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 … Read more
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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 … Read more
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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 … Read more
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What’s this program about? 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. http://traffic.libsyn.com/professorcarol/DWSintro_DWS1.mp3Podcast: Play in … Read more
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