The Octet ConnectionThe octet in its many different forms, in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Stravinsky, and more.
The Carnival ConnectionCarnival-inspired music from the Renaissance to the modern era, including works by Berlioz, Schumann, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, and Stravinsky.
The Love ConnectionTucked into Antonin Dvorak's great Cello Concerto is a tune written 30 years earlier--one of many songs he composed in his youth for the first real love of his life.
The Spiritual ConnectionSome of the best-known spirituals used in instrumental and orchestral music, including Florence Price’s The Mississippi River and Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Avian ConnectionMusic inspired by 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 Haydn-Mozart ConnectionThe story of the deep friendship between Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the great music it inspired Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Jazz ConnectionThe influence of jazz on classical music, and why it had a short life. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
The Winter ConnectionWinter-inspired music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Delius, Prokofiev, and more. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
