
The Macbeth Connection
April 17, 2021
Macbeth in works by Beethoven, Verdi, Strauss, Ibert, Walton, and more.
Hosted By Stephen Peithman
Saturday, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Rebroadcast Sunday, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
on Music Station
"On Connections we focus on links between works or composers, and music that shares a common theme or inspiration," explains host Stephen Peithman. "It all adds up to great stories and great music."
Stephen has been contributing shows since 1984, first with Musical Stages, and now, Connections--all with the help of Recording Engineer Mark Jones. More...
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April 17, 2021
Macbeth in works by Beethoven, Verdi, Strauss, Ibert, Walton, and more.
The woods in music by Wagner, Mahler, Strauss, Debussy, Orff, Britten, and more.
Music of the sea, with works by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Strauss, and more
A fugal festival, with music by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Verdi, Gershwin, Hovhaness, and Villa Lobos.
Music about music—from Handel to Bernstein
Why Handel’s recycling of other composers’ music has been called creative borrowing, by some, plagiarism by others.
Memorable music by Albinoni, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Khachaturian, Rodrigo and Barber
The 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.
Chopin’s influence on Debussy as the Frenchman developed his own, utterly individual style
Tucked 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.
Five works inspired by the music, people and scenery of Italy--by Elgar, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Berlioz, and Richard Strauss.