Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
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Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis
October 1, 2026 · 52 minAs I've often said, I love doing Patreon-sponsored episodes in part because they allow me to discover music I might never have encountered otherwise. Today's episode is one of those, because the truth is that before I made it, I had heard…
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Shostakovich Symphony No. 6
September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 3 minDmitri Shostakovich: "I have set myself a task fraught with tremendous responsibility, to express in sound the immortal image of Lenin as a great son of the Russian people and as a leader of the masses. I have received numerous letters…
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Grieg: Peer Gynt
September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 8 minGrieg's Peer Gynt suites are among the best-known and best-loved works of classical music in the world. They are practically embedded into popular culture, being used in a dizzying number of cartoons, advertisements, and films. In the…
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Mozart Clarinet Concerto
August 20, 2026 · 52 minWhen it comes to a piece like the Mozart Clarinet Concerto, a few words or phrases regularly come up: the concerto is described as "mellow" or Mozart's "swan song," but most often it is described as "perfect." Such a perfect piece as…
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Bohuslav Martinu Symphony No. 1
August 6, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minIt took a lot to make the composer and critic Virgil Thomson happy. He was famous for savaging new works he didn't like, and the truth is, he didn't like very many new works at all. One exception was Bohuslav Martinů's very first symphony…
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Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy
July 23, 2026 · 51 minThence the universe resounds With a joyful cry I AM. These are the final lines of Alexander Scriabin's epic Poem of Ecstasy, a 300-line poem that takes nearly 10 minutes to read aloud and is one of the most surreal texts in the world…
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Sibelius Tapiola
July 10, 2026 · 47 minAncient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams; Within them dwells the Forest's mighty God, And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets. These lines are affixed to the first page of Sibelius' tone poem Tapiola, a piece that is…
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Arthur Honneger, Symphony No. 3, "Liturgique"
June 25, 2026 · 53 minIn the aftermath of World War II, the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, who had been living in occupied Paris throughout the war, wrote a new symphony entitled "Liturgical." He wrote an extended commentary on the piece, which included these…