Classical Classroom
Latest Episodes
Classical Classroom, Episode 210: Derek Bermel on Travels with Bartok
Close your eyes and travel to exotic new lands! (Package includes getting lost, being alienated, and feeling homesick.)
Classical Classroom, Episode 209: Alexander Pushkin in Opera, Pt. 2
Just some of the bazillion operas inspired by Pushkin's stories.
Classical Classroom, Episode 208: Alexander Pushkin in Opera, Pt. 1
We're talking Shakespeare level, people.
Classical Classroom, Episode 207: Rachel Barton Pine Gets Folksy with Dvorak and Khachaturian
Folk music, but fancy!
Classical Classroom, Episode 33: Cracking “The Nutcracker” with Michael Remson and Shelly Power (RERUN)
The music! The story! The dancing! The history! The puns!
Classical Classroom, Episode 206: John Luther Adams Walks Through "Become Desert"
Music that occupies space instead of moving through it.
Classical Classroom, Episode 205: Nicholas McGegan on Rameau and Music that Stands the Test of Time
Why both Baroque and Beyonce will be listened to in 2525.
Classical Classroom, Episode 204: A Peculiar Harry Partch Primer, with John Schneider
A man on a mission to make music do more.
Classical Classroom Special Assembly with Itzhak Perlman
Gather 'round and learn from a master about master classes.
Classical Classroom, Episode 203: Jason Vieaux and Jonathan Leshnoff, Musical Frontiersmen
On the challenges and rewards of writing, recording, and performing new works.