Unexamined Partial Classical Music: Recent Episodes
Emlyn Stam, Graham Flett, Justin Christensen
This podcast aims to explore classical music through entertaining discussions about composers, musical works and various readings. Please visit www.unexaminedpartial.com
In this fourth episode, we continue our look into Beethoven, showing his impact on music composition from the early 19th century up until today.
In this third episode, we look at Beethoven's turbulent life within his changing environment and how this affected his creative output. We focus on Beethoven's pivotal role in music, a reflection of his time-period with changes to the liberty of the citizenry due to many forces including the French Revolution.
In this second episode, we continue to explore the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his place as a seminal figure in the canon of western music. We look at some readings that help us focus on Bach as situated between the medieval world view and the emerging realities of individualism and discuss why his music is so influential and what it may have to say to us today.
In our inaugural episode Bach is our Pilot we explore the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his place as a seminal figure in the canon of western music.