The Improbable ConnectionThe challenge of writing a concerto for the mandolin, tuba, saxophone, harmonica—or the 12-foot-long Swiss alp horn Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Organ ConnectionWorks for organ and orchestra by Handel, Haydn, Liszt, Saint-Saens, and Copland, among others. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Fish ConnectionUnderwater life in works by Schubert, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Mahler, and more Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Napoleon ConnectionNapoleon Bonaparte in works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Kodaly, Prokofiev, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Avian ConnectionMusic about birds, from medieval and renaissance songs to works by Dvorak, Prokofiev, Saint-Saens, Vaughan Williams, Mozart, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Hungarian ConnectionWhy Hungarian music and Gypsy music came to be regarded as one and the same. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Diaghilev Connection 2How Diaghilev emerged triumphant from tragedy to inspire and commission a decade of important music Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Diaghilev Connection 1The first in a two-part salute to the legendary ballet impresario, Sergei Diaghilev. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Pelleas ConnectionMusic based on the symbolist play, Pelléas and Mélisande, as depicted by Debussy, Faure, Schoenberg, Sibelius and others. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
