Muse Mentors
Has there been a time in your life where you’ve looked to someone to guide you? Grammy-nominated flutist Karen Kevra is a musician whose life was changed by her mentor. Join her for engaging interviews of artists as they share personal stories of deep connection that will warm your heart and inspire you....whatever you do and wherever you are on your path.
Episodes
39 episodes
FLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's Arietta and Variations on a Theme of Mozart
Fredrich Kuhlau (1786–1832) was a Danish composer of the late Classical and early Romantic periods who wrote prodigiously for the flute. The final movement of his Fantasie for Solo Flute in D major, "Arietta and Variations" is charming,&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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10:15
FLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITS
Composer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny benef...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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11:19
Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song
In this encore episode from Christmas eve 2020, we celebrate the life and legacy of Tony Barrand who died on January 29, 2022. Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most ...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:11:02
Pianist Jeffrey Chappell
Pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative mentorships first with pianist Jane Allen, and later with the legendary
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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36:45
Edgard Varèse - DENSITY 21.5
Edgard Varèse is one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century and was called "The stratospheric Colossus of Sound." He lived life with intensity and composed the same way. Varèse lived most of his composing l...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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14:33
FLUTE STORIES - Rimsky-Korsakov's FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE
Flight of the Bumblebee from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"--is at the heart of a fantastical tale which includes a large cast of characters including a king and a queen, a magical swan, and a prince turned bumb...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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4:33
FLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's JADE
Pierre-Octave Ferroud wrote "Jade"- a tropical work for solo flute in July of 1921. There are two musical features in this Asian-styled French piece that give it its distinctly far eastern flavor. The first is the pentatonic scale-- the five pi...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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6:01
FLUTE STORIES - Gabriel Fauré's MOURCEAU DE CONCOURS - A winter lullaby
One of the things that really sets Gabriel Fauré apart is the singing style of his music. He was an exceptional and prolific composer of song so it's no wonder that we hear that singing quality even in his instrumental works. Fauré's "Morceau d...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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9:14
Beethoven Hymn of Thanksgiving-A meditation like no other
Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra discusses Beethoven's transcendent Hymn of Thanksgiving from the Op. 132 A minor string quartet with Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist of the Borromeo Quartet.Credits:Beethoven, Hymn Of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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15:57
FLUTE STORIES - C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in A minor - A meditation on autumn
CPE Bach was the second son of Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara Bach and to say he was a prolific composer is putting it mildly. CPE Bach wrote loads of flute music--sonatas, chamber music, and dazzling concerti. The tremendous output of flut...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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10:18
FLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's FANTASY
Fredrich Kuhlau was admired by Beethoven and is known as "the Beethoven of the flute." He wrote his gorgeous Fantasy in D major for solo flute in 1820 during a four-month stay in Vienna. Perhaps the Danube river provided inspiration fo...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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8:25
FLUTE STORIES - Johannès Donjon's SUMMER MUSIC
Frenchman Johannès Donjon's Etudes de Salon are whimsical and summery music. His miniature "Song of the Wind", "Élégie", and "Will-O'-the Wisp" require sure-footed technique. Even so, this fun music oozes wit...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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9:27
FLUTE STORIES - Jindřich Feld's MEDITATION
It's been a period of intense news and worldwide stress. At times like these you've got to turn it off and turn to music. Czech composer Jindřich Feld's 1957 Meditation is a sublime 2.5 minute work that offers a respite from the news. Try...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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6:23
FLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's BERGERE CAPTIVE
Pierre-Octave Ferroud wrote his "Bergère Captive", a gorgeous and plaintive work for solo flute in July of 1921. You've probably never heard of Ferroud because he died a grisly pedestrian death when he stepped out into an oncoming car and was k...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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5:28
FLUTE STORIES - J.S. Bach's SARABANDE from Partita in A minor
Johann Sebastian Bach was incredibly generous with the flute. He wrote several full scale sonatas, gave the flute has starring roles in two of the Brandenburg concerti, and beautiful obbligato parts in countless arias, but there is just o...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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15:07
FLUTE STORIES - Carl Nielsen's THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING
"THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING" is a tiny fairy-tale of a piece for solo flute written by Denmark's best-known composer Carl Nielsen in 1920 as incidental music for a play called "The Mother." The whimsical music is a tip of the cap to Hans Christia...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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3:28
Remembering Legendary National Georaphic Photographer Jim Blair on his Birthday
In this encore episode James Pease Blair, one of National Geographic's legendary photographers talked about love, life, and legacy. Jim began his 32 year career a...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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39:08
FLUTE STORIES - Louis Moyse's PASTORALE
Composer/flutist/pianist Louis Moyse's Pastorale was written in 1925 when he was just 14 years old. Louis was the son of the great French flutist Marcel Moyse, and he grew...
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11:22
FLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITS
Composer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny benef...
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11:19
FLUTE STORIES - Debussy's SYRINX
In this first full episode of the FLUTE STORIES MINI-SERIES host and flutist Karen Kevra explores Claude Debussy's magical mythical Syrinx, the finest gem of the solo flute repertoire.Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'après...
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8:00
FLUTE STORIES - a new mini-series from Muse Mentors
Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra is your guide in Flute Stories--These short episodes weave performances of flute music with the stories behind them. All performances by Karen Kevra...
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3:28
Violinist Nicholas Kitchen and his mentor Szymon Goldberg ~a beautiful musical paradox of old technology and new...
Nicholas Kitchen, one of the country's leading violinists is a founding member of the Boston-based Borromeo String Quartet. Nick is perhaps the most important protégé of the great Polish violinist ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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37:44
Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song
Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. Th...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:12:04
Muse Mentors celebrates first anniversary with a reflection on Beethoven's transcendent Op. 132 string quartet
In this short anniversary episode, Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra looks back on a year with a podcast, and a year without concerts. She previews an upcoming concert by Boston's Borromeo Quartet and discusses...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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