about Music – The Art of Listening. Programme 29 – The Second Movement - continued

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 10. 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. Today we look at the Keyboard music…

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. Today we look at Keyboard music of the Harpsicord and Fortepiano Even if this is something you already know, join me anyway…

In the next programme in the series, we are looking at Musical Fingerprints Part 3. What are these? These are the unique characteristics of individual composers, periods of music, musical styles and specific compositional types that an observant listener will immediately identify. Today we look at four Sonatas for Violin…

Today is about recognizing the sound of a Baroque orchestra, vs a Classical orchestra, vs a Romantic orchestra, vs a Modern (20th century) orchestra. Even if this is something you already know, join me anyway for music by Bach, Haydn, Schumann, and Bartok. And a surprising item for piano by…

Today we look at Keyboard music of the Piano in the twentieth century. Many people think that this music is unlistenable, but I would like to surprise you with some truly interesting music. I will highlight these –ism genres: Impressionism, Expressionism, Nationalism, Neoclassicism, Experimentalism (also called Aleatoric or Avante Garde,…