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A Musician’s Journey Part 2: Jessica Sindell

Flutist and hometown girl Jessica Sindell reflects on her time with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra, landing her dream job and the relentless pursuit of imperfection.  Features Music: RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto 31. Allegro ma non tanto The Cleveland Orchestra Matthias Pintscher, conduct…

A Musician’s Journey Part 1: Emilio Llinás

Long-tenured violinist Emilio Llinás reflects on his journey from Cuba to Cleveland and shares a perspective shaped by his 52 seasons. Featured Music: BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 91. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Recorded in Severance Hal…

Jess Gillam with... Lotte Betts-Dean

Jess Gillam meets with London based Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean for virtual lockdown listening party, in which they are raving to Rachmaninov, marvelling over the voices of Cape Verde’s barefoot diva and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, whilst also enjoying the other worldly dream pop of Cocte…

Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)

In a first for Composer of the Week, Donald Macleod surveys the life and music of Joseph Martin Kraus. Kraus has been called the Swedish Mozart; he was born in the same year as Mozart, in 1756, and survived him by just twelve months. Originally from Germany, Kraus found work as a composer based at …

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Franz Schubert’s short life spanned a crucial period in music history as the elegant, classical stylings of Mozart and Haydn were giving way to the drama and passion of the romantic era. Schubert came to embody that transformation, in music that was all about personal expression and individual insp…

Beethoven Unleashed: Pain and Persistence

This week, Donald Macleod reaches the final chapters of his year-long biography of Beethoven. The composer’s remaining years, 1825-1827, were marred by failing health and a traumatic family crisis but also saw Beethoven pushing resolutely forward in his art. He continued to surprise and astonish, p…

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of the young Richard Strauss During Richard Strauss’s lifetime the sound and form of music altered radically. He was born at the tail end of the 19th century and saw the emergence of twelve tone music and atonality from younger composers like Arnold Schoe…

Beethoven Unleashed: Restless Spirit

Donald Macleod follows Ludwig van Beethoven through the years 1807-1809. This week, Donald Macleod explores Ludwig van Beethoven’s life through the years of 1807-1809. This was a period which ended with the traumatic second occupation of Vienna by Napoleon’s forces, and a time when Beethoven himsel…

Episode 418: 18418 Momentum

Smith says, “When a wave begins, it gathers momentum, so with this collection of music I see a gathering of energy into our modern era. I perceive this momentum in each of these composers’ works as propelling the arts forward in their time… And so, we continue today in the wave of momentum which be…