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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: George Frideric Handel, Pt. II
What’s an oratorio again? Whatever it is, Handel invented the English version. And English wasn’t even his first language!
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Oratorio
An Oreo-whattio? This morning, an oration more communal than chocolate creme-filled cookies. Bach, Handel, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Kanye West all have something to say about opera's little brother.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Felix Mendelssohn, Pt. I
Felix Mendelssohn was a child prodigy who became one of the great Romantic composers. Drawing on Bach’s counterpoint, Mozart’s grace, and Beethoven’s drama, his music marries Classicism and Romanticism.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Frédéric Chopin, Pt. II
What makes Chopin sound like Chopin? This week, études, préludes, and songs! Oh, my!
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Frédéric Chopin, Pt. I
Who’s on the Chopin block? This week, someone poetic, pianistic, and Polish-ed.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Hector Berlioz, Pt. II
Do you love books for the worlds they open up? Hector Berlioz did too, and his musical imagination was fueled by what he read. This week, hear music inspired by Virgil, Shakespeare, Goethe… and maybe even Harry Potter.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Hector Berlioz, Pt. I
This week, we're heading to France for something Romantic... something fantastique.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: George Frideric Handel, Pt. III
Handel didn’t just write operas and oratorios. He also wrote music without words. Sonatas, concertos, sinfonias, overtures, and… wait, are those fireworks?
