Professor Carol traces the path of film music up to the famous scores of master composer John Williams. His ability to use “just a few notes” to intensify drama has captured our imaginations for four decades. http://traffic.libsyn.com/professorcarol/Stars_Are_the_Limit.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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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 … Read more
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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. … Read more
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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 … Read more
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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 … Read more
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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 … Read more
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