Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

The great Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski said this after the premature death of his co... more

I had such a wonderful time joining the jazz podcast You'll Hear It! We talked about the m... more

In the mid-1920s, Maurice Ravel wrote a letter to the legendary composition teacher Nadia ... more

There is a special category when it comes to Beethoven; a catalogue that doesn’t include c... more

Beethoven once wrote to his publisher: “What is difficult, is also beautiful, good, great,... more

The collaboration between Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht is rightly legendary. The two men ... more

I so enjoyed making this latest episode in my collaboration with G Henle Publishers. I tal... more

Admit it: if you're a fan of classical music—or even just a regular concertgoer—you might ... more

It’s entirely possible that we would not know the name of Johannes Brahms very well if Bra... more

The commission for a new Clarinet Concerto from the great American composer Aaron Copland ... more

Steve Reich, the great American contemporary composer, provided this program note about hi... more

Debussy and Ravel are often described as the prototypical musical impressionists. It is of... more

It’s hard to overstate the depth of the connection between Dmitri Shostakovich and the leg... more

Magician, Swiss Watchmaker, Aloof, Elegant, Precise, Soulful, Childlike, Naive, Warm: thes... more

Amy Beach is a name that might not be familiar to you. She was born in 1867 and died in 19... more

Voici un épisode bonus spécial de Sticky Notes en français, en avant-première de mes conce... more

Nationalism, patriotism, cultural identity, a sense of home; these are concepts and ideas ... more

In the early 1930s, at the height of the atonal and twelve tone movement in music, the Ame... more

There is nothing like hearing a Late Beethoven String Quartet for the first time. Beethove... more

I'm so happy to share this live episode of Sticky Notes that I did with the Aalborg Sympho... more

Here are two statements by Dmitri Shostakovich about the same piece, the 8th symphony that... more

My Patreon sponsor for this episode, Adrian, set me a challenge: The influence of literary... more

The muses were Ancient Greek goddesses of inspiration. Throughout history, the term muse h... more

Classical music and politics have never been easy bedfellows. Composers and performers thr... more

The original production of Westside Story ran for 732 performances, spawned a movie that w... more

Caroline Shaw is one of the most fascinating, innovative, and brilliant composers of our t... more

In 1929, the conductor Nicolas Slonimsky contacted the American composer Charles Ives abou... more

Fundraiser link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1026719635067?aff=oddtdtcreator On Octo... more

"It was on the train, with its steely rhythms, its rattle-ty bang, that is so often so sti... more

During Bartok’s life, the violin concerto we now know as Violin Concerto No. 2 was simply ... more