Classical Sprouts: Recent Episodes
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Kate Botello makes classical music fun, funny and interactive on Classical Sprouts, the AWESOME classical music podcast for kids from Interlochen Public Radio! Classical Sprouts brings families together to plant seeds of classical music curiosity.
Scottish percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie has been a rockstar in the classical music world for decades. She’s performed at an Olympic opening ceremony, has traveled all over the world to perform a wide variety of percussion instruments and styles, she’s known as the first person to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist and she’s deaf. We’ll learn how this amazing musician uses her whole body to listen on today's episode of Classical Sprouts.
Her music was played at Queen Victoria’s funeral, she composed an opera, multiple works for orchestra, was an accomplished pianist herself, and wrote a very famous concertino for flute. We’re learning about French composer Cécile Chaminade and that famous flute concertino this week on Classical Sprouts!
Yo-Yo Ma has been playing the same Bach cello suite since he was only 4 years old, right as he started learning the cello. Now, he's using his fame (and performances of that same cello suite) to promote what he believes in.
Learn about the history of the saxophone through the actual instruments themselves! Jake Goldwasser is a saxophone player, a saxocologist, and the curating fellow with the Greenleaf Collection at Interlochen Center For The Arts, and he's our guest on Classical Sprouts this week, bringing to life the stories of some really cool and really old saxophones!
American rock and pop singer Linda Ronstadt sang the role of Mabel in the 1983 movie version of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance." But she wasn't known as an opera singer. Hear how she used that to her advantage in this episode of Classical Sprouts!
Soft-hearted Pirates! Fast-talking Major-Generals! Love, insomnia, battles, and love for the Queen! We’re heading to the shores of Cornwall, England with our pirate costumes as we explore the Gilbert and Sullivan favorite, "The Pirates of Penzance!"
We're swabbing the deck, hanging out with cats and goats, listening to some reallllly old saxophones and more this season on Classical Sprouts!
Dig into four movements of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and hear how they sound as the original piano score, how it grows into a piece for orchestra, and how other ensembles have imagined them!
Kate shares a Venezuelan folk song that was used to calm down cows when they are being milked!
Gnomes, dancing chicks, a witch's hut ... we have lots of paintings and music to explore!
Dive into the piece that topped the charts all year long in 1952 — and later got a French twist.
Join us in Paris as we step into this 2015 Broadway musical based on music by George and Ira Gershwin!
Lions and scarecrows and tin men, oh my! This 1970s retelling of the Wizard of Oz is full of great music!
We're rewinding more than 900 years to get to know this medieval composer, poet and nun.
Pianists Anna and Dmitri Shelest stand in solidarity with their fellow Ukrainians through music
Learn about some of the composers, artists, and poets active during the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s Black culture movement in New York City.
The Child Spirits in the Metropolitan Opera's production of "The Magic Flute" gave us the inside scoop!
From Minecraft to The Metropolitan Opera, you won't want to miss this exciting season of musical exploration! Sprouting next Monday!
Life-size dolls, mouse soldiers, dancing snowflakes, candies, flowers and a beautiful ballet princess . . .
Feathers and frogs and bugles, oh my! We’re getting poetic as we explore musical settings of this poet's work.
Experience Mozart's famous opera through the eyes of everyone's favorite birdcatcher, Papageno!
At 10, this violinist debuted with the Chicago Symphony. Now her foundation advocates for Black composers.
Explore the Dies Irae, a spooky medieval melody that still shows up in all kinds of music - from Franz Liszt to Frozen!
Heard of the oud? How about the darbuka? Find out what they are on this musical tour of the Middle East!
Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw's music came to life for Classical Sprouts producer Emily Duncan Wilson!
From The Music Man to Minecraft, you won't want to miss this exciting season of musical exploration! Sprouting next Monday!
From a Turkish march to Ode to Joy, learn about one of the most famous symphonies of all time!
Wendy Carlos's surprising combination of the brand-new Moog synthesizer and Bach's music became a massive hit!
Spoiler alert: they didn't originate in Scotland! Kate and a special guest will tell you more about bagpipe history and performance.
Learn about some of the composers, artists, and poets active during the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s Black culture movement in New York City.
This sibling septet of violinists, cellists and pianists ranging in age from 12 to 25 is known around the world for their impressive musicianship.
Explore the Dies Irae, a spooky medieval melody that still shows up in all kinds of music - from Franz Liszt to Frozen!
Explore music from rodeos, ancient instruments, singing computers and more. Preview the first season of Classical Sprouts, the AWESOME classical music podcast for kids from Interlochen Public Radio!