Le compositeur hongrois Zoltán Kodály

Chaque samedi, Laure Dautriche nous fait (re)découvrir un morceau qui a marqué l'histoire de la musique classique. Aujourd'hui, elle revient sur le profil particulier du compositeur danois Car Nielsen qui composera six symphonies. 

Chaque samedi, Laure Dautriche nous fait (re)découvrir un morceau qui a marqué l'histoire de la musique classique. Aujourd'hui, elle revient sur le nouvel enregistrement des nocturnes de Chopin, sur un instrument d'époque : un piano Pleyel de 1836. Un voyage dans le temps à ne pa ... Show More

Chaque samedi, Laure Dautriche nous fait (re)découvrir un morceau qui a marqué l'histoire de la musique classique. Aujourd'hui, elle s'intéresse à Debora Waldman qui publie "La Symphonie Oubliée". Un ouvrage qui reprend les partitions de Charlotte Sohy, une compositrice du début ... Show More

While the inspiration for the show today is likely obvious, I’m also very happy to get the chance to share this wonderful music with you, separate from the current horrors going on right now. Here’s a little quiz for you - name a Ukrainian composer. Were you stumped? Well, so are ... Show More

Last week we covered moments 1-15 in my top 25 favorite moments in classical music, going all the way up towards the end of the 19th century. This week we're going to explore 9 of my favorite moments from the wide world of 20th century music, and then, in a little twist, I'm goin ... Show More

Welcome to Season 7 of Sticky Notes! I'm often asked: “I want to get into classical music, but where do I start?” Today is my attempt to answer that question! Western Classical Music is an umbrella term that stretches over 1500 years of music, and there is an infinite variety to ... Show More

Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Monteverdi. These are some of the biggest names in the history of Western Classical Music, and they were all writing in one of the most innovative periods in musical history - the Baroque Era. Spanning from ca.1600 to ca. 1750, Baroque music is tru ... Show More

By as early as 1909, composers like Mahler knew that tonality was reaching its breaking point, and composers like Debussy were experimenting with colors and ideas a composer like Brahms wouldn’t have dreamed were possible.  Strauss was shocking the world in his own right with his ... Show More

Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto - famously featured in David Lean's film "Brief Encounter" - is one of the world's most popular pieces of classical music. Some of its fans describe the way in which it has touched and shaped their lives. Featuring a pianist from Taiwan whose memo ... Show More