Explore the Symphony
Explore the Symphony is an English-speaking podcast specialized in the field of classical music and opera. As such, Explore the Symphony is a podcast selected by soclassiq, like Crushing Classical or The Mind Over Finger Podcast and many others. The oldest episode indexed by soclassiq is dated 2007-09-18. Since then, a total of 138 episodes have been recorded and broadcast by Explore the Symphony.
Explore the Symphony activity
Explore the Symphony seems to be on pause right now, since no episode has been published for 3 months. The last episode in Explore the Symphony, "Carl Nielsen’s De fire Temperamenter", is dated 2020-03-07.
"On pause" does not mean, however, that Explore the Symphony will not resume its activity soon, nor that its episodes are less interesting than another more active source.
This editorial activity is no different from that recorded for the previous period.
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The latest epiodes from Explore the Symphony
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2020-03-07 00:26:22
Duration (h:m:s): 51:11
Jean-Jacques Van Vlasselaer and Marjolaine Fournier study The Four Temperaments, the second symphony by Carl Nielsen. The hosts find this Danish composer a little enigmatic and difficult to reach. They explore the world around him at the time of this composition, and talk about his music in that context. Find out how he lived his life, allowed his wife to …
2020-01-22 15:59:24
Duration (h:m:s): 57:15
Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer discuss the role of religion in Mozart’s life and music. This in depth conversation focuses on Mozart’s Mass in C Minor and its beautiful celebration of universality that lead the way towards 18th-century romanticism.
2019-11-06 21:45:06
Duration (h:m:s): 1:01:10
Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer describe the music of Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt, his A minor Piano Concerto, and his C minor Symphony. His music, his melodies and his small works for piano are simply perfect. Can you believe that his symphony, composed in 1864 when Grieg was only 21, was played in 1981 for the first time? Listen …
2019-09-26 20:16:19
Duration (h:m:s): 55:33
Marjolaine Fournier and Jean-Jacques van Vlasselaer talk about two Concertos for orchestra: one by Béla Bartók and the other by Witold Lutosławski. They take a moment to explain the format of a concerto for orchestra (what do you mean, a concerto without a soloist?), and the dialog that develops within the orchestra performing it. Bartók and Lutosławski, who lived concurrently …