The Herbert-Dvorak ConnectionThe remarkable story of the connection between these two composers and their cello concertos.Listen To Full Show/Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Forest ConnectionThe woods in music by Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Orff, Britten, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Ocean Connection 2Music of the sea, with works by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Strauss, and more Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Fugue ConnectionA fugal festival, with music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Gershwin, Hovhaness, and Villa Lobos. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Music ConnectionMusic about music—from Handel to Bernstein Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Borrowed ConnectionWhy Handel’s recycling of other composers’ music has been called creative borrowing, by some, plagiarism by others. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Adagio ConnectionMemorable music by Albinoni, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Rodrigo and Barber Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Left Hand ConnectionThe incredible story of Paul Wittgenstein, and selections from works written for him by Richard Strauss, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel and Benjamin Britten. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Debussy-Chopin ConnectionChopin’s influence on Debussy as the Frenchman developed his own, utterly individual style Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Love ConnectionTucked into Antonin Dvorak's great Cello Concerto is a melody he’d written 30 years earlier--one of many songs composed in his youth for the first real love of his life. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Italian ConnectionFive works inspired by the music, people and scenery of Italy--by Elgar, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, and Richard Strauss. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.