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The Music Listening Project

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  • In these podcasts I talk to musicians and listeners about what they are hearing in the music that touches and moves them.
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Episodes
  • Lyric for Strings – George Walker

    Lyric for Strings – George Walker
    Jun 29 2024
    In this episode, I listen to the African American composer's Lyric for strings and think about the difference between music that evokes emotions and music that works through them.
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    20 mins
  • Joy and Learning in Brahms' Second Symphony

    Joy and Learning in Brahms' Second Symphony
    May 7 2024
    Brahms' second symphony is, as commentators agree, "serene, full of warmth, and brimming with optimism." The philosopher, Roger Scruton, writes that great music does not simply express a state - serenity, warmth, optimism – it interrogates it. In this podcast I explore his idea, and its – and the symphony's – profound relationship to life.
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    33 mins
  • A passion for life: Dvorak's cello concerto

    A passion for life: Dvorak's cello concerto
    Mar 16 2024
    In this podcast I explore the idea that Dvorak redeems the problems of life – specifically the problem of his homesickness for Czechoslovakia – not by solving them but by turning them into music.
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    24 mins
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