The Great Composers Podcast - a classical music Podcast
1) 50(b) - Johannes Brahms pt. 15b "Tokens of Friendship" a classical music podcast
Brahms pt. 15b: we detail the course of the Brahms-Joachim relationship as they return to something like their former friendly relations and see how is other friendships and partnerships evolve, disol...Show More
50(b) - Johannes Brahms pt. 15b "Tokens of Friendship" a classical music podcast
2:40:44 | May 12th, 2024
2) 50 - Johannes Brahms pt. 15a "Tokens of Friendship" a classical music podcast
Brahms pt. 15a: we return to the life narrative of our great composer, picking up where we left him in the summer of 1879 adding the finishing touches to his D major violin concerto which he had writt...Show More
50 - Johannes Brahms pt. 15a "Tokens of Friendship" a classical music podcast
2:45:41 | Aug 12th, 2023
3) 49 - Johannes Brahms pt. 14 "The Violin Concerto" a classical music podcast
In Brahms pt. 14 our pause in the narrative continues as we study the greatest of all violin concertos, that by Johannes Brahms. We will analyze the relationship between Brahms and the work's first, p...Show More
49 - Johannes Brahms pt. 14 "The Violin Concerto" a classical music podcast
1:40:45 | May 25th, 2022
4) 48 - Johannes Brahms pt. 13 "The Second Symphony" a classical music podcast
In Brahms pt. 13 we pause the narrative and retrace our steps to spend some more time with the Second Symphony. A brief discussion of the symphony and an analysis of its motives will be presented, inc...Show More
48 - Johannes Brahms pt. 13 "The Second Symphony" a classical music podcast
1:17:26 | Feb 27th, 2022
5) 47 - Johannes Brahms pt. 12 "Why the Light is Given" a classical music podcast
Pt. 12: It is early November 1876 and Brahms is in the audience as the orchestra at Carlsruhe premieres his first symphony in C minor. The concert goes better than expected and riding high on his suc...Show More
47 - Johannes Brahms pt. 12 "Why the Light is Given" a classical music podcast
1:50:33 | Feb 6th, 2022
6) 46 - Johannes Brahms pt. 11 "A Symphony" a classical music podcast
It is summer 1876. Brahms is vacationing with his friend George Henschel on the Baltic island or Rügen and finishing work on his first symphony in C minor... Works heard in this episode (all by Brahm...Show More
7) 45 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 10 "From the Soul of the Purest Youth" a classical music podcast
It is December 1871 and Johannes Brahms has finally established permanent residence in the music loving city of Vienna. Still, his thoughts remain in Hamburg for a time as his family slowly start to d...Show More
45 - Johannes Brahms, pt. 10 "From the Soul of the Purest Youth" a classical music podcast
2:59:30 | Aug 16th, 2021
8) 44 - "Interview with Alan Walker and Daniel Vnukowski” a classical music podcast
I am pleased to be joined during this episode by Alan Walker, celebrated author of biographies of Franz Liszt, Frederick Chopin and others, and acclaimed concert pianist Daniel Vnukowski. We discuss L...Show More
44 - "Interview with Alan Walker and Daniel Vnukowski” a classical music podcast
1:09:56 | Jun 22nd, 2021
9) 43 - Johannes Brahms pt. 9 "A Lovely Dwelling Place" - Classical Music Podcast
Ep. 43 – It is Good Friday, April 10, 1868 in Bremen and Brahms has just finished giving the premiere of his German Requiem. It is a complete triumph but one not celebrated with wild applause, the wor...Show More
43 - Johannes Brahms pt. 9 "A Lovely Dwelling Place" - Classical Music Podcast
2:37:44 | Jun 7th, 2021
10) 42b - Johannes Brahms pt. 8 "The Scent of Lilac" - Classical Music Podcast
Ep 42(b) - It is early 1865. Brahms's mother has just passed away. Filled with emotion he grudgingly moves from winter to spring, entering a long period of deep and private mourning during which he wo...Show More
42b - Johannes Brahms pt. 8 "The Scent of Lilac" - Classical Music Podcast
2:08:36 | Mar 22nd, 2021