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It started out as a celebration of France’s musical past, but it became a very personal tribute to seven close friends who perished in World War I: Classical Tulsa host Jason Heilman introduces Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin in 10 minutes or less. You can hear Imani Winds perform this piece as part of Chamber Music Tulsa's 2021-22 season on March 12.
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Season 3 of Masterworks in 10 Minutes or Less, a podcast co-presented by Public Radio Tulsa and Chamber Music Tulsa that features host Jason Heilman introducing six pieces of classical music in a convenient format, with works by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Beethoven and Mozart.
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It was his instrumental requiem for his sister which ultimately became his own: Jason Heilman introduces Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80.
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It was his final chamber work, and his final bid for musical immortality – and Franz Schubert made it count. Classical Tulsa host Jason Heilman introduces…
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When Antonín Dvo?ák came to America in the 1890s, he found a nation searching for its own musical language. He thought that Black spirituals and Native…
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Beethoven dedicated his grandest piano trio to a generous benefactor – his student, the Habsburg Archduke Rudolph – but the challenging piece nearly ended…
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Death was clearly on the composer's mind – and, sadly, it wouldn’t be too far away: Classical Tulsa host Jason Heilman introduces Franz Schubert’s Death…
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Napoleon's 1809 siege of Vienna left Beethoven completely unable to compose. What finally coaxed him back to productivity wasn't a turbulent exploration…
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Charming and genteel may not be the first words to come to mind when you think of Beethoven, but they should be in this case: Classical Tulsa host Jason…
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Whenever Ludwig van Beethoven composed pieces in pairs, the two works typically took on opposite characters. Possibly inspired by Shakespeare’s Macbeth,…