The Great Composers Podcast - a classical music podcast

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The Great Composers Podcast - a classical music podcast Podcast

This classical music podcast explores the history and lives of some of western classical music's most famous composers and musicians. Classical music is filled with very colorful personalities and riddled with drama of all kinds, from political intrigue to failed romances and everything in between. Through the course of the show, we will discuss composers and musicians from the distant past all the way to the present, beginning with the greatest, JS Bach. -Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-composers-podcast/id1125785164?mt=2 -Like our Facebook page too! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ -Want to help out? Donate to the show! https://www.gofundme.com/manage/thegreatcomposerspodcast www.kevinnordstrom.com Thank you for listening! Recently named an artaxmusic top 10 classical music podcast https://www.artaxmusic.com/top-10-classical-music-podcasts/ Bibliography for all episodes found on the website: https://www.kevinnordstrom.com/the-great-composers-podcast

  1. EPISODE 1

    1 - The Life of JS Bach pt. 1 - “The Young Bach”

    In Ep. 1, The Life of Johann Sebastian Bach pt. 1 “The Young Bach”, we explore the early life of this great composer from birth until his appointment to the court at Weimar in 1708. ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com Music for episode I can be found on musopen.org. Thank you to the following performers. Marcin Dabrowski https://musopen.org/music/2485/johann-sebastian-bach/prelude-and-fugue-no-2-in-cm-bwv-847/ Mehmet Okonsar for the final portion of the fugue from BWV 911 https://musopen.org/music/3224/johann-sebastian-bach/toccata-in-c-minor-bwv-911/ For educational purposes only.

    56 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    2 - The Life of JS Bach pt. 2 - “The Maturing Master”

    In Ep. 2, The Life of Johann Sebastian Bach pt. 2 'The Maturing Master', we see our hero off to Weimar, where he will play a little organ, lay down a few tunes, and cause some trouble. From there, he will journey to Cöthen and enjoy a few years of tranquility before his real life's work begins in Leipzig! ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com Thanks to musopen.org for the music! Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor mvt. 1 Vivace, David and Igor Oistrahk Prelude no. 14 F-sharp minor, BWV 859 - Kimiko Ishizaka Organ Concert in D minor, BWV 596 Cantata no. 182 'Himmelskonig, sei willkommen' https://archive.org/details/17HimmelsknigseiWillkommenBWV182AriaAltoLegetEuchDemHeilandUnter French suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 - 1. Allemande, Vadim Chaimovich Prelude and fugue in C minor BWV 871, Jorg Demus Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 1. Allegro - Advent Chamber Orchestra. https://musopen.org/music/3500-brandenburg-concerto-no-3-bwv-1048/ Partita no. 2 in D minor, 'Chaconne' - Jascha Heifetz Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B-flat major for two violas, BWV 1051 - US Army Strings All content intended for educational purposes only.

    1h 28m

  3. EPISODE 3

    3 - The Life of JS Bach pt. 3 - “The Cantor of Leipzig”

    In Ep. 3, The Life of Johann Sebastian Bach pt. 3, "The Cantor of Leipzig", we see our great composer become the Cantor of Leipzig. He will encounter many obstacles during these long years in Leipzig, but will still manage to be able to keep up a relentless composition schedule and create one of the greatest bodies of work in the history of music. ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com Thank you to musopen.org for the royalty free music recordings! Much appreciated as always! Music heard in this episode: 1. St John Passion, (ending portion no. 1 Chorus: “Herr, unser Herrscher” 2-4. St. Matthew Passion (chorale selections) 5. Church Cantata no. 86 6. St. John Passion, Part 1.2 7. St. Matthew Passion, selection from Part 2 8. Cantate Profane 9. Partita no. 1 in B-flat major, Prelude 10. St. Matthew Passion, “Erbarme Dich” Special thanks again to pianist Chiara Bertoglio and the wonderful performance of the Partita no. 1 BWV 825 - Allemande.https://musopen.org/music/809/johann-sebastian-bach/partita-no-1-bwv-825/  For educational purposes only.

    1h 23m

  4. EPISODE 4

    4 - The Life of JS Bach pt. 4 - “Old Man Bach, The Twilight of a God”

    Ep. 4, The Life of JS Bach, "Old Man Bach, The Twilight of a God" brings us to the end of the great man's life and to the beginning of his immortality. As Bach grew to old age, his music slowly faded out of fashion and appreciation for his great musical achievements diminished. Even so, he would continue his work, dedicated as always to spirits greater than his own, and press on towards musical godhood. ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com Thank you to musopen.org for the royalty free music! -Art of Fugue, Canone no. 2 "all' ottava" (https://archive.org/details/AOC26B/onclassical_palareti_bach_art-of-fugue_5-ii_canon_in_hypodiapason.mp3) -Cantata “Jesu, der du meine Seele”, BWV 78 - museopen european Archive -Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Aira and var. 1 Shelley Katz, piano -Mass in B minor, Kyrie (opening) -The Musical Offering, Sonata for flute, violin, and keyboard mvt. 2 -The Musical Offering, Ricercar in 6 parts -Mass in B minor, Gloria Material produced all episodes of The GCP are for educational purposes only.

    59 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    5 - The Life of Fritz Kreisler, pt. 1 - "Vienna's Violinist"

    In Ep. 5, The Life of Fritz Kreisler, pt. I tells the story of Vienna's greatest violinist, Fritz Kreisler, from birth to his marriage in the beginning of the 20th century. His rise to fame was an eventful one and we will see him grow from a normal little boy into a first rate wunderkind. Following the glories of his youth, Kreisler will give up the violin to pursue the medical arts and also do a bit of soldering. But in the end, the call of music was too great and he set his sights once more on a career as a virtuoso violinist. ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com Thank you as always for the music provided by musopen.org. Works performed in the episode and their performers are... Liebeslied by Fritz Kreisler performed beautifully by Emanuel Salvador - https://musopen.org/music/2800/fritz-kreisler/3-old-viennese-dances/ Symphony no. 3 - Scherzo by Anton Bruckner - unnamed European Orchestra - https://musopen.org/music/983/anton-bruckner/symphony-no-3-in-dm-wab-103/ Flower Duet from Lakme by Leo Delibes performed by - Mosaica - https://musopen.org/music/2742/leo-delibes/lakme-flower-duet/ Beethoven Violin Concerto mvt. 1 - unknown performer - https://musopen.org/music/1056/ludwig-van-beethoven/violin-concerto-in-d-op-61/ Brahms Violin Concerto mvt. 3 performed by Fritz Kreisler himself! - https://musopen.org/music/1064/johannes-brahms/violin-concerto-in-d-op-77/

    44 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    6 - The Life of Fritz Kreisler, pt. 2 - "Fields Of Glory"

    In Ep. 6, The Life of Fritz Kreisler, Part II tells the story of this great violinist composer's life from 1900 to the end of The First World War. We will see him achieve glory on the concert stage, in composition, and on the battlefield. ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com Thank you to for archive.org for all the Kreisler! Works and performers for this episode are... 1. Caprice Viennois - Written and performed by Fritz Kreisler (1924) 2. Poeme - Ernst Chausson composer, Jascha Heifetz violin 3. Schön Rosmarin - Written and performed by Fritz Kreisler (1943) 4. Liebesfreud - Written and performed by Fritz Kreisler (1926) 5. Humoresque - by Dvorak arr. Kreisler, Fritz Kreisler violin (1938) 6. Violin Concerto in C in the style of Vivaldi - Written and performed by Kreisler 7. Liebesfreud - by Kreisler arr. Rachmaninov - performed by Rachmaninov 8. Tabourin Chinois - Written and performed by Fritz Kreilser #1, 4, 5, 8 - https://archive.org/details/FRITZKREISLER1875-1962Violin #2 - https://archive.org/details/ChaussonPoemeOp.25heifetzMonteux #3 - https://archive.org/details/FRITZKREISLER-TheseAreMyFavorites-NEWTRANSFER #7 - https://archive.org/details/ViolinConcertoInC

    57 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    7 - The Life of Fritz Kreisler, pt. 3 - “A Citizen Of The World”

    In Ep. 7, The Life of Fritz Kreisler, Part III finishes the story of the great Fritz Kreisler, from the end of the First World War, through his retirement in 1950, and all the way to the twilight of his life. ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com The introductory quotation is from the close of Joseph Szigeti’s autobiography of 1947, 'With Strings Attached' - it is telling how Szigeti ends his own autobiography with a story about Kreisler... Thank you to archive.org for all the Kreisler recordings! All works are performed by Kreisler unless otherwise noted. 1. The World is Waiting for Sunrise - by Ernst Seitz arr. Kreisler (1928) 2. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major op. 61 (cadenza) - by Fritz Kreisler 3. String Quartet in A minor mvt. 2 'Scherzo' - by Fritz Kreisler (1935) - Fritz Kreisler and Thomas Petrie violins, William Primrose viola, Lauri Kennedy cello 4. Sicilliene et Rigaudon (in the style of Francoeur)- by Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz violin 5. Stars in My Eyes from 'Sissy" - by Fritz Kreisler (1946) 6. Songs My Mother Taught Me op. 55 no. 4 - by Antonin Dvorak arr. Kreisler (1928) 7. Beautiful Ohio Waltz - by Mary Earl (1919) 8. Recitative and Scherzo Caprice - by Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz violin 9. Violin Concerto in E minor mvt. 1 - by Felix Mendelssohn 10. Underneath the Stars - by Herbert Spencer (1917) 11. La Gitana - by Fritz Kreisler (1946)

    59 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    8 - The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven - “An Introduction”

    In Ep. 8, The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, 'An Introduction' introduces us to the man who is perhaps the greatest composer in the western classical music tradition. ---------------- For all things GCP Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! The App!  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-great-composers-the-gcp/id1465809545?fbclid=IwAR0tQTElluT8I3jn6SYFcQst70IY0Ym52LjEz1Z3DR11oq5ZGDLV_URNyHk&ls=1 Like our Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ A complete bibliography for all episodes can be found on my website: www.kevinnordstrom.com Thank you to musopen.org for the historical recording of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony!

    23 min
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This classical music podcast explores the history and lives of some of western classical music's most famous composers and musicians. Classical music is filled with very colorful personalities and riddled with drama of all kinds, from political intrigue to failed romances and everything in between. Through the course of the show, we will discuss composers and musicians from the distant past all the way to the present, beginning with the greatest, JS Bach. -Please rate, review, and subscribe on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-great-composers-podcast/id1125785164?mt=2 -Like our Facebook page too! https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcomposerspodcast/ -Want to help out? Donate to the show! https://www.gofundme.com/manage/thegreatcomposerspodcast www.kevinnordstrom.com Thank you for listening! Recently named an artaxmusic top 10 classical music podcast https://www.artaxmusic.com/top-10-classical-music-podcasts/ Bibliography for all episodes found on the website: https://www.kevinnordstrom.com/the-great-composers-podcast

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