The Brotherhood of Peoples
Music Director Adam Stern discusses the music of Beethoven, Bartok, Elgar and Gordeli, four composers of unique importance to the countries they called home, and now to the rest of the modern world. For more information, have a look at our concert notes for The Brotherhood of Peoples.
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A Cathedral in Sound
Anton Bruckner is well known for his massive symphonies and characteristic “cathedral like” sound. In this podcast episode, Music Director Adam Stern discusses the masterful Second Symphony by Bruckner, also touching on music by Emil von Reznicek and Seattle Symphony composer in residence, Samuel Jones.
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The Giving Tree
Music Director Adam Stern discusses works by Gustav Holst, Lorin Maazel and Antonin Dvorak. This podcast includes a special look behind the scenes at a rehearsal of the Seattle Phil.
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Ravel and Debussy
Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy are two of the most influential French composers of the 20th Century. Music Director Adam Stern shares his insight into the unique abilities that each composer had in shaping music and emotion.
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Phil • Harmonic : Love of Sound
Photographer Paul Lebel’s look at the Seattle Phil. Including interviews with Music Director Adam Stern and cellist Michael Moore.
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Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid
Adam Stern discusses Aaron Copland’s music for the Martha Graham Ballet Billy the Kid, and the techniques that Copland used to establish character and mood through music.
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