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about Music

about Music: the Art of listening.

Music is supposed to stir the emotions, and if we are hearing it, but it is not moving us in any way, surely that’s inexcusable?

Over a series of chats with musical examples, I would like to introduce you to a different way of listening to music, by exploring how it creates the emotions that it is supposed to in the listener.

I would enjoy being your guide to a deeper listening experience.
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Programme 80 “about Music. The art of listening.” Beethoven’s influence - Schumann

Today we look at Beethoven's influence on future composers, specifically Schumann, an influential musical giant and editor of the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, a new and most important and influential journal. Beethoven’s influence on the generations of composers who followed him was monumental. He bridged the Classical and Romantic eras,…
16 Dec 1 hour

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 78

Today, we look at Harmonic and Modulation developments in Beethoven’s music. This programme is rather difficult and tricky, but it is well worth paying attention to the information and examples. Beethoven extended these two aspects of composition and set the tone for the next generation of composers in the nineteenth…
4 Dec 1 hour

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 75

We are still on the path to compare and be able to identify the music of the three classical giants, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Today we look at Thematic, Rhythmic and Emotional developments in Beethoven’s music. We start with the famous Symphony 5 with the “fate” motif, and in this…
12 Nov 1 hour

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 74

Beethoven as a composer bridged between two periods in the history of music. He was taught and influenced by Haydn as well as Johann Baptist Schenk, Emanuel Aloys Förster, Anton Salieri, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. Beethoven held the music of Mozart in high regard, although it is unknown if the…
5 Nov 59 min

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 73

Beethoven as a composer bridged between two periods in the history of music. He was taught and influenced by Haydn as well as Johann Baptist Schenk, Emanuel Aloys Förster, Anton Salieri, and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. Beethoven held the music of Mozart in high regard, although it is unknown if the…
22 Oct 1 hr 01 min

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 72

We are progressing in our exploration of musical fingerprints today by looking a third time at the music of Franz Josef Haydn, a Classical Period composer. This we will do for at least one more week, leading up to comparing the style of Haydn with that of Mozart and Beethoven…
10 Oct 1 hour

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 71

We are progressing in our exploration of musical fingerprints today by looking a second time at the music of Franz Josef Haydn, a Classical Period composer. We will do this for at least one more week, leading up to comparing the style of Haydn with that of Mozart. Today there…
28 Sep 1 hour

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 70

We are progressing in our exploration of musical fingerprints today by looking at the music of Franz Josef Haydn, a Classical Period composer. We will do this for at least one more week, leading up to comparing the style of Haydn with that of Mozart. I hope you will be…
24 Sep 59 min

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 69

Two A major Concerto’s by Mozart today. Mozart’s Concertos for Piano and for Clarinet, are both in A major. This is one of Mozart’s “happy keys”, along with E flat major and C major. In the context of the Doctrine of the Affections, each musical key was believed to have…
17 Sep 1 hr 05 min

about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 68

So, let us imagine that you are listening to a piece of music, but you cannot place it. What is its name? We reviewing some music from an earlier programme, looking at musical fingerprints in this episode, things that can help us find out what that piece of music is.
10 Sep 1 hour

Programme 65: about Music- The Art of Listening: JS Bach and the Suite

Today’s programme is part 1 of 3 in which we look at the structure called the Suite, which was an instrumental staple of the Baroque period, and a forerunner of the Classical symphony. The Suite is based on stylized dances of the period (or earlier), and consequently are quite easy…
21 Aug 59 min

Programme 64: about Music- The Art of Listening: Fugue Part 2

Today’s programme is about the most advanced and exciting product of the Baroque period – the Fugue. We already did the lesson section last week, but I’m repeating that section by request (the first 16 minutes). Fugue is not an easy concept, so this is another opportunity to get to…
13 Aug 59 min

Programme 63: about Music- The Art of Listening: Fugue

Today’s programme is about the most advanced and exciting product of the Baroque period – the Fugue. Yes, it’s complicated. But I’m about to make it easy to understand! And give you many opportunities to practice listening to this challenging but enjoyable music. I can’t wait to share this with…
7 Aug 59 min

Programme 62: about Music- The Art of Listening: Musical Fingerprints Part 2

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 11. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, instruments, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. In today’s programme I am going to…
30 Jul 59 min
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