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Music Speaks

by Shaun Rimkunas

How does music impact your life?

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Episodes

  1. Tyler Kilgallen (Hosted by Hunter Sigona) Part 2

    In this episode Hunter interviews Tyler Kilgallen.

  2. Tyler Kilgallen (Hosted by Hunter Sigona) Part 1

    In this episode Hunter interviews Tyler Kilgallen.

  3. Irene Kim (Hosted by Hunter Sigona) Part 2

    In this episode Hunter begins a four-part solo series with various guests. His first guest, local musician and teacher Irene Kim.

  4. Irene Kim (Hosted by Hunter Sigona) Part 1

    In this episode Hunter begins a four-part solo series with various guests. His first guest, local musician and teacher Irene Kim.

  5. MoonDog's Musical Musings (Part 3)

    This episode is about the Musical Artist, MoonDog. (Part 3)

  6. MoonDog's Musical Musings

    This episode is about the Musical Artist, MoonDog. (Part 2)

  7. MoonDog's Musical Musing Part 1

    This episode is about the Musical Artist, MoonDog. (Part 1)

  8. Musical Theater Quiz w/ Alyssa Comeau

    Alyssa Comeau's Theater Quiz!

  9. Alyssa Comeau

    In this episode, we interview Alyssa Comeau about her favorite musical numbers.

  10. Television Themes Part 3

    In this episode, Hunter and Shaun talk about their favorite TV themes.

  11. Television Themes Part 2

    In this episode, Hunter and Shaun talk about their favorite TV themes.

  12. Television Themes Part 1

    In this episode, Hunter and Shaun talk about their favorite TV themes.

  13. What the Heck are Shaun and Hunter Listening to?

    In this episode, Jenna Brown and Eileen O'Dea take over as hosts to interview Shaun and Hunter about their year's musical Must-Listens!

  14. What the Heck are Shaun and Hunter Listening to? Part 3

    In this episode, Jenna Brown and Eileen O'Dea take over as hosts to interview Shaun and Hunter about their year's musical Must-Listens!

  15. What the Heck are Shaun and Hunter Listening to Part 2

    In this episode, Jenna Brown and Eileen O'Dea take over as hosts to interview Shaun and Hunter about their year's musical Must-Listens!

  16. What the Heck are Shaun and Hunter Listening to? Part 1

    In this episode, Jenna Brown and Eileen O'Dea take over as hosts to interview Shaun and Hunter about their year's musical Must-Listens!

  17. Percy Grainger Short Pieces Part 4

    Via Encylopedia Brittanica: Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music.

  18. Percy Grainger Short Works Part 3

    Via Encylopedia Brittanica: Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music.

  19. Percy Grianger Short Works Part 2

    Via Encylopedia Brittanica: Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music.

  20. Percy Grainger Short Works

    Via Encylopedia Brittanica: Percy Grainger (born July 8, 1882, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died Feb. 20, 1961, White Plains, N.Y., U.S.) was an Australian-born American composer, pianist, and conductor who was also known for his work in collecting folk music.

  21. Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth (Part 2)

    In this episode Shaun and Hunter discuss Johann DeMeij's fifth symphony, titled, "Return to Middle Earth." Part 2 of 2

  22. Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth (Part 1)

    In this episode Shaun and Hunter discuss Johann DeMeij's fifth symphony, titled, "Return to Middle Earth." Part 1 of 2

  23. Symphony No. 4 Sinfonia Der Leider (Johann De Meij) Part 2

    Today we will discuss Johann De Meij’s Symphony No. 4 : Sinfonia Der Leider Via Wind Repertory Project: A selection of 19th-century German poetry inspired this symphony: three poems from Friedrich Rückerts’ Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) and three poems by Heinrich Heine and...

  24. Symphony No. 4 Symphonie Der Leider (Johann De Meij) Part 1

    Today we will discuss Johann De Meij’s Symphony No. 4 : Sinfonia Der Leider Via Wind Repertory Project: A selection of 19th-century German poetry inspired this symphony: three poems from Friedrich Rückerts’ Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) and three poems by Heinrich Heine and...

  25. Beethoven 9 (Part 3)

    Via Wikipedia: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. Many critics and musicologists regard the symphony as a masterpiece of Western classical…

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  26. Beethoven 9 (Part 2)

    Via Wikipedia: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. Many critics and musicologists regard the symphony as a masterpiece of Western classical…

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  27. Beethoven 9 (Part 1)

    For this episode, we have FIVE hosts! Hunter Sigona, Shaun Rimkunas, Mary Haddix, Joel Kayser, and Hanif Lawrence. Via Wikipedia: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in...

  28. Johann De Meij's Symphony No. 3 Planet Earth Part 2

    Still, Planet Earth shows clear similarities to The Big Apple -- for example, the use of electronic sounds. “The recorded city sounds in The Big Apple were a sort of heralds of the electronics that I use in the third, continuing the attainments of the second symphony rather than those of the…

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  29. Johann De Meij's Symphony No. 3 Planet Earth Part 1

    Still, Planet Earth shows clear similarities to The Big Apple -- for example, the use of electronic sounds. “The recorded city sounds in The Big Apple were a sort of heralds of the electronics that I use in the third, continuing the attainments of the second symphony rather than those of the…

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  30. Olympic Fanfare

    By 1984, John Williams’ film music was familiar to audiences the world over and it was only natural that the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee would turn to the city’s most famous composer of popular instrumental music when they decided to commission a fanfare to be used during the Games....

  31. Marvel Cinematic Fanfares

    Bryan Tyler and Michael Giacchino has scored MCU films, the most for any composer in the franchise, and composed the fanfare that has been used for the Marvel Studios production logo since 2010-2016.

  32. Short Ride in A Fast Machine

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a 1986 orchestral work by John Adams. Adams applies the description "fanfare for orchestra" to this work and to the earlier Tromba Lontana. The former is also known as Fanfare for Great Woods because it was commissioned for the Great Woods Festival of the…

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  33. Aaron Copland's Fanfare for A Common Man

    Fanfare for the Common Man is a musical work by the American composer Aaron Copland. It was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens and was inspired in part by a speech made earlier that year by then American Vice President Henry A. Wallace, in which...

  34. Symphony No. 2 The Big Apple Mvt 3

    Johann De Meij's Second Symphony is an ode to New York: not strictly programmatic music but rather a musical interpretation of the spirit, glamour, and indifference of one of the most fascinating cities in the world. The first movement, Skyline, depicts the massive facade, the “global” contours…

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  35. Symphony No. 2 The Big Apple Mvts 1-2

    Johann De Meij's Second Symphony is an ode to New York: not strictly programmatic music but rather a musical interpretation of the spirit, glamour, and indifference of one of the most fascinating cities in the world. The first movement, Skyline, depicts the massive facade, the “global” contours…

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  36. Carnival of the Animals Part 3

    Via Wikipedia: The Carnival of the Animals (French: Le Carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements, including "The Swan", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work, about 25 minutes in duration, was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber...

  37. Carnival of the Animals Part 2

    Via Wikipedia: The Carnival of the Animals (French: Le Carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements, including "The Swan", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work, about 25 minutes in duration, was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber...

  38. Carnival of the Animals Part 1

    Via Wikipedia: The Carnival of the Animals (French: Le Carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements, including "The Swan", by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work, about 25 minutes in duration, was written for private performance by two pianos and chamber...

  39. Beethoven Symphony No. 8 In F

    The Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1812. Beethoven fondly referred to it as "my little Symphony in F", distinguishing it from his Sixth Symphony, a longer work also in F.[1] The Eighth Symphony is generally light-hearted…

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  40. Beethoven 7 in A Major

    According to Wikipedia: The Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, is a symphony in four movements composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1811 and 1812, while improving his health in the Bohemian spa town of Teplitz. The work is dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries. At its premiere at the university...

  41. Sweeney Todd Part 3

    Sweeney Todd with Hanif Lawrence.

  42. Sweeney Todd Part 2

    This episode explores one of Sondheim's darkest musicals, Sweeney Todd; we are with Professor Lawrence for this episode.

  43. Sweeney Todd Part 1

    This episode explores one of Sondheim's darkest musicals, Sweeney Todd; we are with Professor Lawrence for this episode.

  44. Beethoven's Sixth Symphony (Pastoral)

    Via Wikipedia: Beethoven was a nature lover who spent much of his time on walks in the country. He frequently left Vienna to work in rural locations. The composer said the Sixth Symphony is "more the expression of feeling than painting."

  45. The Proust Questionnaire (Hunter Sigona)

    In this episode, Hunter takes on the annual Proust Questionaire.

  46. The Proust Questionnaire (Shaun Rimkunas)

    Shaun takes the annual Proust questionnaire.

  47. In A Nutshell Part 2

    Via Wikipedia: In a Nutshell is a musical composition by Percy Aldridge Grainger for orchestra, piano, and Deagan percussion instruments. The suite, published in 1916, is made up of four movements: "Arrival Platform Humlet", "Gay But Wistful", "Pastoral", and "The Gum-Suckers March". Grainger…

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  48. In A Nutshell Symphony Suite

    Via Wikipedia: In a Nutshell is a musical composition by Percy Aldridge Grainger for orchestra, piano, and Deagan percussion instruments. The suite, published in 1916, is made up of four movements: "Arrival Platform Humlet", "Gay But Wistful", "Pastoral", and "The Gum-Suckers March". Grainger…

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  49. Beethoven Fifth Symphony in C Minor

    Via Wikipedia The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, also known as the Fate Symphony (German: Schicksalssinfonie) is a symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven between 1804 and 1808. It is one of the best-known compositions in classical music and one of the most frequently played symphonies,[1]...

  50. Christmas Carol Act II

    Via Wikipedia and IMDB A Christmas Carol: The Musical is a 2004 American musical⁠ television film⁠ based on the 1843⁠ novella of the same name⁠ by⁠ Charles Dickens⁠, which also inspired a⁠ 1994 stage musical⁠ by⁠ Alan Menken⁠ and⁠ Lynn Ahrens⁠. The story features an old bitter miser who is given…

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How does music impact your life?

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