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The CoffeeHouse Classical — 229 episodes

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Episode 244: Elgar’s “Skizze” for solo piano

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Episode 243: Elgar’s The Wand of Youth, Suites no. 1 and 2

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Episode 242: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 4

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Episode 241: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 3

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Episode 240: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 2

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Episode 239: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 1

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Episode 238: Comic Relief: Aprils Fool's with the CoffeeHouse

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Episode 237: The World's Worst Opera Singer: Florence Foster Jenkins

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Episode 236: How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?

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Episode 235: The Creation of Mozart's Magic Flute

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Episode 234: Mozart's Musical Fantasy- A Review

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Episode 233: Movie Review- The Magic Flute (2022)

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Episode 232: A Musician's Holiday Wish List

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Episode 231: Peter Cornelius and “The Three Kings”

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Episode 230: March Madness (A Brief History of School Marching Bands)

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Episode 229: Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major

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Episode 228: Hitting the Right Notes About the Timpani

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Episode 227: Anyone Can Play the Triangle (and learn about it too!)

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Episode 226: Gabriel Faure’s Paris Conservatory

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Episode 225: Premiere Scandals at the Prix de Rome

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Episode 224: The History of the Paris Conservatory

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Episode 223: Modern Music of the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair

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Episode 222: Carlo Gesualdo, the Murderous Motet Musician

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Episode 221: Nadia Boulanger, Teacher Extraordinaire

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Episode 220: Aaron Copland, the Dean of American Music

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Episode 219: Ravel and Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19

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Episode 218: Touring Sensation: The Sousa Band!

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Episode 217: The CoffeeHouse's Blooper La Follia

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Episode 216: Franz Liszt and the Rhapsodie Espagnole

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Episode 215: CPE Bach’s 12 Variations über die Folie d'Espagne, H.263

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Episode 214: Arcangelo Corelli and the Violin Sonata in D minor “La Folia”

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Episode 213: Vivaldi’s “La Follia” Trio Sonata in D minor

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Episode 212: Color Music: What Is Synesthesia?

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Episode 211: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 4

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Episode 210: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 3

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Episode 209: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 2

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Episode 208: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 1

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Episode 207: George Friedrich Handel and the Prelude and Allegro in A Minor, HWV 576

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Episode 206: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 4

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Episode 205: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 3

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Episode 204: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 2

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Episode 203: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 1

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Episode 200: 200th Episode Celebration, Part 2

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Episode 200: 200th Episode Celebration, Part 1

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Episode 202: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4

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Episode 201: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 3

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Episode 199: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Mvt 2

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Episode 198: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I

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Episode 197: Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture

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Episode 196: Edvard Grieg and the Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Part 2

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Episode 195: Edvard Grieg and the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Part 1

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Episode 194: A Peak Behind the Curtain: The April Fool's Goof Reel!

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Episode 193: The Reeds Are Free! The History of the Harmonica

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Episode 192: Erik Satie and Gymnopedie No. 1

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Episode 191: This is Critical! A Guide to Listening to Music

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Episode 190: Franz Schubert and the Impromptu in Eb

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Episode 189: The Crash Bang Podcast: A Ranking of Special Percussion Sections

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Episode 188: Debussy and Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque

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Episode 187: Debussy and the Minuet from Suite Bergamasque

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Episode 186: Debussy and the Prelude from Suite Bergamasque

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Episode 185: Debussy and the Passepied from Suite Bergamasque

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Episode 184: Boo! It’s all about the Theremin!

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Episode 183: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique” , Part IV

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Episode 182: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique”, Part III

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Episode 181: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique” , Part II

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Episode 180: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique”, Part I

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Episode 179: Hector Berlioz and the Roman Carnival Overture

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Episode 178: Richard Wagner and the Ride of the Valkyries

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Episode 177: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and the Flight of the Bumblebee

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Episode 176: Gioachino Rossini and the Barber of Seville

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Episode 175: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor And Four Novelletten for String Orchestra

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Episode 174: Karol Szymanowski and the Nocturne and Tarantella

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Episode 173: Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4

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Episode 172: The Mythical, Legendary Highland Bagpipe

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Episode 171: Antonio Vivaldi and the Spring Violin Concerto

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Episode 170: Our Comedy of Errors- April Fools 2023!

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Episode 169: Chopin and The Nocturne in C# Minor, Op. post.

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Episode 168: Dvorak and the Carnival Overture

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Episode 167: The Invisible Beauty of Music: Chladni Figures and How to Make Them

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Episode 166: Saving Berlioz from Damnation with the Hungarian March

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Episode 165: Bach: Basic or Brilliant? feat. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major

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Episode 164: The Nutcracker vs. The World

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Episode 163: Ring Those Holiday Jingle Bells!

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Episode 162: We Are Thankful For Simple Gifts!

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Episode 161: The New York Philharmonic, a Classic American Institution

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Episode 160: The Haunting Tale of Nicolo Paganini’s Life and Death, feat. Variations on I Palpiti

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Episode 159: Liszt’s La Campanella

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Episode 158: A Voyage Across the Seven Seas, To Inspire Debussy’s Harmonies

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Episode 157: Play us a song, you’re the (Player) Piano Man!

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Episode 156: Purcell, Again: Incidental Music for ”The Old Bachelor”

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Episode 155: The Unkillable Adolph Sax

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Episode 154: The Beautiful Sound of the Euphonium

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Episode 153: A Whole Holst of Episodes: The Second Suite for Military Band

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Episode 152: Gustav Holst and the First Suite in Eb for Military Band

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Episode 151: Twinkle, twinkle, little song; Everything we knew was wrong.

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Episode 150: BuxteWHOd? Buxtehude!

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Episode 149: ”Mr. Bach Comes to Call”, Reviewing a Childhood Tale

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Episode 148: Bach Again: Anna Magdalena Bach

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Episode 147: Send in the Clowns (A belated April Fools Outtake Reel)

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Episode 146: Emmanuel Chabrier, Again: Revisiting with Feuillet d’album

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Episode 145: The Triumphs of Mozart, feat. Rondo in D major K. 485

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Episode 144: Let’s Make Some Noise! (Part 3)

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Episode 143: Let’s Make Some Noise! (Part 2)

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Episode 142: Let’s Make Some Noise! (Part 1)

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Episode 141: The Three Periods of Beethoven, Part III: The Late Period

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Episode 140: The Three Periods of Beethoven, Part II: The Middle Period

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Episode 139: The Three Periods of Beethoven, Part I: The Early Period

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Episode 138: Mahler Hammer Time

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Episode 137: Hidden Haydn Part IV: Papa Haydn, the Father of the Symphony

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Episode 136: Hidden Haydn, Part III: Keyboard Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI:23

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Episode 135: Hidden Haydn Part II: The String Quartet in G major, Op. 54 no. 1

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Episode 134: Hidden Haydn, Part I: Biography

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Episode 133: The Time Bach Went to Jail, and the E minor Prelude and Fugue

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Episode 132: Ferruccio Busoni and the All' Italia!, in modo napolitano from Elegien

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Episode 131: Joaquin Turina and the Danzas fantasticas

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Episode 130: Josquin Desprez and Missa Gaudeamus

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Episode 129: American Folk Song: “Shenandoah”

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Episode 128: Brahms, Muhlfeld, and the Clarinet Trio

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Episode 127: Johannes Brahms and Hungarian Dance No. 5

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Episode 126: Re-Release of Brahms and Symphony #3, Mvt I

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Episode 125: It’s Great to Be Back in the Army (Band) feat. Staff Sgt. Emily Kerski

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Episode 124: Revisiting Mozart with the Overture to La Clemenza di Tito

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Episode 123: Aleksander Scriabin and the Piano Sonata No. 4

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Episode 122: Asa and Allison's Merry Pranks- a Goof Reel for April Fools

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Episode 121: A Critique of Critics

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Episode 120: Felix Mendelssohn and the Piano Concerto No. 2, Mvt. III

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Episode 119: Interview with Jâca, Part II

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Episode 118: Interview with Jâca, Part I

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Episode 117: What’s the Difference Between Operas and Musicals?

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Episode 116:The Grand Holiday Song Quiz Spectacular!

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Episode 115: Sergey Lyapunov and Chanteurs de Noël from Fêtes de Noël

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Episode 114: Henry Purcell and excerpts from Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary

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Episode 113: Giovanni Bottesini and the Double Bass Concerto No. 2

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Episode 112: Pedagogical Methods and Their Creators, Part II

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Episode 111: Pedagogical Methods and Their Creators, Part I

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Episode 110: Edward German and “Autumn” from The Seasons

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Episode 109: The History of The Proms

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Episode 108: Arthur Foote and the Suite in E for String Orchestra

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Episode 107: Johannes Ockeghem and Missa mi mi

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Episode 106: Henri Vieuxtemps and the Violin Concerto No. 5

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Episode 105: Music and Science Part II: Life, but make it better!

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Episode 104: Music and Science Part I: The Mozart Effect

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Episode 103: Fernando Sor and Excerpts from 24 Excercices tres Faceiles

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Episode 102: If music be the food of love... Shakespeare on!

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Episode 101: Leopold Godowsky and selections from Triakontameron

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Episode 100: Revisiting Dvorak with the Violin Sonatina Op. 100

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Episode 99: Jules Massenet and the Meditation from Thais

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Episode 98: Georges Bizet and Scherzo from the Roma Symphony

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Episode 97: Tell Me About Conductors! feat. Jeremy Cuebas (Part 2)

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Bonus: April Fools 2020

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Episode 96: Tell Me About Conductors! feat. Jeremy Cuebas (Part 1)

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Episode 95: Manuel de Falla and Nights in the Gardens of Spain

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Episode 94: Mini Series- Musical Gadgets: The Terrific Tuner

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Episode 93: Mini Series- Musical Gadgets: The History of the Humble Metronome

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Episode 92: Max Bruch and Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano

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Episode 91: Friedrich Kuhlau and the Three Fantasies for Solo Flute

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Episode 90: King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Patron of the Arts

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Episode 89: Nadezhda von Meck, Tchaikovsky's Patron and Friend

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Episode 88: Ferdinando di Medici, Patron of the Arts

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Episode 87: Ferruccio Busoni and Fantasia Nach J.S. Bach

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Episode 86: Maurice Ravel and the Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2

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Episode 85: Franz Schubert and the Impromptu in Gb Major

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Episode 84: Sir Edward Elgar and the Imperial March

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Episode 83: George Freidrich Handel and the Concerto Grosso in A major

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Episode 82: Carl Freidrich Abel and the Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba

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Episode 81: Charles Gerard Conn and Crafting the Cornet

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Episode 80: Bartolomeo Cristofori and A New Keyboard Instrument

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Episode 79: Antonio Stradivari: The History of a Luthier

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Re-Release Episode 55: Strauss, Space, and Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Episode 78: Concert Chat: But What Do I Wear?

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Episode 77: Johan Halvorsen and the Passacaglia After Handel

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Episode 76: Arthur de Greef and the Perpetual Motion Etude

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Episode 75: Erik Satie and the Fantasie Valse

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Episode 74: Modest Mussorgsky and the Persian Dances

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Episode 73: Alexander Borodin and the Prince Igor Overture

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Episode 72: Concert Chat: Where to Perform? A comparison of venues

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Holiday Special: April's Fools- A Backstage Blooper Reel!

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Episode 71: Bach & Son Part II: The Solo Flutes of the Bachs

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Episode 70: Bach & Son, Part I: JS and CPE

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Episode 69: Soler and the Fandango in D minor

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Episode 68: The Schumanns Part II: Robert Schumann and 4 Sketches for Pedal Piano

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Episode 67: The Schumanns Part I: Clara Schumann and Scherzo No. 2

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Episode 66: Emily Kerski: Guest Interview

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Episode 65: Auld Lang Syne (New Year's Special)

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Episode 64: Concert Chat: Holiday Concerts

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Episode 63: Rameau and the Gavotte and Six Variations

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Episode 62: Dukas and the Theme, Interlude, and Finale on a Theme of Rameau

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Episode 61: Smetana and Vysehrad

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Episode 60: Chopin and Scherzo No. 1

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Episode 59: Concert Chat- Outdoor Concerts

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Episode 58: Telemann and The Gulliver Suite

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Episode 57: Edvard Grieg and Jeg Elsker Dig

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Episode 56: Burgmuller and his Piano Etudes

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Episode 55: Strauss, Space, and Also Sprach Zarathustra

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Episode 54: The Mozarts, Part III

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Episode 53: W. A. Mozart, Part II

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Episode 52: W. A. Mozart, Part I

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Episode 51: Concerts: A Listening Review

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Episode 50: The Musical Mendelssohns, Part II

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Episode 49: The Musical Mendelssohns, Part I

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Episode 48: Edward MacDowell and In a Haunted Forest

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Episode 47: Micheal Preatorius and Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

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Episode 46: Franz Liszt and Mephisto Waltz No. 1

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Episode 45: Hector Berlioz and Symphonie Fantastique

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Episode 44: Beethoven and Symphony No. 9, "Choral"

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Episode 43: Richard Strauss and Don Juan

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Episode 42: Mahler and the Symphony No. 1

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Episode 41: Johann Pachelbel and the Magnificat Fugue T. 103

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Episode 40: Johann Hummel and the Rondo in Eb Major

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Episode 39: Verdi and The Force of Destiny Overture

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Episode 38: Tchaikovsky and the Nutcracker Suite (Holiday Special)

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Episode 37: Emmanuel Chabrier and Espana Rhapsody for Orchestra

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Episode 36: Dvorak and String Quartet No 12, Mvt. IV

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Episode 35: Gounod and the Funeral March of a Marionette

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Episode 34: Weber and the Clarinet Concertino in E Flat Major

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Episode 33: Tartini and the Devil's Trill Sonata

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Episode 32: Vivaldi and The Autumn Concerto

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Episode 31: Faure and Violin Sonata No. 1

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Episode 30: Rachmaninoff and Symphony No. 2, Mvt. III

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Episode 29: Scott Joplin and the Magnetic Rag

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Episode 25: The Marches of Sousa (4th of July Holiday Special)

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Episode 20: Ralph Vaughan Williams and A Sea Symphony

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Episode 15: The Brilliant Life of Mily Balakirev

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Episode 14: Debussy and Premier Rhapsody

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Episode 11: Strauss Jr. and the Voices of Spring Waltz

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Thanksgiving Special: Interview with Dr. Wesley Ferreira

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Episode 9: The Life and Times of Percy Grainger

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Episode 7: Brahms and Symphony #3, Mvt I

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Episode 6: Dvorak and String Quartet No. 12 "American", mvt. 4