Join Artistic Director Derek Delaney on WMHT every Monday at 6pm for INSIDE THE MUSIC when he explores in depth some of your favorite composers and musical styles through archival recordings from the series. Then, join him on Zoom at 7pm to discuss the show (or anything else).
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May 3, 2021, 7PM
Mozart: The Departure from Salzburg
April 26, 2021, 7PM
April 19, 2021, 7PM
April 12, 2021, 7PM
Mendelssohn: The Loss of Fanny
April 5, 2021, 7PM
March 29, 2021, 7PM
Mendelssohn: The Prodigy Arises
March 22, 2021, 7PM
Busoni, Casals, & Piazzolla: The Eclectic Virtuosi
March 15, 2021, 7PM
Rachmaninoff: The Baroque and the Cello Sonata
March 8, 2021, 7PM
Rachmaninoff: The Preludes and Variations
March 1, 2021, 7PM
Chopin: The Etudes and the Heroic Polonaise
February 22, 2021, 7PM
Chopin: The Tragic Dance and the Ballades
February 15, 2021, 7PM
Chopin: The Fantasy and the Night
February 8, 2021, 7PM
February 1, 2021, 7PM
Chopin: The Waltzes and Scherzi
January 25, 2021, 7PM
January 18, 2021, 7PM
Liszt: The Interpretation of Literature
January 11, 2021, 7PM
Liszt: The Inspiration of Others
January 4, 2021, 7PM
December 28, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Opus 109 and 111
December 21, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Opus 130 and 133
December 14, 2020, 7PM
December 7, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Struggle in Silence (Part II)
November 30, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Struggle in Silence (Part I)
November 23, 2020, 7PM
November 16, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Master of Improvisation (Part II)
November 9, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Development of Genius (Part II)
November 2, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Development of Genius (Part I)
October 26, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Opus 10 and 18 Nos. 3
October 19, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Master of Improvisation (Part I)
October 12, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Impetuous Youth (Part II)
October 5, 2020, 7PM
Beethoven: The Impetuous Youth (Part I)
September 28, 2020, 7PM
Joseph Haydn: The Passing of the Torch
September 21, 2020, 7PM
Joseph Haydn: The Father of Classicism
September 14, 2020, 7PM
Robert Schumann: The Adoration of Clara
September 7, 2020, 7PM
Claude Debussy: The Impressions from Afar
August 31, 2020, 7PM
Johannes Brahms: The Complexity of Emotion
August 24, 2020, 7PM
Johannes Brahms: The Master in Miniature
August 17, 2020, 7PM
Béla Bartók: The Search for Identity
August 10, 2020, 7PM
Maurice Ravel: The French Chameleon
August 3, 2020, 7PM
Leoš Janáček: The Slavic Modernist
July 27, 2020, 7PM
Frédéric Chopin: The Romantic Iconoclast
July 20, 2020, 7PM
Franz Schubert: The Twilight of Genius
July 13, 2020, 7PM
Franz Schubert: The Bridge to Romanticissm Wrap-up
July 6, 2020, 7PM
JUNE 29, 2020, 7PM
JUNE 22, 2020, 7PM
The Unfamiliar & The Established
JUNE 15, 2020, 7PM
JUNE 8, 2020, 7PM
JUNE 1, 2020, 7PM
MAY 25, 2020, 7PM
PERFORMANCE SITES
Boston Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Elbphilhamonie, Wigmore Hall
Facebook Artists - eg, Jonathan Biss
YouTube - eg, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Simon Keenlyside
RECOMMENDED READINGS
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph, Jan Swafford
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Christoph Wolff
Indivisible by Four, Arnold Steinhardt (also In the Key of Strawberry)
The Classical Style, Charles Rosen
The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross
Absolutely on Music: Conversations, Haruki Murakami
MUSIC LECTURES
The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard, Leonard Bernstein
Comparing Beethoven’s 4th Concerto with Mozart’s K. 503, Mitsuko Uchida
Why Winterreise? Schubert’s Song Cycle Then & Now, Ian Bostridge
On Artistic Creation, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Exploring Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, Jonathan Biss