Ranked #1
Classical Classroom, Episode 203: Jason Vieaux and Jonathan Leshnoff, Musical Frontiersmen
Classical Classroom, Episode 203: Jason Vieaux and Jonathan Leshnoff, Musical Frontiersmen
Jason Vieaux is not just a Grammy-winning classical guitarist - he's a pioneer, taking on new works that have never been... Read more
1 Jul 2019
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23mins
Ranked #2
Classical Classroom, Episode 82: RERUN - Branford Marsalis Gives Classical Music Jazz Hands
Classical Classroom, Episode 82: RERUN - Branford Marsalis Gives Classical Music Jazz Hands
Our summer music festival series is over, and we are frankly a little sleepy now. So this week, while we nap, we are bri... Read more
29 Aug 2016
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31mins
Ranked #3
Classical Classroom, Episode 115: Awakening John Williams’ “Force” With Brett Mitchell
Classical Classroom, Episode 115: Awakening John Williams’ “Force” With Brett Mitchell
This episode is full of spoilers – not just spoilers about The Force Awakens, but about future Star Wars episodes. Okay ... Read more
18 Jan 2016
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58mins
Ranked #4
Classical Classroom, Episode 52: RERUN - Inside A Boléro With Howard Pollack
Classical Classroom, Episode 52: RERUN - Inside A Boléro With Howard Pollack
Ravel’s Boléro. Next to most of the soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi, it’s possibly the most repetitive piece of music ever w... Read more
22 May 2017
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42mins
Ranked #5
Classical Classroom Episode 3: Daniel Webbon teaches Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase” & Minimalism
Classical Classroom Episode 3: Daniel Webbon teaches Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase” & Minimalism
In this episode, Dacia Clay talks with MusicLab intern and Moores School graduate student, Daniel Webbon, about Steve Re... Read more
18 Apr 2013
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18mins
Ranked #6
Classical Classroom, Episode 210: Derek Bermel on Travels with Bartok
Classical Classroom, Episode 210: Derek Bermel on Travels with Bartok
Academy Award-winning composer and clarinetist Derek Bermel does a lot of traveling, soaking up the musical traditions a... Read more
13 May 2020
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18mins
Ranked #7
Classical Classroom, Episode 84: JoAnn Falletta Shares Scheherazade
Classical Classroom, Episode 84: JoAnn Falletta Shares Scheherazade
Conductor JoAnn Falletta walks through Rimsky-Korsakov’s symphonic poem. Who was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and why does he... Read more
20 Apr 2015
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33mins
Ranked #8
Classical Classroom, Episode 28: RERUN - Tchaikovsky’s Musical Biography, “Pathetique” – Harbinger Of Doom
Classical Classroom, Episode 28: RERUN - Tchaikovsky’s Musical Biography, “Pathetique” – Harbinger Of Doom
The HAL 9000 that we use to produce these little gems has met an untimely demise. Fear not! We’ve got a brand new HAL 90... Read more
12 Jan 2015
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36mins
Ranked #9
Classical Classroom, Episode 74: Rebel with a violin – Mozart’s violin concertos, Rachel Barton Pine
Classical Classroom, Episode 74: Rebel with a violin – Mozart’s violin concertos, Rachel Barton Pine
What makes Mozart’s violin concertos so special? Is it that he only wrote 5 of them? That he wrote him when he was a tee... Read more
19 Jan 2015
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23mins
Ranked #10
Classical Classroom, Episode 71: Dreaming Of A David Ashley White Christmas
Classical Classroom, Episode 71: Dreaming Of A David Ashley White Christmas
The former Moores School director and composer teaches us about carols, and shares some of his favorites. It’s Christmas... Read more
22 Dec 2014
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38mins
Ranked #11
Classical Classroom, Episode 4: RERUN - Leitmotif In Star Wars – Brett Mitchell
Classical Classroom, Episode 4: RERUN - Leitmotif In Star Wars – Brett Mitchell
In this episode, conductor Brett Mitchell — Assistant Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra, man of too many accolades t... Read more
8 Sep 2014
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31mins
Ranked #12
Classical Classroom, Episode 49: Beethoven Gets Small With Norman Fischer
Classical Classroom, Episode 49: Beethoven Gets Small With Norman Fischer
How are the Black Keys and Beethoven alike? They both had the low-down dirty blues. JK! They both compose(d) music for t... Read more
2 Jun 2014
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31mins
Ranked #13
Classical Classroom, Episode 185: On Discovering Hidden Classical Gems with Marc-André Hamelin
Classical Classroom, Episode 185: On Discovering Hidden Classical Gems with Marc-André Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin is many things: a renowned pianist, a composer, an Officer of the Order of Canada, and a record colle... Read more
10 Dec 2018
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29mins
Ranked #14
Classical Classroom, Episode 170: Fabien On Felix (Mendelssohn, That Is)
Classical Classroom, Episode 170: Fabien On Felix (Mendelssohn, That Is)
Conductor Fabien Gabel came to Houston to conduct the Symphony in a program of pieces by Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky. In... Read more
30 May 2017
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31mins
Ranked #15
Classical Classroom, Episode 30: RERUN - The Rite Of Spring With Ana María Otamendi
Classical Classroom, Episode 30: RERUN - The Rite Of Spring With Ana María Otamendi
Allegedly, as of this posting, there are still about three weeks of spring to go. But in Houston, spring has already die... Read more
30 May 2016
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35mins
Ranked #16
Classical Classroom Special Assembly with Itzhak Perlman
Classical Classroom Special Assembly with Itzhak Perlman
Going to class is a major part of being a classical musician. But have you heard of a "master class"? One student at a t... Read more
22 Jul 2019
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32mins
Ranked #17
Classical Classroom, Episode 89: Awadagin Pratt on Brahms, Brunge, and Beards
Classical Classroom, Episode 89: Awadagin Pratt on Brahms, Brunge, and Beards
The pianist gives a lesson on one of the Big Daddies of classical music. Awadagin Pratt, a man so awesome that his websi... Read more
8 Jun 2015
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36mins
Ranked #18
Classical Classroom, Episode 4: Brett Mitchell teaches Leitmotif in John Williams’ Star Wars Score
Classical Classroom, Episode 4: Brett Mitchell teaches Leitmotif in John Williams’ Star Wars Score
In this episode, conductor Brett Mitchell — Assistant Conductor for the Cleveland Orchestra, man of too many accolades t... Read more
24 Apr 2013
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22mins
Ranked #19
Classical Classroom, Episode 149: Beethoven In A Nutshell, With The Cypress String Quartet
Classical Classroom, Episode 149: Beethoven In A Nutshell, With The Cypress String Quartet
Before you get all excited, no: the Cypress String Quartet has not reunited. It’s just that we at Classical Classroom ha... Read more
14 Nov 2016
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20mins
Ranked #20
Classical Classroom, Episode 61: Motet – Not Lesstet – With Mark Buller
Classical Classroom, Episode 61: Motet – Not Lesstet – With Mark Buller
Take a tour through music history – from chant to present day – through the lens of the motet. What’s a “motet”, you ask... Read more
29 Sep 2014
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38mins