The Composer Chronicles
Welcome to The Library! These great halls are filled with the stories of our world's great musical minds, from the masters across ancient civilizations to the champions of our digital age. In this library, Menken, Powell, Zimmer, and Williams share shelves with Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner, and the tales of composers not as widely known are told with the same enthusiasm as their famous colleagues. Our Curator, Stephen Trygar, invites you to explore this wonderous library with him one masterpiece at a time.Podcasts
S1E80: ICEBERG New Music
Published: June 2, 2022, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 30 seconds
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Game Play (Disk 4): Celeste (w/ Brian Edwards)
Published: March 2, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 23 seconds
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S1E79: Dakota Sauve/Koda Suave
Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 29 seconds
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S1E78: Adam Kennaugh
Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 6 seconds
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S1E77: Derek Cooper
Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 13 seconds
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Movie Night (Reel 6): Spitfire and Rogue (w/ Brooks Leibee)
Published: Feb. 2, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 16 seconds
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S1E76: Eric Lagergren
Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 56 seconds
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S1E75: Stephen Ryan Jackson
Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 1 second
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S1E74: Melissa Dunphy
Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 12 seconds
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S1E73: La vie de boheme - Puccini and La boheme
Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds
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S1E72: Written in the Stars - Holst and The Planets
Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 32 seconds
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S1E71: Something wicked this way comes...: Verdi and Macbeth
Published: Oct. 21, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes
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S1E70: Movie Night (Reel 5): Trick 'r Treat (w/ Cameron Chaney)
Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 57 seconds
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S1E69: Toska Bear
Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 30 seconds
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S1E68: Richard Fay
Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 21 seconds
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S1E66: The Trumpet (w/ Stuart Stephenson)
Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 31 seconds
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S1E65: Silas Hite
Published: Aug. 25, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 28 seconds
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S1E63: It's Possible - Rodgers and Cinderella
Published: Aug. 11, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 1 second
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S1E62: Movie Night (Reel 4): Dark (w/ Adal Rifai)
Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 46 seconds
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S1E61: Spicer Carr
Published: July 21, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 31 seconds
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S1E60: The Worth of a Name - Satie, Gymnopedies, and Gnossiennes
Published: July 14, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds
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S1E59: Game Play (Disk 3): 8-Bit Music (w/ Daryl Banner)
Published: July 7, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 55 minutes 36 seconds
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S1E58: Jamal Green
Published: June 30, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 28 seconds
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S1E57: Psalms and Sirens - The Life and Works of Lili Boulanger
Published: June 23, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 39 seconds
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S1E56: Juan Pablo Contreras
Published: June 16, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 56 seconds
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S1E55: Alan Theisen
Published: June 9, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 1 second
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S1E54: The Magical, Musical Career of Pierre Boulez (w/ Kevin Fitzgerald)
Published: June 2, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 24 seconds
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S1E53: Opera on Broadway - Gershwin and Porgy and Bess
Published: May 26, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds
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S1E52: Pearl Yim
Published: May 19, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 55 seconds
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S1E51: The Ancients
Published: May 12, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 33 seconds
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S1E50: The Cello (w/ Steven Chen)
Published: May 5, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 48 seconds
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S1E49: Fallen Heroes - Beethoven and His Symphony No. 3
Published: April 28, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 37 seconds
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S1E48: Brooks Leibee
Published: April 21, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 59 seconds
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S1E47: The City of Dreams - Korngold and Die tote Stadt
Published: April 14, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 3 seconds
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S1E46: Movie Night (Reel 3): Melody in the Film Scores of Ben Morales Frost
Published: April 7, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 54 seconds
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S1E45: Evan Kassof
Published: March 31, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 16 seconds
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S1E44: Stories of a Songbook - Ravel and Ma mere l'Oye
Published: March 24, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 23 seconds
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S1E43: Trevor Kowalski
Published: March 17, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 45 seconds
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Ep. 43: Trevor Kowalski
Published: March 17, 2021, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 31 seconds
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S1E42: When Worlds Collide - Vaughan Williams and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Published: March 10, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 42: When Worlds Collide - Vaughan Williams and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Published: March 10, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 44 seconds
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S1E41: Game Play (Disk 2): Music in The Elder Scrolls (w/ Andrew Shaw)
Published: March 3, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 seconds
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Ep. 41: Game Play (Disk 2): Music in The Elder Scrolls with Andrew Shaw
Published: March 3, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 54 seconds
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S1E40: To the Beloved God - Bruckner and His Symphony No. 9
Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 40: To the Beloved God - Bruckner and His Symphony No. 9
Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 23 seconds
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S1E39: Barnaby Martin
Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 25 seconds
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Ep. 39: Barnaby Martin
Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds
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S1E38: Star-Crossed - The Musical Reincarnations of Romeo and Juliet
Published: Feb. 14, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 47 seconds
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*BONUS* - Ep. 38: Star-Crossed - The Musical Reincarnations of Romeo and Juliet
Published: Feb. 14, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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S1E37: A Sad Shrovetide - Stravinsky and Petrushka
Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 37: A Sad Shrovetide - Stravinsky and Petrushka
Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 30 seconds
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S1E36: The Figure & The Frame - Mussorgsky and Pictures at an Exhibition with Notes & Strokes
Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 36: The Figure & The Frame - Mussorgsky and Pictures at an Exhibition with Notes & Strokes
Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 33 seconds
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S1E35: Spirit Playing - Scriabin and Le Poeme de l'extase (Symphony No. 4)
Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 6 seconds
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Ep. 35: Spirit Playing - Scriabin and Le Poème de l'extase (Symphony No. 4)
Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds
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S1E34: J. M. Gerraughty
Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 13 seconds
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Ep. 34: J. M. Gerraughty
Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 59 seconds
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S1E33: Treasure in the Wreckage - Smyth and The Wreckers
Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds
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Ep. 33: Treasure in the Wreckage - Smyth and The Wreckers
Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds
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S1E32: Repose en paix - Faure and His Requiem
Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes
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Ep. 32: Repose en paix - Fauré and His Requiem
Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 46 seconds
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S1E31: Devotion - Poulenc and Dialogues des Carmelites
Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 20 seconds
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Ep. 31: Devotion - Poulenc and Dialogues des Carmélites
Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 5 seconds
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S1E30: Christmas Music from Around the World (Collection 1)
Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes
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*BONUS* - Ep. 30: Christmas Music from Around the World (Collection 1)
Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 46 seconds
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S1E29: A Figment of the Imagination - Prokofiev and Lieutenant Kije
Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 28 seconds
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Ep. 29: A Figment of the Imagination - Prokofiev and Lieutenant Kijé
Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 14 seconds
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*UNLOCKED* - Unscripted: 1. Mysteries, Musings, and Masquerades (November 2020)
Published: Dec. 18, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 41 seconds
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S1E28: Dani Howard
Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 43 seconds
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Ep. 28: Dani Howard
Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 28 seconds
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S1E27: The Devil in the Details - Tchaikovsky and Cherevichki
Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 46 seconds
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Ep. 27: The Devil in the Details - Tchaikovsky and Cherevichki
Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 32 seconds
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S1E26: Movie Night (Reel 2): The Wonderful Music of Disney with Andrew Gavin
Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 24 seconds
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Ep. 26: Movie Night (Reel 2): The Wonderful Music of Disney with Andrew Gavin
Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 10 seconds
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S1E25: Fire and Ice - Schubert and Winterreise
Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 25: Fire and Ice - Schubert and Winterreise
Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds
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S1E24: Michael Seltenreich
Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 54 seconds
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Ep. 24: Michael Seltenreich
Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 40 seconds
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S1E23: Riddles and Revelries - Schumann and Carnaval
Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 9 seconds
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Ep. 23: Riddles and Revelries - Schumann and Carnaval
Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds
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S1E22: Game Play (Disk 1): The Music of Final Fantasy X with Brian Edwards
Published: Nov. 4, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 22: Game Play (Disk 1): The Music of Final Fantasy X with Brian Edwards
Published: Nov. 4, 2020, 5 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 7 seconds
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S1E21: Case Closed - The Mad Life of Carlo Gesualdo
Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 27 seconds
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*BONUS* - Ep. 21: Case Closed - The Mad Life of Carlo Gesualdo
Published: Oct. 31, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds
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S1E20: Ben Morales Frost
Published: Oct. 28, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 25 seconds
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Ep. 20: Ben Morales Frost
Published: Oct. 28, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 10 seconds
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S1E19: Daryl Banner
Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 17 seconds
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Ep. 19: Daryl Banner
Published: Oct. 21, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 3 seconds
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S1E18B: Rachmaninoff Reborn - Rachmaninoff and His Piano Concerto No. 2
Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 18B: Rachmaninoff Reborn - Rachmaninoff and His Piano Concerto No. 2
Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 22 seconds
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S1E18A: Rachmaninoff Ridiculed - Rachmaninoff and His Symphony No. 1
Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 18A: Rachmaninoff Ridiculed - Rachmaninoff and His Symphony No. 1
Published: Oct. 7, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 58 seconds
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S1E17: Opera Then and Now with Erica Wilens
Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 35 seconds
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Ep. 17: Opera Then and Now with Erica Wilens
Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 21 seconds
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S1E16: Better Late Than Never - Joplin and Treemonisha
Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 4:11 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep. 16: Better Late Than Never - Joplin and Treemonisha
Published: Sept. 23, 2020, 4:11 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 50 seconds
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S1E15: Andrew Gavin
Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep. 15: Andrew Gavin
Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 23 seconds
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S1E14: Musical Warfare - Shostakovich and His Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad")
Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 14: Musical Warfare - Shostakovich and His Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad")
Published: Sept. 9, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 51 seconds
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S1E13: In the Beginning... - Haydn and The Creation
Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep. 13: In the Beginning... - Haydn and The Creation
Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 50 seconds
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S1E12: A Philadelphian Fiasco - Barber and His Violin Concerto
Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 24 seconds
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Ep. 12: A Philadelphian Fiasco - Barber and His Violin Concerto
Published: Aug. 26, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 10 seconds
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S1E11: Movie Night (Reel 1): Classical Music in Film with Matthew Trygar
Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 19 seconds
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Ep. 11: Movie Night (Reel 1): Classical Music in Film with Matthew Trygar
Published: Aug. 19, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 54 minutes 5 seconds
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S1E10: Be Wary - Bartok and Bluebeard's Castle
Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 10: Be Wary - Bartók and Bluebeard's Castle
Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 31 seconds
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S1E9: Homeward - Strauss and An Alpine Symphony
Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 9: Homeward - Strauss and An Alpine Symphony
Published: Aug. 5, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 23 seconds
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S1E8: Living Portraits - Elgar and Enigma Variations
Published: July 29, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 8: Living Portraits - Elgar and Enigma Variations
Published: July 29, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 44 seconds
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S1E7: Scandalous - Mozart and Le nozze di Figaro
Published: July 22, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 24 minutes 43 seconds
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Ep. 7: Scandalous - Mozart and Le nozze di Figaro
Published: July 22, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 28 seconds
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S1E6: Quest of a Lifetime - Wagner and Parsifal
Published: July 8, 2020, 9:38 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 14 seconds
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Ep. 6: Quest of a Lifetime - Wagner and Parsifal
Published: July 8, 2020, 9:38 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 59 seconds
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S1E5: A Swan Song - Sibelius and His Symphony No. 5
Published: June 24, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 5: A Swan Song - Sibelius and His Symphony No. 5
Published: June 24, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds
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E1E4: Love and Murder - Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, and Lelio
Published: June 10, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 49 seconds
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Ep. 4: Love and Murder - Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, and Lélio
Published: June 10, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 35 seconds
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Ep. 3: Dream Come True - Debussy and Pelléas et Mélisande
Published: May 27, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 50 seconds
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S1E3: Dream Come True - Debussy and Pelleas et Melisande
Published: May 27, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 2: Rising to Prominence - Stravinsky and The Firebird
Published: May 13, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds
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S1E2: Rising to Prominence - Stravinsky and The Firebird
Published: May 13, 2020, 9 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds
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Ep. 1: A Miserable Marriage - Tchaikovsky and Eugene Onegin
Published: April 29, 2020, 9:54 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 56 seconds
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S1E1: A Miserable Marriage - Tchaikovsky and Eugene Onegin
Published: April 29, 2020, 9:54 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 10 seconds
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