Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
1) Barber Violin Concerto
There are so many great apocryphal stories in the long history of classical music, from the reason Tchaikovsky wrote his Sixth Symphony to what famous composers supposedly said on their deathbeds, to ...Show More
2) 100 Years of Beethoven's Eroica (recordings)
One of my favorite things about having Patreon sponsors is that they often suggest the most fascinating pieces and topics for shows. Adrian, who sponsored a show last year, gave me one of my favorite ...Show More
3) The Life and Music of Grazyna Bacewicz
The great Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski said this after the premature death of his contemporary Grazyna Bacewicz: “She was born with an incredible wealth of musical talent, which she succeeded to...Show More
4) Sticky Notes meets You'll Hear It
I had such a wonderful time joining the jazz podcast You'll Hear It! We talked about the meeting of jazz and classical music, a topic I've explored before, but never in this much depth and never with ...Show More
5) Impressions in Blue: Ravel & Gershwin
In the mid-1920s, Maurice Ravel wrote a letter to the legendary composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. Boulanger’s class was a mecca for composers, both young and old, and musicians from all over the wo...Show More
6) Beethoven Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" - Part 2
There is a special category when it comes to Beethoven; a catalogue that doesn’t include complete symphonies, sonatas, concerti, string quartets, etc., but just single movements. This is the catalogue...Show More
7) Beethoven Piano Sonata in B♭ major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" - Part 1
Beethoven once wrote to his publisher: “What is difficult, is also beautiful, good, great, and so forth. Hence everyone will realize that this is the most lavish praise that can be bestowed, since wha...Show More
8) Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
The collaboration between Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht is rightly legendary. The two men could not have been more different from each other, and like the Brahms/Joachim relationship I mentioned in my...Show More
9) The Ravel Sound with Norbert Müllemann and Stefan Knüpfer
I so enjoyed making this latest episode in my collaboration with G Henle Publishers. I talked with two absolute experts in their fields, Norbert Mülleman and Stefan Knüpfer, all about how to edit Rave...Show More
10) Dvorak Violin Concerto
Admit it: if you're a fan of classical music—or even just a regular concertgoer—you might have glanced at the title of this episode and done a double take. The Dvořák Violin Concerto? Not the Cello Co...Show More