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12:04pm Jul 06, 2018Arts Arts Music & Culture
The Harpsichord: Distinctive Sound And Plenty Of Pluck
What if you took a long, metal string, stretched it out taut, and then plucked it with a feather quill? Admittedly, just one string pluck has a puny sound compared with the modern-day piano.
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1:35pm Jan 12, 2018Arts Arts Music & Culture
Mozart, Chopin And Bach Change The Game With Variations
We often hear the musical term "Theme and Variations", but what exactly does it mean?
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1:32pm Jan 05, 2018Arts Arts Music & Culture
The Baroque Era
In this episode, Peter reveals the best of the Baroque, including ornamentation, polyphony, and the father of the mighty piano: the harpsichord.
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1:29pm Dec 29, 2017Arts Arts Music & Culture
Back To The Basics - Musical Form
Peter goes "Big Picture" with an exploration of just about every composer's most important building block: musical form.
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12:50pm Dec 22, 2017Arts Arts Music & Culture
Loud Or Soft? It's All In Dynamic Variation
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that ... dynamic variation. In this episode, Peter explains the importance of loud, soft--and everything in between--in Classical music.
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12:39pm Dec 15, 2017Arts Arts Music & Culture
The American Franz Liszt - Edward MacDowell
Peter Kairoff reveals the expressive tenderness of late 19th century American composer Edward MacDowell.
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12:35pm Dec 08, 2017Arts Arts Music & Culture
Franz Schubert's Lieder
Franz Schubert composed music in nearly every genre imaginable--symphonies, chamber music, operas, piano pieces--and yet each piece was infused with his favorite: lieder--songs.
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12:31pm Dec 01, 2017Arts Arts Music & Culture
Robert Schumann - The Epitome Of 19th Century Romantic Composers
Robert Schumann was a compulsive, Romantic composer in love with love, and he embodied the spirit of the early 19th century.
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12:27pm Nov 24, 2017Arts Arts Music & Culture
Musical Experimenter Frédéric Chopin
Polish composer Frédéric Chopin was a musical experimenter who continually pushed the envelope pianistically.
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12:05pm Nov 17, 2017Arts Arts Music & Culture
Domenico Scarlatti Sets Himself Apart From His Contemporaries
Peter explores the life and music of Domenico Scarlatti. He was born in 1685, the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.
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