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Episode 250: A Trivial Retrospective
Episode 249: Percy Grainer and Molly on the Shore
Episode 248: Schubert’s "Erlkonig", Op. 1
Episode 247: Schubert’s Schwangesang, D. 957, mvt 8. Der Atlas
Episode 246: The Oldest Known Song and Other Ancient Tales
Episode 245: Why Does Fantasy Music Sound Like That?
Episode 244: Elgar’s “Skizze” for solo piano
Episode 243: Elgar’s The Wand of Youth, Suites no. 1 and 2
Episode 242: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 4
Episode 241: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 3
Episode 240: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 2
Episode 239: Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”, Part 1
Episode 238: Comic Relief: Aprils Fool's with the CoffeeHouse
Episode 237: The World's Worst Opera Singer: Florence Foster Jenkins
Episode 236: How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall?
Episode 235: The Creation of Mozart's Magic Flute
Episode 234: Mozart's Musical Fantasy- A Review
Episode 233: Movie Review- The Magic Flute (2022)
Episode 232: A Musician's Holiday Wish List
Episode 231: Peter Cornelius and “The Three Kings”
Episode 230: March Madness (A Brief History of School Marching Bands)
Episode 229: Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major
Episode 228: Hitting the Right Notes About the Timpani
Episode 227: Anyone Can Play the Triangle (and learn about it too!)
Episode 226: Gabriel Faure’s Paris Conservatory
Episode 225: Premiere Scandals at the Prix de Rome
Episode 224: The History of the Paris Conservatory
Episode 223: Modern Music of the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair
Episode 222: Carlo Gesualdo, the Murderous Motet Musician
Episode 221: Nadia Boulanger, Teacher Extraordinaire
Episode 220: Aaron Copland, the Dean of American Music
Episode 219: Ravel and Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19
Episode 218: Touring Sensation: The Sousa Band!
Episode 217: The CoffeeHouse's Blooper La Follia
Episode 216: Franz Liszt and the Rhapsodie Espagnole
Episode 215: CPE Bach’s 12 Variations über die Folie d'Espagne, H.263
Episode 214: Arcangelo Corelli and the Violin Sonata in D minor “La Folia”
Episode 213: Vivaldi’s “La Follia” Trio Sonata in D minor
Episode 212: Color Music: What Is Synesthesia?
Episode 211: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 4
Episode 210: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 3
Episode 209: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 2
Episode 208: Gustave Mahler and Symphony No. 1, Part 1
Episode 207: George Friedrich Handel and the Prelude and Allegro in A Minor, HWV 576
Episode 206: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 4
Episode 205: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 3
Episode 204: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 2
Episode 203: Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”; Part 1
Episode 200: 200th Episode Celebration, Part 2
Episode 200: 200th Episode Celebration, Part 1
Episode 202: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 4
Episode 201: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Mvt. 3
Episode 199: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Mvt 2
Episode 198: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, Mvt. I
Episode 197: Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Episode 196: Edvard Grieg and the Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Part 2
Episode 195: Edvard Grieg and the Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Part 1
Episode 194: A Peak Behind the Curtain: The April Fool's Goof Reel!
Episode 193: The Reeds Are Free! The History of the Harmonica
Episode 192: Erik Satie and Gymnopedie No. 1
Episode 191: This is Critical! A Guide to Listening to Music
Episode 190: Franz Schubert and the Impromptu in Eb
Episode 189: The Crash Bang Podcast: A Ranking of Special Percussion Sections
Episode 188: Debussy and Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque
Episode 187: Debussy and the Minuet from Suite Bergamasque
Episode 186: Debussy and the Prelude from Suite Bergamasque
Episode 185: Debussy and the Passepied from Suite Bergamasque
Episode 184: Boo! It’s all about the Theremin!
Episode 183: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique” , Part IV
Episode 182: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique”, Part III
Episode 181: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique” , Part II
Episode 180: Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 ”Pathétique”, Part I
Episode 179: Hector Berlioz and the Roman Carnival Overture
Episode 178: Richard Wagner and the Ride of the Valkyries
Episode 177: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and the Flight of the Bumblebee
Episode 176: Gioachino Rossini and the Barber of Seville
Episode 175: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor And Four Novelletten for String Orchestra
Episode 174: Karol Szymanowski and the Nocturne and Tarantella
Episode 173: Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Episode 172: The Mythical, Legendary Highland Bagpipe
Episode 171: Antonio Vivaldi and the Spring Violin Concerto
Episode 170: Our Comedy of Errors- April Fools 2023!
Episode 169: Chopin and The Nocturne in C# Minor, Op. post.
Episode 168: Dvorak and the Carnival Overture
Episode 167: The Invisible Beauty of Music: Chladni Figures and How to Make Them
Episode 166: Saving Berlioz from Damnation with the Hungarian March
Episode 165: Bach: Basic or Brilliant? feat. Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Episode 164: The Nutcracker vs. The World
Episode 163: Ring Those Holiday Jingle Bells!
Episode 162: We Are Thankful For Simple Gifts!
Episode 161: The New York Philharmonic, a Classic American Institution
Episode 160: The Haunting Tale of Nicolo Paganini’s Life and Death, feat. Variations on I Palpiti
Episode 159: Liszt’s La Campanella
Episode 158: A Voyage Across the Seven Seas, To Inspire Debussy’s Harmonies
Episode 157: Play us a song, you’re the (Player) Piano Man!
Episode 156: Purcell, Again: Incidental Music for ”The Old Bachelor”
Episode 155: The Unkillable Adolph Sax
Episode 154: The Beautiful Sound of the Euphonium
Episode 153: A Whole Holst of Episodes: The Second Suite for Military Band
Episode 152: Gustav Holst and the First Suite in Eb for Military Band