydn: String Quartet in C Major Op 76 no 3 Hob III:77 “Emperor” Performed by the Emerson String Quartet ·...

The Art of Listening: Musical Fingerprints in Music of the Classical Period In the next programme in the series, we are looking at the music of the Classical period, Our composers for this programme are Mozart, Boccherini and Beethoven. Spend an hour with me getting up close and personal with the Classical sound as composed by these three masters. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 39 in E flat...

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at the music of the Baroque period, Our composers for this programme are Bach, Purcell, Handel, Corelli, and Vivaldi. Spend an hour with me getting up close and personal with the Baroque sound as composed by these five masters. Johan Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto number 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 Performed by the Netherlands Bach Society, led...

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 6. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. In today’s programme I am going to play 6 mystery items for you. My challenge to you will to identify the...

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 5. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today we look at Keyboard music of the Piano in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Even if you alrea...

about Music- The Art of Listening: Musical Fingerprints Part 4 In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 4. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today we look at Keyboard music of the Har...

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 3. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today we look at four Sonatas for Violin with Keyboard accompaniment. Even if this is something you already know, join...

In the next programme in the “about Music” series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 2, following on from Part 1 of last September. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types, that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today is about recognising the sound of a Baroque orchestra...