The Faust ConnectionHow a single book inspired an entire generation of composers. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Winter Connection 2A celebration of winter in music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Debussy, Holst, Piazzolla, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Nativity ConnectionThe Christmas story in works by Bach, Handel, Liszt, Saint-Saens, Britten, Vaughan Williams, Menotti, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The American Carol ConnectionThe stories behind “We Three Kings,” “I Wonder as I Wander,” “Away in a Manger,” “Go Tell It on the Mountain.” and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Vaughan Williams Christmas ConnectionOrchestral and vocal music for the holidays by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Christmas Connection 2Holiday pieces by Bach, Telemann, Beethoven, Berlioz, Rimsky-Korsakov, Hovhaness, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Opening ConnectionThe stories behind overtures by Mozart, Beethoven, Rossini, Offenbach, Strauss, and Bernstein. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Diaghilev Connection 2How Sergei Diaghilev commissioned a decade of important ballet music from Falla, Satie, Respighi, Milhaud, Poulenc, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Diaghilev Connection 1A salute to the legendary ballet impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, and the music written for him by Ravel, Falla, Respighi, Stravinsky and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Repeat ConnectionMusical repetition of the highest order, from Handel to Haydn, from Beethoven to Fauré, from Johann Strauss II to Maurice Ravel. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.