Sticky Notes is a classical music podcast for everyone, whether you are just getting interested in c
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There is a thread of musical theory called Schenkerian analysis, based on the work of Heinrich Schen
I’m not sure there’s ever been a composer who changed as much throughout his or her life as Arnold S
Have you ever wondered what exactly goes on behind the scenes putting together an opera? Have you ev
Clara Schumann, without a doubt, was one of the greatest pianists of all time. Schumann’s playing d
Stefan Dohr is one of the greatest french horn players in the world today. He has been the Principal
Brahms was only 20 years old when Robert Schumann wrote his famous Neue Bahnen(New Paths) article th
Just one year before Debussy wrote his legendary Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, he completed an
Martin Fröst very well may be the greatest living clarinetist. His brilliant sound, feats of virtuos
By as early as 1909, composers like Mahler knew that tonality was reaching its breaking point, and c
The most famous thing about Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring is the riot that took place at its prem
If you listened to my show last week about Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird, you know that Stravinsk
In 1906, the impresario Sergei Diaghilev created a sensation in Paris with an exhibition of Russian
This February, I have the great honor of joining the Indianapolis Symphony for the North American pr
Ask a non-classical music fan to name a piece of classical music. If they don’t say Beethoven 5, or
You might be thinking, "Why on earth would anyone want to devote an entire podcast to etudes?" For m
In the late summer or early autumn of 1828, Schubert completed an extraordinary work, his String Qui
Film music began as a solution to a problem. Early film projectors were really loud, therefore somet
Along with Antonin Dvorak and Bedrich Smetana, Leos Janacek is known as one of the three great Czech
The center of Western Classical Music, ever since the time of Bach, has been modern-day Germany and
