Music History

Circus Maximus I

November 7, 2006

What’s this program about? Professor Carol interviews two friends and collaborators, composer John Corigliano and Maestro Jerry Junkin. Circus Maximus, Coriglian’s explosive third symphony, vividly portrays ancient Rome’s fascination with perpetual entertainment and our own culture’s similar obsession. Works Discussed: Corigliano, Circus Maximus Where you can find: John Corigliano’s Altered States John Corigliano’s Red Violin [...]

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Chopin and Liszt in Paris

November 1, 2006

What’s this program about? In post-revolutionary France, the piano had replaced the harpsichord and the driving force behind the arts was moving from the court to the salons of Paris high society. Two composers, Liszt and Chopin, capitalized on these changes in very different ways and between them defined the future of piano music. Where [...]

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Perceiving Percy

October 19, 2006

What’s this program about? Percy Grainger’s life story reveals a most unusual personality who left an enduring legacy as a virtuoso pianist, an inventor of instruments, a collector of English folk songs, and a composer of music for wind band. Works Discussed: Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy, The Immovable Do, Molly on the Shore. Where you can [...]

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Dancing Up a Storm

September 20, 2006

What’s this program about? Professor Carol explains various uses of dance forms: the light-hearted dances used by Rossini to strike a contrast with the serious dramatic action of William Tell, the tango combined by John Mackey with machine music, and the Renaissance dance forms comprising Susato’s Danserye. Works Discussed: Rossini, William Tell; Mackey, Redline Tango; [...]

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The Story Behind the Chopin Ballades

September 19, 2006

What’s this program about? A ballad tells a story, and this popular literary form was appropriated by Romantic composers into songs. Carol explains how the ballad was transformed by Chopin into solo piano works. Works Discussed: Chopin, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor; Chopin, Impromptu No. 2; Schiller, Der Taucher (The Diver). Where you can [...]

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The Taste of Mozart

September 14, 2006

What’s this program about? Carol discusses Jeffrey Kahane’s performance with the Fort Worth Symphony, performance practices of piano concertos in Mozart’s time, cadenzas, and how stylistic conventions of the Classical era affected the ability of one person to take the dual role of soloist and conductor. Works Discussed: Mozart, Overture to The Magic Flute; Mozart, [...]

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