Classics Explained

The ironic twist at the premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Episode 10: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

Not everyone got Stravinsky right away

The Medieval Wheel of Fortune - Carmina Burana by Carl Orff.

The classical influence on the Star Wars soundtrack

Find someone who loves you as much as Ravel loved saxophones

Cello is the perfect instrument to depict this animal.

Russian composers knew how to bring death to life!

Test your knowledge of Stravinsky and The Rite of Spring - Classics Explained Quiz No.3

The most famous dog in classical music?

Why Stravinsky called Carl Orff a neo-neanderthal

Roman park life

Episode 8: 1812 Overture by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Why the police were called on Debussy

How Wagner told stories with sound

The satisfying structure of Respighi's Pines of Rome

Explaining the curious end to Strauss' Zarathustra

Test your knowledge of Beethoven and the Ninth Symphony - Classics Explained Quiz No.1

Music inspired by Nietzsche's ironic philosophical fiction

Before horror movies there was classical music

Mussorgsky never knew how influential Pictures at an Exhibition was

The aria they so good they sent it to space

Miles Davis being Chaotic Good

Vivaldi's funny side

The joy of sad music

When composers agree with the critics

The ironic twist at the premiere of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

Test your knowledge of classical music!

When you call your friend a Nimrod, but it's actually a touching tribute.

Melisma

Proof that Italian music is more than just opera

Episode 14: Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz

Stravinsky broke the mould and then burnt down the mould factory

How Dostoevsky helped Tchaikovsky's career

Beethoven went all out when he wrote the Ninth

This composer brought excitement to the symphony

👻 Bringing Rome's catacombs to life 👻

Ludwig Van Beethoven's Symphony No.9 :A message to humanity

Episode 7: The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Name the classical tune