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Professor Carol mixes humor with history to bring you this entertaining series about music. From concerts, opera, and composers, to folk song collectors and singing parrots, Professor Carol tells it all - the whys, the whats, and the so whats. Get previews of the Cliburn Concerts, the Dallas Wind Symphony, and more.
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The King of Wind Instruments
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
What happens when you take a wind ensemble and add the most overpowering wind instrument of all, the pipe organ? On Tuesday, November 17, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble, and organist
Mary Preston join forces.
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Snakes, Lobsters, and Concertos
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
Titles are funny things, and Paul Richards knows how to grab your attention with titles like “A Butterfly Coughs in Africa” and “Falling on Lobsters in the Dark.” But he holds your attention with a rich palette of innovative and engaging sounds. The Dallas Wind Symphony will perform his concerto “Snake in the Garden” in [...]
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A Modern Medieval Mega-Hit
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Sep 04, 2009
What’s this program about?
Carl Orff selected vivid poems from a Medieval manuscript and super-charged them with color and energy to create the mega-hit “Carmina Burana” in 1937. An innovative music educator and proponent of Eurhythmics, Orff poured his understanding of natural melody and rhythm into this theatrical work, a spectacle for ear and eye.
Works discussed: [...]
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An Interview with Timothy Reynish
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Mar 26, 2009
British conductor Timothy Reynish is a great promoter of wind bands and a commissioner of new music for wind bands. He has conducted many esteemed orchestras, and taught conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Maestro Reynish talks to Professor Carol about guest conducting the season finale of the Dallas Wind Symphony, the program of [...]
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Marches in March
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Mar 03, 2009
What’s this program about?
“Marches in March” is full of traditional and unexpected music—marches from the ragtime era, marches for circuses, sultans, bullfights, and films, as well as a new march by David Lovrien and the wind-band premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto for Flute with soloist Melinda Wilson, Principal Flutist with the Dallas Wind Symphony.
Works discussed: [...]
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Big Band Boogie
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Jan 30, 2009
What’s this program about?
Unless you’ve mastered time travel, it’s pretty hard nowadays to hear these big-band classics played as they were – back when Tommy Dorsey was swinging with the tune “Well, Git It.” But when top-notch players of the Dallas Wind Symphony take on these tunes, they’ve got the chops to swing to the [...]
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An Interview with David Kehler
Author: Professor Carol
Sun, Dec 21, 2008
What’s this program about?
David Kehler will conduct the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony as it joins forces with the Dallas Wind Symphony on the upcoming side-by-side concert. Kehler discusses how the young people get involved with the professional ensemble, the differences in conducting youth and professional ensembles, and the music of David Maslanka and [...]
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Americans We
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Nov 11, 2008
What’s this program about?
The Dallas Wind Symphony performs a concert entirely of American music running the gamut from show music to patriotic tunes to new pieces from some of America’s leading wind-band composers.
Works discussed
Stephen Bryant, Stampede; Morton Gould, American Salute; John Gibson, American Anthem; Fisher Tull, Rhapsody for Trumpet and Symphonic Band; Ron Nelson, Passacaglia [...]
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Band’s Greatest Hits
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Oct 10, 2008
What’s this program about?
There isn’t exactly a Top 40 for the Band World. But if there were, every piece on this concert would be high on the list.
Works discussed:
Clifton Williams, Fanfare and Allegro; Vaclav Nehlybel, Symphonic Movements; Holst, Second Suite in F; Milhaud, Suite Francaise; Persichetti, Symphony for Band, Op. 69; Varese, Integrales
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Musical Globetrotting
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Sep 17, 2008
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol shows how composers use nationalist elements to take listeners on a journey across the Global Soundscape. She highlights colorful works by French, American, and Russian composers.
Works discussed: Francois Poulenc, Suite Francaise; Ron Nelson, Rocky Pointe Holiday; Carl Friedemann, Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1; Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition
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Salute to Army Ensembles
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Jul 04, 2008
What’s this program about?
Major Jim Keene took his musical training and talents into the Army, becoming conductor of the premier Army musical ensembles and now commanding the U.S. Army School of Music in Little Creek, Virginia. Professor Carol spoke with her former graduate student when he returned to Dallas to conduct the Dallas Wind Symphony’s Fourth [...]
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Special Features of the Starlight Symphony
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, May 22, 2008
What’s this program about?
Maestro Allan Halbert founded the Starlight Symphony Orchestra, a recent addition to Portland’s thriving arts community. Halbert says, “My hope is to offer musical programs that connect with the community and with people who’ve had limited exposure to a live orchestra.” His innovative programming includes an exciting mix of classical, jazz, gospel, [...]
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The Musical World of Malcolm Arnold
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Apr 11, 2008
What’s this program about?
Enter the musical world of Sir Malcolm Arnold, a world of brisk expression and energy, evocative soundscape, precise instrumentation, and winsome melody. A world of richly colored, well crafted, deeply satisfying sound.
Many people discover Malcolm Arnold through his sets of appealing dances and through his film scores, especially Bridge on the River [...]
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The Cultural Capital of Europe
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Mar 12, 2008
Weimar. This former East German city (that seems so pastoral and peaceful) is actually a bubbling caldron for the arts and culture! Designated in 1999 as UNESCO’s Cultural Capital of Europe, Weimar is a small but unbelievably beautiful and famous city where virtually every movement in German and European cultural history seems to have left [...]
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The Collaborative Genius of West Side Story
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Mar 11, 2008
What’s this program about?Â
We think of West Side Story as Bernstein’s musical, but it needed director and choreographer Jerome Robbins, scriptwriter Arthur Laurents, and lyricist Stephen Sondheim to bring all of the elements together. West Side Story was a dividing line in each of the collaborators’ lives. It launched Sondheim’s career. Bernstein never again wrote [...]
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Rediscovering the Showcase Concert
Author: Professor Carol
Mon, Mar 10, 2008
What’s this program about?
We forget how young the idea of a public concert is. Until around 1700, the idea of people assembling to play music not as part of a theatrical presentation or church service, but rather purely for listening, was almost unknown.
Concerts in the 19th Century included a lot of eating and drinking, gossip, [...]
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Peter Grimes at The Met
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Feb 29, 2008
Popcorn and high C’s? At the same time? Want to find out what really goes on backstage? Then let’s go to the movies – at theaters across America – to see Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, March 15 and 16, live via HD satellite transmission from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
If you think opera [...]
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Highlights of Lande Interview
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Feb 27, 2008
I enjoyed my interview with conductor and virtuoso oboist Vladimir Lande so much, I decided to present highlights of it in a shorter program. Listen and enjoy as Maestro Lande talks about the legendary conductor Evgenii Mravinsky and about the powerful influence of the Russian Bells. Lande’s upbringing in the Soviet musical system, his many [...]
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The Vienna of Mozart and Mahler
Author: Professor Carol
Sat, Feb 16, 2008
What’s this program about?
Vienna drew musicians from all over Europe, luring them with Imperial support for the arts and a public eager for music.  Mozart and Mahler came to work in Vienna more than a century apart, and both experienced success and frustrations in this opera-loving city so rich in architectural and cultural splendors. From the [...]
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A Gershwin Rhapsody
Author: Professor Carol
Sat, Feb 09, 2008
What’s this program about?
Was it the great tunes, the snappy lyrics, or both? George Gershwin’s fabulous songs are a treasured part of American music. His Rhapsody in Blue, theater works American in Paris and Porgy and Bess, brought him celebrity status and changed the course of American music. After his premature death, his brother Ira [...]
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An Interview with Vladimir Lande
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Feb 06, 2008
Conductor and oboist Vladimir Lande talks with Professor Carol about the legacy of Evgeny Mravinsky and Soviet composers Shostakovich and Khachaturian, as well as the influence of folklore and the bells of the Orthodox Church on Russian composers. He discusses performances of music by John Corigliano, Gaetano Panariello, and Lorenzo Ferrero and his enthusiasm for [...]
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Young at Heart
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Jan 16, 2008
What’s this program about?
Music – the revitalizing force that keeps life energized, toes tapping, and the soul young at heart. Young players take the stage as the Dallas Wind Symphony combines forces with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony to perform works by Paul Hindemith, Frank Ticheli, Charles Rochester Young, John Williams, and Percy [...]
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The Keys to Russian Music
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Dec 13, 2007
What’s this program about?Â
Russian music has tremendous audience appeal. Its sources are the very cornerstones of Old Russian Culture: the Orthodox Church, Russian history, Russian fairy tales and folklore, and Russia’s position between West and East. Liturgical chants and bells reverberate in the music of Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, and Rachmaninov. Russian history and literature [...]
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Wagner, the Original Band Geek
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Nov 08, 2007
What’s this program about?
Richard Wagner was, and remains, one of the most intense and controversial figures of all time. For those who love Wagner’s music, Wagner becomes an obsession. Wagner understood and glorified the sound of wind instruments, especially brass, and transcriptions of Wagner’s operatic music have made highly effective and enjoyable arrangements for wind [...]
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Commissions, Dedications, and Premieres
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Oct 17, 2007
What’s this program about?
In today’s classical music world, there are not many composers who can stir up the excitement that might have accompanied the premiere of a new work by Brahms. But John Mackey is a composer who can. He has a popular following from all over the world. The Dallas Wind Symphony collaborated with [...]
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What Does “Classical” Mean?
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Oct 10, 2007
In popular usage, “classical” means anything that lasts and is passed down from generation to generation. It also refers to the particular style of music, rich in contrast, that flourished in late 18th-century Vienna. Professor Carol talks about classicism from Mozart to Brahms to Prokofiev.
Works discussed: Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68; [...]
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The Making of a Steinway
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Oct 05, 2007
Professor Carol interviews New York Times veteran reporter James Barron, author of Piano: The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand (New York: Times Books, 2006), which tells the story of a single piano (K0862) and its eleven-month journey from its beginnings as raw lumber to the concert stage at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The 9-part [...]
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The Music of Magic
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Sep 28, 2007
What’s this program about?
Can musical works actually paint magic into sound? Or are the sounds magical only because we know the stories behind them? Professor Carol looks at magic in music, from E.T.A. Hoffmann to John Williams’ Harry Potter score.
Works discussed: Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique; Manuel de Falla’s El Amor Brujo; Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Saints Seans’ [...]
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Respighi’s Roman Festivals
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Sep 14, 2007
What’s this program about?
Ottorino Respighi was not at war with tonality or tradition, and his works have consequently been denigrated at times as “crowd pleasers.” Although he wrote successful concertos, operas, and ballets that were widely performed in his day, he is known primarily for his Roman trilogy: Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and [...]
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The Musicians’ Perspective on Mahler
Author: Professor Carol
Fri, Aug 17, 2007
Mahler expanded the orchestra to huge proportions, going beyond the already inflated forces of Wagner. But Mahler simultaneously achieved an striking delicacy and transparency by using solo instruments to create “chamber music” in the midst of a his massive musical canvases. He drew his inspiration from the simple tunes of his childhood, military marches, folk [...]
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An American Evening
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Aug 09, 2007
An American Evening features three aspects of American music: a symphonic tribute to American culture by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak, a ballet for Martha Graham by Aaron Copland, and two colorful pieces by the dynamic, contemporary composer John Corigliano.
Works discussed:Â Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring; John Corigliano, Promenade Overture and To Music; Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. [...]
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Tulsa Symphony Season Preview Pt 2
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Jul 18, 2007
The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra Season Preview continues with Part 2.
Go to Part 1 now.
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Rossini’s Petit Messe Solonnelle
Author: Professor Carol
Sat, May 19, 2007
What’s this program about?
Rossini, the master of bel canto opera, retired young, rich, and famous. Decades later, in old age and ill health, Rossini returned to composition and crafted a liturgical mass as his final work, a work both spiritual and theatrical, Petit Messe Solonnelle.
Works Discussed: Rossini’s Petit Messe Solonnelle
Where you can find:
Petit [...]
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The Essential Tchaikovsky
Author: Professor Carol
Mon, May 07, 2007
What’s this program about?
Tchaikovsky’s music holds a sacred place in Russian culture. Dmitri Shostakovich said, “Without Tchaikovsky we could not endure our sorrows.” Professor Carol examines his Fifth Symphony and considers his life, his personal struggles, and his professional successes.
Works Discussed: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 4, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Queen [...]
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Music of the American Spirit 2
Author: Professor Carol
Sun, Apr 29, 2007
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol discusses the history, customs, and geography of America that inspire our diverse choral music, from Colonial times to the present, emphasizing texts of John Stirling Walker and Eric Johns, tunebooks and hymnals, liturgy, folk song, and spirituals.
Works Discussed: Leonard Bernstein: Mass; Aaron Copland: The Tender Land; Randall Thompson: “Alleluia”; Choral [...]
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Music of the American Spirit
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Apr 19, 2007
What’s this program about?
John Gibson’s choral work “Mockingbird Sings” utilizes Native American texts of the Yuma, Zuni, Laguna, and Apache tribes. The title refers to the individual charged with remembering events and traditions and his recounting of this oral history in songs and stories. In this interview, Gibson explains his approach to setting these unusual [...]
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Pulling Out All the Stops
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Apr 10, 2007
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol talks with Mary Preston, the resident organist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, about the Lay Family Concert Organ. The organ built by C.B. Fisk for the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center is one of the finest instruments ever built. Mary Preston joins the Dallas Wind Symphony in a concert to [...]
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Programming the Recital
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Apr 04, 2007
What’s this program about?
Chopin would have been surprised at the idea of a solo piano recital in a concert hall. Professor Carol talks about the programming of recitals and works of Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy.
Works Discussed: Bach-Busoni Chorale Preludes; Beethoven Sonata No. 21, Opus 53 (”Waldstein”); Chopin Sonata No. 2; Debussy “Children’s Corner”
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They All Came to Hollywood
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Mar 06, 2007
What’s this program about?
Hollywood is heir to the European musical traditions. The classic films were scored by composers trained in Europe and schooled in the classical traditions and by immigrant composers who escaped Germany after their work was denounced by the Nazis as “degenerate music” (Entartete Musik).
Works Discussed: Bernard Herrmann: Psycho, Vertigo; Erich Korngold: Robin [...]
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Schumann’s Papillons and Fantasy
Author: Professor Carol
Sat, Mar 03, 2007
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol gives a biography of Schumann’s early years, comparing Schumann’s youthful work Papillons with his later Fantasy in C Major against the backdrop of his courtship of the young pianist Clara Wieck and the emerging Romantic image of the artist.
Works Discussed: Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2; Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Where [...]
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Bands of the Battle
Author: Professor Carol
Sat, Mar 03, 2007
What’s this program about?
Military music inspires the troops, facilitates maneuver, intimidates the enemy, sends signals, marks daily events of camp life, entertains the troops in their leisure time, and comprises an important part of the pageantry and tradition of military life.
Works Discussed: Scotland the Brave, Yankee Doodle, Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, Bugle Calls, The [...]
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Big Band Swing
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Feb 08, 2007
What’s this program about?
Carol interviews Dean Bouras, arranger for the Dallas Wind Symphony Big Band concerts, and John Trapani, leader of the John Trapani Big Band about the era, the music, and its popularity today.
Works Discussed: Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Woody Herman, Norman Leyden
Where you can find:
Big Band Collection
Big Band Magic
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One Generation to Another
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Jan 25, 2007
What’s this program about?
Student players in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony join the professionals of the Dallas Wind Symphony for a “side by side” concert, featuring music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Paul Hindemith, Donald Grantham, Dan Welcher, and Giovanni Gabrieli.
Where you can find:
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
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Beethoven the Musical Wordsmith
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Jan 24, 2007
What’s this program about?
Beethoven sliced and diced his themes, using musical rhetoric that rebelled against the natural melodic style of Mozart and that charted a path into 19th-century Romanticism. Professor Carol uses the Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 31, to show how he did it.
Works Discussed: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 31
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Tales of the Young Brahms
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Jan 23, 2007
What’s this program about?
A youthful Brahms finds his signature style early in the Opus 10 Ballades based on the Scottish Ballad “Eduard” by Herder.
Works Discussed: Brahms: Four Ballades, Op. 10
Where you can find:
Brahms Op. 10 Ballades
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Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 2
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Jan 16, 2007
What’s this program about?
Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishing orchestration, and a heart-racing sense of the dramatic.
Works Discussed: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Smetana’s The Moldau, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade
Where you can find:
Rachmaninov: [...]
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Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 1
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Jan 16, 2007
What’s this program about?
Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishing orchestration, and a heart-racing sense of the dramatic.
Works Discussed: Smetana’s The Moldau, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade, and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2
Where you can find:
Smetana: [...]
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Just a Few Notes 2
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Dec 20, 2006
What’s this program about?
The tone poem of the late romantic era painted pictures and portrayed stories with a rich orchestral style that became the model for film music. In Part 2, Professor Carol explains features of John Williams’ famous film scores and how we hear music differently when it accompanies drama.
Works Discussed: John Williams, E.T., [...]
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Just a Few Notes 1
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Dec 20, 2006
What’s this program about?
The tone poem of the late romantic era painted pictures and portrayed stories with a rich orchestral style that became the model for film music. In Part 1, Professor Carol explains Gustav Holst’s The Planets and some of the techniques that lead to the style of John Williams.
Works Discussed: Gustav Holst, The [...]
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America’s Classical Music Pt 3
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Dec 07, 2006
What’s this program about?
The final segment of Glenn Mitchell’s interview of Carol on KERA Radio turns to the Library of Congress’s American Memory Project, Bill Monroe, John Fogerty, Harry Partch, and Scott Joplin.
Where you can find:
The Harry Partch Collection (Vol. 1)
Ricky Skaggs & Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe: Blue Moon of Kentucky
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America’s Classical Music Pt 2
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Dec 07, 2006
What’s this program about?
Glenn Mitchell’s interview of Carol on KERA Radio continues in Part 2 with a discussion of the Sacred Harp (shape-note singing), Stephen Foster, American film music, Louis Armstrong, Broadway, and Ernest Tubb.
Where you can find:
American Folk Hymns from the Sacred Harp Collection
Tubb: Waltz Across Texas
King Oliver with Louis Armstrong
Songs of Stephen Foster
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America’s Classical Music Pt 1
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Dec 06, 2006
What’s this program about?
Carol pays tribute to the late Glenn Mitchell with a reprise of her appearance in September 2000 on his radio program, reproduced here as a three-part podcast courtesy of KERA Radio. Carol and Glenn begin their discussion of America’s highly varied musical heritage with reference to William Billings, Jimmie Rodgers, Charles Ives, [...]
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Circus Maximus II
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Nov 07, 2006
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol continues her interview of John Corigliano and Jerry Junkin. Corigliano talks about his approach to composition and how he, and other top composers, are turning to wind bands for an exciting new sound.
Works Discussed: Corigliano, Circus Maximus
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Circus Maximus I
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Nov 07, 2006
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol interviews two friends and collaborators, composer John Corigliano and Maestro Jerry Junkin. Circus Maximus, Coriglian’s explosive third symphony, vividly portrays ancient Rome’s fascination with perpetual entertainment and our own culture’s similar obsession.
Works Discussed: Corigliano, Circus Maximus
Where you can find:
John Corigliano’s Altered States
John Corigliano’s Red Violin
John Corigliano’s Concerto for [...]
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Chopin and Liszt in Paris
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Nov 01, 2006
What’s this program about?
In post-revolutionary France, the piano had replaced the harpsichord and the driving force behind the arts was moving from the court to the salons of Paris high society. Two composers, Liszt and Chopin, capitalized on these changes in very different ways and between them defined the future of piano music.
Where you can [...]
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An Interview with Groucho
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Oct 24, 2006
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol interviews Groucho, the singing parrot who stole the show at the Dallas Wind Symphony’s 2006 season opener. Groucho talks about his life on stage and reprises his performance at the Meyerson Symphony Center.
Works Discussed: Foster, Camp Town Races; Cohan, Yankee Doodle Dandy; Alouette
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Perceiving Percy
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Oct 19, 2006
What’s this program about?
Percy Grainger’s life story reveals a most unusual personality who left an enduring legacy as a virtuoso pianist, an inventor of instruments, a collector of English folk songs, and a composer of music for wind band.Â
Works Discussed: Grainger, Lincolnshire Posy, The Immovable Do, Molly on the Shore.
Where you can find:
Percy Grainger’s Great [...]
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Dancing Up a Storm
Author: Professor Carol
Wed, Sep 20, 2006
What’s this program about?
Professor Carol explains various uses of dance forms: the light-hearted dances used by Rossini to strike a contrast with the serious dramatic action of William Tell, the tango combined by John Mackey with machine music, and the Renaissance dance forms comprising Susato’s Danserye.
Works Discussed: Rossini, William Tell; Mackey, Redline Tango; Honegger, Pacific [...]
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The Story Behind the Chopin Ballades
Author: Professor Carol
Tue, Sep 19, 2006
What’s this program about?
A ballad tells a story, and this popular literary form was appropriated by Romantic composers into songs. Carol explains how the ballad was transformed by Chopin into solo piano works.
Works Discussed: Chopin, Ballade No. 4 in F Minor; Chopin, Impromptu No. 2; Schiller, Der Taucher (The Diver).
Where you can find:
Chopin Nocturnes and [...]
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The Taste of Mozart
Author: Professor Carol
Thu, Sep 14, 2006
What’s this program about?
Carol discusses Jeffrey Kahane’s performance with the Fort Worth Symphony, performance practices of piano concertos in Mozart’s time, cadenzas, and how stylistic conventions of the Classical era affected the ability of one person to take the dual role of soloist and conductor.
Works Discussed: Mozart, Overture to The Magic Flute; Mozart, Piano Concert [...]
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Getting to Know the Dallas Wind Symphony
Author: Professor Carol
Sun, Aug 20, 2006
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The Dallas Wind Symphony is the leading professional civilian band in the United States. Professor Carol interviews one of the ensemble’s saxophonists, David Lovrien, about Sousa, the DWS web site, podcasting, playing under Maestro Jerry Junkin, and more.
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