Amphio
Masterpiece
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about why Liszt's Sonata is considered a masterpiece.
Amphio
Is This a Good Piece of Music?
Suzy Klein talks about why Vivaldi's Four Seasons is such a magnificent piece and how its ubiquity has unfairly tainted it.
Amphio
A hot potato
Sir John Eliot Gardiner tries to explain the fast paced metronome marks originally written in Beethoven's Ninth.
Amphio
Jonathan Del Mar's score edition
Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks about his excitement to hear about Johnathan Del Mar's score edition of Beethoven's Ninth and what that changed for him.
Music Matters
True or False Quiz - Music Theory
Test your knowledge by answering true or false to these random musical questions and see how many you can get right. This light-hearted musical quiz poses 10 questions covering a range of musical issues. Some of the questions are theory...
Amphio
Crisis
Pianist Stephen Hough performs and discusses the great crisis moment of Liszt's Sonata.
Kult America
The Homes of Legendary Artists
On today's episode of Kult America we visit the homes of famous writers and artists to see if their standard of living was as large as public image. We visited the homes of Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski, Maria Dabrowska, Boleslaw Prus, Jerzy...
Amphio
Improvising in his head
Journalist Paul Morley talks about how Beethoven becoming deaf allowed him to improvise far more imaginatively and break prejudices.
Amphio
Weimar
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about how the early perception of Liszt as a womaniser and show-off virtuoso all changed when he met Princess Caroline Wittgenstein and how she inspired him to be a serious composer.
Amphio
Original
Pianist Stephen Hough reveals how Liszt's Sonata had originally ended before Liszt changed it completely.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: Beethoven's 250th Birthday
Overview of the life and works of Ludwig van Beethoven, featuring examples played by Brant Taylor, a cellist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Amphio
Guru
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about Liszt's unique approach to piano lessons and how it inspired his students.
Amphio
The true value of the score
Journalist Paul Morley discusses the power of the score and how it enables you to hear music inside your head.
Odd Quartet
Listener's Guide To Carnival Of The Animals By Camille Saint-Säens - Introduction
Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals including lions, chickens, donkeys, tortoises,...
Amphio
Why so difficult?
Choral Director Simon Halsey explains why Beethoven's Ninth is not supposed to be comfortable for the chorus.
Curated Video
Learning PHP 7 (Video 11)
PHP is back and is faster and more lightweight than ever. The world of web technology is seamlessly evolving, and PHP 7's simplicity and prowess addresses the requirements of current and future web and mobile application development....
Amphio
Radiant
Pianist Stephen Hough plays and discusses the 5th theme of Liszt's Sonata and it's melodic, radiant characteristics.
Amphio
Music and Technology
Suzy Klein talks about how Vivaldi and all composers are fascinated by the latest technologies and how it inspires their music.
Amphio
The obsessive optimist
BBC presenter Suzy Klein talks how remarkable it was that Beethoven was able to write music with such optimism whilst facing very dark times in his life.
Amphio
Climactic
Pianist Stephen Hough performs and discusses the climactic moment of Liszt's Sonata.