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Classical Music: The Stories

Author: Carl Roewer

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Every week, I choose one piece from one composer to pick apart and look at in detail. I look at the stories behind it, I examine the composer and what inspired him/her to compose that music and of course offer my own opinion on the piece! New episode every Sunday. Find me on Instagram: @classicalmusic_insta, Facebook: Classical Music Stories and email: classicalmusicstories@gmail.com
Spotify playlist of all the pieces on the podcast: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51oLhez68efe05JZtycdYG?si=EV1-f2u9Sji6AFiUliAhqA&utm_source=copy-link
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Back from his break, Carl looks at Robert Schumann's Symphony in C major which he wrote at a particularly painful time of his life.
On a completely different note (and tone and genre), Carl looks at American Composer George Gershwin's opera 'Porgy and Bess'.
This week, Piano concertos are back on the menu, this time written by Beethoven. It's his 5th and last Concerto, entitled 'Emperor'.
This week comes the 'Händel Largo' with which Carl talks about the raw beauty of something so simplistic.
This week, Carl talks about the music of Dame Ethel Smyth, regarded as the 'Forgotten Woman of Classical Music'.
Mozarts prime time from the last episode gives way to his darkest hours in this episode where Carl looks at the last piece he ever wrote.
This week, Carl chooses a movement from Mahler's 1st symphony with a very familiar tune.
In the first episode of 2021, Carl talks about classical music's greatest foodie, Rossini. And talks about his energetic opera overtures!
In this extra-terrestrial episode, Carl discusses the piece that British composer Gustav Holst is most famous for: his tribute to the planets!
In the final episode of 2020, Carl finds himself back where he started - at J. S. Bach, and has chosen his vibrant opening chorus to the Christmas Oratorio. Insta: @classicalmusic_theinsta, Email: classicalmusicstories@gmail.com
For this week, Carl has chosen an incredibly powerful moment from one of Giacomo Puccinis most well known operas.
Moving to a revolutionary figure in the world of classical music, Carl discusses an Aria from Mozart's late masterpiece 'Don Giovanni'.
For Halloween week, Carl chooses a well known piece all about the antics of the dead on Halloween night.
Every week, Carl Roewer picks one piece of classical music to examine in further detail, bringing a new side to classical music that is full of fun and enjoyment. New episode every Sunday starting the 11th October 2020.
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