34 episodes
The Music Listening Project The Music Listening Project
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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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Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, 1st Movement
Mark listens to the first movement of Beethoven 7th Symphony with the conductor, Matthew Jones. What does it mean to hear a work for the first time?
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What's going on at the beginning of the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth?
In this podcast, I unpack the narrative that forms the opening of the Ninth Symphony's Finale, as Beethoven searches for "joyful sounds," a tune we can all sing – the Ode to Joy.
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A sublime slow movement: Beethoven A minor Quartet, No. 15
The slow movement of the A minor quartet is profound–but somehow difficult to discover without careful listening.
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Schubert and broken hearted lovers, a "Winter's Journey"
In this podcast, I explore ways in which Schubert uses music in the first song of his cycle, "Winter's Journey," to give the lyrics an angle, rather like a film score gives a scene an angle. The singer is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau with Gerald Moore on the Piano.
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Dylan Goes Electric
This is a podcast produced for a music class at Humber College. It speaks to Bob Dylan's switch, in Bringing It All Back Home, from purely acoustic instruments to the introduction of the electric guitar: from folk to folk rock.
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Liszt's "Les Preludes"
First impressions of Liszt's symphonic poem, "Les Preludes:" the story of development.
Customer Reviews
Underrated gem
This podcast deserves more recognition and appreciation. The commentary and attention to detail is exceptional. I am new to Western classical music, and I am loving the process of learning how to listen to it with Mark Whale’s help.