Noted
Classical music podcast hosted and written by Eric Garcia, Music Director for The Boise Philharmonic. Produced by Radio Boise.
Episodes
It was the end of 1883, and Gustav Mahler experienced heartbreak. Mahler conveyed the experience in a letter to a friend, alluding to a new work: 'I have written a song cycle,' he wrote, 'six songs, all of which are dedicated to her.'
The songs were conceived as if a wafaring man had suffered a heavy fate and now goes out into the world, wandering aimlessly. This six-part song cycle would ultimately become ...
First, he composes the piece for electric string quartet. The four performance double on tam-tams, maracas, and crystal goblets tuned to specific pitches. At various moments in the performance, they employ metal thimbles and glass rods. They whisper. They shout. They make clicking sounds with their tongues. They intone music of the past while playing a work composed in an Avant-garde style. George Crumb became one of American music...
It would gain the reputation as the most scandalous piece of music ever composed. An early criticism deemed it "the work of a madman." After its premiere in 1913, music would never be the same. This episode of Noted, Igor Stravinsky's riotous masterpiece Rite of Spring, hosted by Eric Garcia.
Symbolic of so many things, but also its music. In this episode host Eric Garcia takes us through the myriad of compositional styles, sounds and pieces that have musically chronicled this very special city. Gershwin to Reich and beyond on this episode of Noted.
Composer Maurice Ravel's style is rooted in tonality, however, his unique adaptation and manipulation of the musical language was so distinctive that he created a musical voice unmistakably his own. This episode of Noted: a masterpiece by Ravel, Piano Concerto in G, hosted by Eric Garcia.
Hosted by Eric Garcia:
Music in Shostakovich and Stalin:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko, conductor℗ 2013 Naxos
Shostakovich:Lady Macbeth of MtsenskGalina Vishnevskaya, Dimiter Petkov, & Nicolai GeddaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraMstislav Rostropovich, conductor℗ 2002 by EMI Records ltd
Shostakovich : Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, Strings/Piano Concerto No.2/Symphony No.1Berliner Phil...
Hosted by Eric Garcia:
Music in Shostakovich and Stalin:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4Royal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVasily Petrenko, conductor℗ 2013 Naxos
Shostakovich:Lady Macbeth of MtsenskGalina Vishnevskaya, Dimiter Petkov, & Nicolai GeddaLondon Philharmonic OrchestraMstislav Rostropovich, conductor℗ 2002 by EMI Records ltd
Shostakovich : Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, Strings/Piano Concerto No.2/Symphony No.1Berliner Phil...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music in this episode:
Bluebeard’s Castle
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Jessye Norman, László Polgár
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
℗ 1998 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music in this episode:
Bluebeard’s Castle
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Jessye Norman, László Polgár
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
℗ 1998 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Hungarian Folk Music Collected by Béla Bartók (Hungaroton Classics)
Mikor Gulá...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music in this episode:
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
℗ 2017 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Glenn Gould Remastered - The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Glenn Gould, piano
℗ 1956 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1957 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 195...
Hosted by Eric Garcia
Music in this episode:
Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
℗ 2017 Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Glenn Gould Remastered - The Complete Columbia Album Collection
Glenn Gould, piano
℗ 1956 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1957 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1958 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1959 Sony Music Entertainment/(P) 1960...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music In This Episode:
Jean Sibelius
Symphonies 1-7
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
@Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Finlandia & Karelia Suite
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marris Jansons, conductor
Sibelius - Ma...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music In This Episode:
Jean Sibelius
Symphonies 1-7
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
@Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Finlandia & Karelia Suite
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marris Jansons, conductor
Sibelius - Ma...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music In This Episode:
Jean Sibelius
Symphonies 1-7
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
@Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Finlandia & Karelia Suite
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marris Jansons, conductor
Sibelius - Ma...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music In This Episode:
Jean Sibelius
Symphonies 1-7
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
@Berlin Phil Media GmbH
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Finlandia & Karelia Suite
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marris Jansons, conductor
Sibelius - Ma...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music in this episode:
Black Angels
Kronos Quartet
℗ 1990 Nonesuch Records
Crumb: Gnomic Variations - Processional - Ancient Voices of Children (Remastered)
Fuat Kent, Ensemble New Art, Marie-Louise Bourbeau & Veronika Schaaf
℗ 2011 Essential Media Group LLC. Licensed by Col Legno
Vox Balaenae
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music in this episode:
Debussy: La mer & Orchestral Works
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
℗ 2005 Warner Classics
Debussy: Prélude À L'aprés-midi D'un Faune, Trois Nocturnes, Pelléas Et Mélisande Suite
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado, conductor
℗ 2001 Deutsch...
Hosted by Eric Garcia, Music Director of the Boise Philharmonic. Executive produced by Wayne Birt. Edited by Adam McCoy.
Music in this episode:
Bluebeard’s Castle
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Jessye Norman, László Polgár
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, conductor
℗ 1998 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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