The Music Listening Project

The Music Listening Project
The Music Listening Project

In these podcasts I talk to musicians and listeners about what they are hearing in the music that touches and moves them.

  1. Lyric for Strings – George Walker

    JUN 29

    Lyric for Strings – George Walker

    In this episode, I listen to the African American composer's Lyric for strings and think about the difference between music that evokes emotions and music that works through them.

    20 min
  2. Joy and Learning in Brahms' Second Symphony

    MAY 7

    Joy and Learning in Brahms' Second Symphony

    Brahms' second symphony is, as commentators agree, "serene, full of warmth, and brimming with optimism." The philosopher, Roger Scruton, writes that great music does not simply express a state - serenity, warmth, optimism – it interrogates it. In this podcast I explore his idea, and its – and the symphony's – profound relationship to life.

    33 min
  3. A passion for life: Dvorak's cello concerto

    MAR 16

    A passion for life: Dvorak's cello concerto

    In this podcast I explore the idea that Dvorak redeems the problems of life – specifically the problem of his homesickness for Czechoslovakia – not by solving them but by turning them into music.

    24 min
  4. What's the deal with Mozart's Jupiter symphony?

    JAN 24

    What's the deal with Mozart's Jupiter symphony?

    Commentators seem unable to praise the Finale of Mozart's 41st symphony enough, containing, "they say," the greatest 30 seconds of music ever written. I thought I'd work out why – and I'm not so sure I agree.

    19 min
  5. In Dulci Jubilo

    12/23/2023

    In Dulci Jubilo

    In this podcast I explore the relationship of carols to the magic of Christmas.

    14 min
  6. Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony

    12/01/2023

    Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony

    When I first rehearsed this music I could make no sense of it! So I made a podcast. Now I find parts of the Carol Symphony quite moving.

    17 min
  7. Mahler's First Symphony – Movement 1

    04/30/2023

    Mahler's First Symphony – Movement 1

    Journey to "where no [person] has gone before" or an early morning walk? Chamber music or symphony of gigantic proportions? Mark and Matthew listen to key moments from a work haunted by themes of joy, unrequited love and death.

    25 min
  8. Louise Farrenc's 2nd Symphony

    11/14/2022

    Louise Farrenc's 2nd Symphony

    Matthew and Mark discover the classical in the romantic.

    22 min
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In these podcasts I talk to musicians and listeners about what they are hearing in the music that touches and moves them.

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  • Creator
    The Music Listening Project
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
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