Listening to The Works
Listening to The Works - the great music of the Western world! This is a 10-year project to study the masterpieces in all eras of classical, jazz, and rock.
Episodes
31 episodes
Week 35: Electronic Pioneers
Welcome to Week 35 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!The coming week's pieces are found on this Spotif...
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Episode 35
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13:20
Week 34: More Tears Coming
Welcome to Week 34 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces and previews the week to come.The coming week's pieces are found on <...
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Episode 34
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11:39
Week 33: Recordings and Performances
Welcome to Week 33 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces and discusses the issues with listening to recordings of pieces written for ...
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Episode 33
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24:35
Week 32: Eighteenth-Century Aftertouch
Welcome to Week 32 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Dowland, Schubert, C.P.E. Bach, Villa-Lobos, and Monk.The coming w...
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Episode 32
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18:41
Week 31: Death and the Maiden
Welcome to Week 31 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Glass, Schubert, Scarlatti and Monk.The coming week's pieces are f...
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Episode 31
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17:21
Week 30: A Lot of Short Pieces
Welcome to Week 30 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Mahler, Feldman, Wagner and the Velvet Underground, and previews the play...
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Episode 30
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33:43
Week 29: Happy Birthday, Morton Feldman
Welcome to Week 29 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews the pieces from the last 3 weeks of the project.The coming week's pieces are found on
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Episode 29
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43:21
Week 26: The Podcast Is Back!
Welcome to Week 26 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews the pieces from the last 3 weeks.The coming week's pieces are found on
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Episode 26
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29:16
Week 23: Monophony and Mahler (and Mothers)
Welcome to Week 23 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Mahler, Telemann, Zappa, Hindemith, and anonymous composers of Gregorian ...
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Episode 23
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17:01
Week 22: Where Jazz and Classical Meet
Welcome to Week 22 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Chopin, Schuller, and Ellington.The coming we...
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Episode 22
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23:52
Week 21: What is a Monodrama?
Welcome to Week 21 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Satie, and Tim Buckley.The coming...
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Episode 21
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31:08
Week 20: That's a Wrap on Boulez
It's Week 20 of The Works, a project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World in 10 years.The playlist for the coming week is here on Spotify...
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Episode 20
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17:39
Week 19: Stravinsky At Last!
It's Week 19 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Works of Western Music.Find this week's pl...
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Episode 19
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15:01
Week 18: O King, The Waltz King, and The King
Week 18 of The Works, a project to listen to the great works of Western music in 10 years.Show notes at natebrownmusic.comWeek 18 playlist
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Episode 18
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29:15
Week 17: Serialism and Dance Music
Welcome to Week 17 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the great music of Western civilization!This week's
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Episode 17
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27:39
Week 16: Variations and Themes
It's Week 16 of The Works, Nate Brown's 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!This week's playlist is here on Spotify ...
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Episode 16
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11:09
Week 15: Norwegian Melodies and Hebrew Tragedies
It's Week 15 of The Works, Nate Brown's project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World.The Spotify playlist for this week is here.<...
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17:25
Week 14: No Clever Title
It's Week 14 of The Works, Nate Brown's 10-year project to listen to the masterpieces of Western music.Show notes are available at www.natebrownmusic.comListen to the pieces for Week 14 ...
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Episode 14
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14:27
Week 13: Which Composers Will We Listen to Most Often?
Welcome to The Works, week 13!This week's Spotify playlist is here.Show notes are at natebrownmusic...
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Episode 13
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26:31
Week 12: Fugue Subjects and Bel Canto
Welcome to Week 12 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the great works of Western music.In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Bach, Mahler, Boulez, Rossini, and some early rock-and-rollers.The com...
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16:50
Week 11: Parallel Minor
Welcome to Week 11 of The Works!Here is the link to the Spotify playlist for this week.Show notes are at natebrownmusic.com
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Episode 11
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21:03
Week 10: Rock and Roll
It's Week 10 of Nate Brown's 10-year listening project, The Works!Show notes at natebrownmusic.comListen to this week's pieces on Spotify with ...
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Episode 10
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16:26
Week 9: Figuring Things Out
Welcome to Week 9 of The Works!Here is the link to the Spotify playlist for the coming week.Show notes are available at natebrownmusic.com
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Episode 9
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21:31
Week 8: Listening for the Form
It's Week 8 of Listening to The Works! This is a 10-year project to listen to the great works of Western music. In this episode, we discuss listening for the form in last week's pieces by Ravel, Mahler, Mozart, and Morton.Find show notes...
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Episode 8
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26:33