What’s it like to work in the opera industry? Here on the OperaBiz Podcast, we talk with professionals actively working in the opera world, sharing stories, talking shop, and discussing opera in the modern age.
Categories: Arts
Tags: actor, classical music, music, musician, opera, singer
Discover the music of Igor Stravinsky, one of the 20th century’s most important creative figures, in a series of five podcasts from his publisher Boosey & Hawkes. Jonathan Cross reassesses Stravinsky’s achievement, 50 years after the composer’s death, with a selection of musical examples illustrating the rich variety of his works. Stravinsky’s deep fascination with time and rhythm is explained and the podcasts explore his interests ranging across art, literature, myth, faith, dance and jazz. We join the composer’s journey, from 19th century Russian romanticism, through a sequence of pioneering ballets and a new look at classical traditions in the 1920s and 30s, to a radical post-war reinvention in the USA. Stravinsky’s legacy is reassessed and his complex connections with other classical composers is charted throughout his lifetime and beyond.
Tags: Auden, Balanchine, ballet, classical music, composition, dance, Diaghilev, music history, Neo classicism, rhythm, Russia, Stravinsky
The Embrace Everything podcast series is an exploration and celebration of the music of Gustav Mahler. Throughout his life, Mahler insisted that music had to, literally, embrace everything. This makes his compositions unusually rich in what they offer both audience and musicians. Each season explores a different Mahler symphony and includes interviews with leading conductors, music scholars and musicians. Additionally, Mahler’s own words and those of his contemporaries are read by actors.
Categories: Music
Tags: Classical, classical music, Gustav Mahler, mahler, music, orchestra, symphony
Is it Recess Yet? Confessions of a Former Child Prodigy is about concert violinist Tricia Park’s years as a child prodigy and her quest to evolve beyond that identity. Get an insider’s look into the classical music world and listen to conversations with innovative artists who are forging new – and playful – paths into creativity.
Categories: Arts, Education, Music
Tags: child prodigy, classical music, creativity, Education, juilliard, learning, music, violin
In the modern era it is apparent that there is no set career path in music anymore. This podcast dives into the many ideas and practices of what it takes to be a Modern Working Musician
Tags: Arts, business, classical music, contemporary music, Education, Independent Artists, learning, Marching Band, music, music business, music education, music production, rock music, Self-Improvement, songwriting
Demystifying the process of how classical music gets made, each season we follow three composers as they create vibrant new works of music. From Columbia University’s Miller Theatre. Hosted by Melissa Smey.
Categories: Arts, Music, Society & Culture
Tags: ann cleare, augusta read thomas, Classical, classical music, columbia university, contemporary music, courtney bryan, jazz, kate soper, living composers, marcos balter, melissa smey, miguel zenon, miller theatre, New Music, new music composers, oscar bettison, parker quartet, piano, string quartet, vijay iyer, wang lu
Quartet for Two is a light-hearted game about composers and an excuse to talk about music in a silly and opinionated way. Presented by composer Arthur Keegan and radio producer David Fay, the format allows playful discussion of classical music through the ages – littered with mistakes and half-baked opinions.
The game is inspired by QuartetTM the Composer Card Game © 2023 Margit van der Zwan. Buy this beautiful and brilliant game at www.quartetgames.com
Game play:
We use a deck of cards each featuring a composer from the 9th Century right up to the present. We draw a card each, discuss the composers and their music and then – using whatever metric we like – decide who goes through to the next round. There are also some silly wild cards thrown in to mess things up. The point isn’t who wins the game (it’s usually Bach) but just having a fun time thinking and chatting about great music.
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DAVID FAY is an Assistant Producer at BBC Radio 3 (all views expressed on this podcast his own). He tweets at: @themerelistener
ARTHUR KEEGAN is a composer. Find his projects and music at: https://linktr.ee/arthurkeeganmusic
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Tags: Bach, Beethoven, brahms, classical music, Composer, composers, early music, Fun, game, mendelssohn, Mozart, music history, silly, tchaikovsky
Every story has a soundtrack. Cleveland Orchestra Musicians and Music Director Franz Welser-Möst share stories about the music that has shaped their lives.
Categories: Arts, Music, Society & Culture
Tags: classical music, cleveland, cleveland orchestra, franz welser-möst, music, orchestra, severance hall