Classical Composers

Learn anout different forms of vlassical pieces!

Learn all about classical dances like the musette, mazurka, waltz, and sarabande in this episode of classical composers! Please pardon the absence of background music as it would have interfered with the piano.

I just got the idea to record St Patrick’s Day episode late last night so I wasn’t able to figure out much about this Irish reel. However today I did! Happy Belated St Patrick’s day!

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! So pretty occasion, not only did I wear a green shirt, but in the spirit of classical composers, I learned an Irish folk song and played it on the tin whistle. It’s not my main instrument, so please excuse any mistakes.

Happy birthday Chopin!

Learn about the Israeli composer Arie Shapira! (No, that is not a typo; it’s Shapira, not Shapiro)

Happy Beethoven’s birthday! Learn all about him in this episode!

The last time I recorded this episode, I made a slight error in the dates, so I will attempt to rectify them mistake with the re-recording of the episode. Learn all about Avner Dorman in this episode!

In this episode, I will talk about my top five favourite classical pieces.

I will not be creating an episode next week due to the holiday of Thanksgiving.

Please pardon the absence of my normal background music; it would have interfered with the piano playing.

Learn about the incredibly famous composer who is known for having ridiculously hard compositions and getting ridiculously big reactions for his performances in the mid-19th century.

Learn all about the Israeli composer Avner Dorman in this new episode!

Emils Darzins is a lesser known composer from the Baltic country of Latvia.

In this episode, let’s learn all about Rachmaninoff. He’s most well known for having incredibly huge hands and piano pieces with incredibly huge intervals.

Famous for his Gymnopedies, super-tranquil pieces, Satie has his own place in music history. Learn about him in today’s episode!

The Finnish composer is most well known for having a music notation software named after him. Today, we will learn about him and his works.

Learning and memorizing a tricky piano piece can feel very overwhelming. In this episode, we’ll discuss how to learn and memorize a piece effectively.

Learn all about Debussy’s life and works! If you’re a late intermediate-early advanced student, be sure to give Le petit Negre a try! Sheet music: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/32/IMSLP04565-Debussy_-_The_Little_Negro.pdf If you liked this episode, please be sure to rate and follow the podcast!

Learning how to play music is an extremely rewarding experience, but you often may find yourself asking: which instrument is for me? This episode aims to help you choose the right instrument for you and the difficulty levels of each orchestra instrument.

Learn all about the form of the sonata and common ones you may have heard of, as well as how to write your own! EDIT: this episode appears near the top of the list as I had to re-record a section of it. I removed the Spotify track so that it is also available on Apple Podcasts.

Why does Spotify have analytics for interplanetary podcast listeners? If anybody could explain this in the Q&A, I would greatly appreciate that.

Learn all about Leonard Bernstein’s life and works as his 105th birthday is coming up on the twenty-fifth!

Learn all about how to conduct, the history of conducting and why the conductor is a vital part of the orchestra. Often the conductor is also an instrumentalist.

Learn all about the different instruments of the percussion section!

Learn all about how brass instruments are played, how they work, and even the actual name of that familiar fanfare from Space Odyssey!

This is arguably Chopin’s most famous piece. In this episode, we listen to a recording of it on an 1851 Erard piano, and discuss the characteristics of a nocturne. The elements are: Minor 3, pedal, and trill with pedal.

Everyone wants to create a good piece, but often, minor errors in your mindset can tarnish the quality. This is about how to fix that.

Brahms is one of the most famous composers. Learn about his life and works in this episode!

The string section is a very beautiful section of the orchestra. In this video, we cover the four main stringed instruments: violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

Learn all about how the piano works, and the history of the piano! Note why it’s a common beginners instrument and the skills needed to play it. The piano is actually a very common instrument found in many places!