The Art ConnectionLinks between canvas and concert hall Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Fish ConnectionMusic about underwater life in works by Schubert, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Mahler, and more Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Keyboard Connection 2Piano pieces by Haydn, Rossini, Bizet, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, Villa-Lobos and more Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The London ConnectionMusic written for and about London — by Handel, Haydn, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Milhaud, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Fairy Tale ConnectionTales of enchantment in works by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Stravinsky—and more Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Paganini ConnectionThe astonishing impact of Nicolo Paganini's 24th Caprice for Solo Violin Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
ConPod: PaganiniIn 1820, a little known composer and violinist named Nicolo Paganini published a collection of virtuoso solo pieces. One of them, the 24th Caprice, had an astonishing impact on the classical music world. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Faust ConnectionIn this hour, how a single book inspired Berlioz, Liszt, Wagner--indeed, an entire generation of composers. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Falstaff ConnectionShakespeare's Sir John Falstaff in music by Salieri, Verdi, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The War ConnectionThe impact of the First World War as reflected in the music of Debussy, Ravel, Elgar, Holst, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
