The Borrowed ConnectionSome call Handel’s use of other composers’ music “creative borrowing.” Others call it plagiarism.Listen To Full Show/Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Vaughan Williams Christmas ConnectionOrchestral and vocal music for the holidays by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Christmas Connection 2Holiday pieces by Bach, Telemann, Beethoven, Berlioz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Hovhaness, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Opening ConnectionThe stories behind overtures by Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Offenbach, Strauss, and Bernstein. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Diaghilev Connection 2How Sergei Diaghilev commissioned a decade of important ballet music from Falla, Satie, Respighi, Milhaud, Poulenc, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Diaghilev Connection 1A salute to the legendary ballet impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, and the music written for him by Ravel, Falla, Respighi, Stravinsky and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Repeat ConnectionMusical repetition of the highest order, from Handel to Haydn, from Beethoven to Fauré, from Johann Strauss II to Maurice Ravel. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Dies Irae ConnectionThe “Dies Irae” melody in works by Liszt, Berlioz, Saint-Saens, Rachmaninoff, and many more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Robin Hood ConnectionThe story behind Korngold's music for "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is movie material itself—a series of dramatic turnabouts, with an unforgettable cast of characters, from Hollywood bigwigs to Nazi storm troopers. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Capriccio ConnectionMusic by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Verdi, Bizet, and Brahms, as well as Felix Mendelssohn— and his sister Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel.. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Art ConnectionIn this hour, links between canvas and concert hall. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.