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Via Wikipedia: Symphony No. 9 in D minor , Op. 125 is a choral symphony , the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. Many critics and musicologists regard the symphony as a masterpiece of Western classical music and one of the supreme achievements in music history. [1] [2] One of the best-known works in common...

For this episode, we have FIVE hosts! Hunter Sigona, Shaun Rimkunas, Mary Haddix, Joel Kayser, and Hanif Lawrence. Via Wikipedia: Symphony No. 9 in D minor , Op. 125 is a choral symphony , the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. Many critics and musicologists regard the symphony as a masterpiece of Western...

Still, Planet Earth shows clear similarities to The Big Apple -- for example, the use of electronic sounds. “The recorded city sounds in The Big Apple were a sort of heralds of the electronics that I use in the third, continuing the attainments of the second symphony rather than those of the first symphony. I use the extra-musical framework not so much programmatically but rather as a guideline, a...

Still, Planet Earth shows clear similarities to The Big Apple -- for example, the use of electronic sounds. “The recorded city sounds in The Big Apple were a sort of heralds of the electronics that I use in the third, continuing the attainments of the second symphony rather than those of the first symphony. I use the extra-musical framework not so much programmatically but rather as a guideline, a...

By 1984, John Williams’ film music was familiar to audiences the world over and it was only natural that the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee would turn to the city’s most famous composer of popular instrumental music when they decided to commission a fanfare to be used during the Games. While it was an honor to be asked to compose such a piece of music, the prospect was not without its ch...

Bryan Tyler and Michael Giacchino has scored MCU films, the most for any composer in the franchise, and composed the fanfare that has been used for the Marvel Studios production logo since 2010-2016.

Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a 1986 orchestral work by John Adams. Adams applies the description "fanfare for orchestra" to this work and to the earlier Tromba Lontana. The former is also known as Fanfare for Great Woods because it was commissioned for the Great Woods Festival of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by the American composer Aaron Copland . It was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens and was inspired in part by a speech made earlier that year by then American Vice President Henry A. Wallace , in which Wallace proclaimed the dawning of the "Century of the Common Man".

Johann De Meij's Second Symphony is an ode to New York: not strictly programmatic music but rather a musical interpretation of the spirit, glamour, and indifference of one of the most fascinating cities in the world. The first movement, Skyline, depicts the massive facade, the “global” contours of New York; in the second movement, Gotham, the brutal, chaotic aspects of the metropolis are intro...

Johann De Meij's Second Symphony is an ode to New York: not strictly programmatic music but rather a musical interpretation of the spirit, glamour, and indifference of one of the most fascinating cities in the world. The first movement, Skyline, depicts the massive facade, the “global” contours of New York; in the second movement, Gotham, the brutal, chaotic aspects of the metropolis are intro...

Via Wikipedia: The Carnival of the Animals ( French : Le Carnaval des animaux ) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements , including " The Swan ", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns . The work, about 25 minutes in duration, was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber ensemble; Saint-Saëns prohibited public performance of the work during his lifetime, fe...

Via Wikipedia: The Carnival of the Animals ( French : Le Carnaval des animaux ) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements , including " The Swan ", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns . The work, about 25 minutes in duration, was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber ensemble; Saint-Saëns prohibited public performance of the work during his lifetime, fe...

Via Wikipedia: The Carnival of the Animals ( French : Le Carnaval des animaux ) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements , including " The Swan ", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns . The work, about 25 minutes in duration, was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber ensemble; Saint-Saëns prohibited public performance of the work during his lifetime, fe...

The Symphony No. 8 in F major , Op. 93 is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1812. Beethoven fondly referred to it as "my little Symphony in F", distinguishing it from his Sixth Symphony , a longer work also in F. [1] The Eighth Symphony is generally light-hearted, though not lightweight, and in many places loud, with many accented notes. Various passages in...

According to Wikipedia: The Symphony No. 7 in A major , Op. 92, is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplitz . The work is dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries . At its premiere at the university in Vienna on 8 December 1813, Beethoven remarked that it was one of his best works. The second move...

Sweeney Todd with Hanif Lawrence.

This episode explores one of Sondheim's darkest musicals, Sweeney Todd; we are with Professor Lawrence for this episode.

This episode explores one of Sondheim's darkest musicals, Sweeney Todd; we are with Professor Lawrence for this episode.

Via Wikipedia: Beethoven was a nature lover who spent much of his time on walks in the country. He frequently left Vienna to work in rural locations. The composer said the Sixth Symphony is "more the expression of feeling than painting."

In this episode, Hunter takes on the annual Proust Questionaire.

Shaun takes the annual Proust questionnaire.

Via Wikipedia: In a Nutshell  is a musical composition by  Percy Aldridge Grainger  for orchestra, piano, and  Deagan  percussion instruments. The  suite , published in 1916, is made up of four movements: "Arrival Platform Humlet", "Gay But Wistful", "Pastoral", and "The Gum-Suckers March". Grainger later made versions for both solo piano and  piano duo . It...

Via Wikipedia: In a Nutshell  is a musical composition by  Percy Aldridge Grainger  for orchestra, piano, and  Deagan  percussion instruments. The  suite , published in 1916, is made up of four movements: "Arrival Platform Humlet", "Gay But Wistful", "Pastoral", and "The Gum-Suckers March". Grainger later made versions for both solo piano and  piano duo . It...

Via Wikipedia The Symphony No. 5 in C minor , Op. 67, also known as the Fate Symphony (German: Schicksalssinfonie ) is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1804 and 1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music and one of the most frequently played symphonies, [1] and it is widely considered one of the cornerstones of western music . First performed in Vienna&#39...

Via Wikipedia and IMDB A Christmas Carol: The Musical is a 2004 American musical ⁠ television film⁠ based on the 1843 ⁠ novella of the same name⁠ by ⁠ Charles Dickens⁠ , which also inspired a ⁠ 1994 stage musical⁠ by ⁠ Alan Menken⁠ and ⁠ Lynn Ahrens⁠ . The story features an old bitter miser who is given a chance for redemption when ghosts haunt him on Christmas Eve. The movie was directed by ⁠ Art...