Attention to Detail: The Classical Music Listening Guide

Classical music can be intimidating to newcomers and frequent concertgoers alike. Attention to Detai

Episodes

Total: 100

Today we review the final act of Die Walküre, which opens with the famous "Ride of the Valkyries," a

Today we continue our review of the second opera of Wagner's Ring Cycle, looking at Act 2 of Die Wal

On this episode, we start our review of the first major opera of the Ring Cycle, Die Walküre! We loo

Today we start our review of Wagner's Ring Cycle with a look at the first opera, Das Rheingold! We e

Over the month of August, we'll be boiling down the massively influential (and long) operas of Wagne

The classical music community lost a great friend this past week in violinist and conductor Greg Car

Underrated Composers Draft

2020/7/7

We're back with another fantasy sports-style draft, this time picking our most underrated composers!

Hannah is back, and today we're tackling the tricky world of modern/contemporary music! We discuss s

Today we're joined by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, Professor of Music at Princeton University and au

We're back with our penultimate episode on our pandemic years series, this time reviewing the eventf

In another musical review of famous pandemic years, on this episode we're tackling the cholera epide

We're back with a review of another pandemic year, 1890! Today we're looking at one of Brahms' last

Today we're reviewing two pieces from the year 1854, Schumann's Geistervariationen and Brahms's Pian

We're very excited to be introducing a new series on music from years of pandemics! Over the next fe

Chamber Music Draft

2020/5/26

We're back with another fantasy-style draft of our favorite classical music - last time we picked ou

Today we're reviewing Bartok's dazzling ballet, The Wooden Prince, with guest Alex Amsel. This break

In preparation for some upcoming breakdowns, we decided to devote an episode to one of the most impo

How Attention Works

2020/5/4

Today we are joined by Stefan van der Stigchel, Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Utrecht Univers

Symphonies Draft!

2020/4/30

Here's the audio from our fantasy football-style draft of the best symphonies with five players cons

Music and Meditation

2020/4/24

Today we're joined by Mary Meckley, host of the Daily Meditation Podcast and founder of the Sip and