Piano Rhapsody Podcast Season 1

All Music, No Talk

Piano Rhapsody Podcast Season 2

Dance all that spider venom out.

Sheet(p. 24-25): https://musopen.org/music/23775-25-easy-and-progressive-etudes-op-100/

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Tarantella, Op. 100, No. 20 - Burgmüller

Can operating systems experience love?

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Photograph - Arcade Fire & Owen Pallett

A dichotomy of life itself: major joy vs minor sorrow.

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Main Theme from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jon Brion

One of the bricks on the road from Baroque to Classical music.

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Sonata in B Minor, Mvmt. 1, H132 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

My personal favorite of the bunch.

Sheets(p. 28-29): https://musopen.org/music/3761-15-inventions-bwv-772-786/

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Invention 13 in A Minor, BWV 784 - Bach

Chopin's Mood: Grandiose pride.

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"Visions," Op. 28, No. 9, Prelude in E Major - Chopin

Chopin's Mood: Crying in a lonely monastery.

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"Suffocation," Op. 28, No. 4, Prelude in E Minor - Chopin [ENCORE]

One of the most famous melodies in the world of classical music from Mozart's "Facile Sonata."

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Sonata In C Major, Mvt 1, K. 545 - Mozart

A theme that balances the darkness and beauty of Twin Peaks.

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Laura Palmer's Theme - Angelo Badalamenti

Chopin's Mood: Butterflies in your stomach.

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"Reunion," Op. 28, No. 1, Prelude in C Major - Chopin

The most covered Christmas song of all time.

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The Christmas Song - Vince Guaraldi

As Season 1 of the podcast comes to an end, we discuss the plans for the future of Piano Rhapsody.  Piano Rhapsody will return with a new season on 5/3/22!

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14.3: Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! (Special Update)

Balanced, compassionate, soothing, relaxed.

Sheet Music:  https://www.amazon.com/Impressions-Color-Kevin-Olson/dp/1619280396/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=impressions+on+color+kevin+olson&qid=1654578466&sprefix=impressions+on+color%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1

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Impressions on Green - Kevin Olson

Piano Rhapsody is back with Season 2!  We're honoring the old and the new with a deeper dive into the many moods and preludes of Chopin.

We discuss butterflies, the zodiac, and Prince Charming.

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15.1:  Chopin: A Man of Many Moods (Preludes 1 & 4)

It's an episode of solemn contemplation featuring both of Chopin's hymnic preludes.

We discuss cymbals, Mufasa, and getting over your ex.

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15.2: Chopin: A Man of Many Moods (Preludes 9 & 20)

Come discuss the serenity of the color green with my green in the face COVID inflicted self.

We discuss the Mona Lisa, M&Ms, and beer.

Sheet Music:  https://www.amazon.com/Impressions-Color-Kevin-Olson/dp/1619280396/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=impressions+on+color+kevin+olson&qid=1654578466&sprefix=impressions+on+color%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-1

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16.3: Hear the Rainbow (Green)

In a more somber episode than usual, we conclude our visit with Mozart and explore one of his most well-recognized works. 

We discuss what war isn’t good for, begging your friends for money, and coming to terms with death. 

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17.4: Mozart's Greatest Hits (Rondo Alla Turca)

CPE Bach's most famous work.

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Solfeggietto, H220 - CPE Bach

A hike through the Norwegian countryside.

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Solitary Traveler, Op. 43, No. 2 - Grieg

Sonic mimicry of bird calls.

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Little Bird, Op. 43, No. 4 - Grieg

The rag that launched a movement and crowned Scott Joplin as the "King of Ragtime."

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Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin

The song of a nightingale on an Italian evening.

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Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 - Grieg

We celebrate the podcast's 21st series with a group of dances by Hungarian composer Bela Bartok.

We discuss Transylvania, phonographs, and horse heads.

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21.1: Romanian Dance Hits (Bartok 1 & 2)

One of the most beautiful and most famous pieces in the classical music canon.

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Clair de lune - Debussy

One of the pieces Fanny published under her own name during her lifetime.

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Melodie, Op 4, No 2 - Fanny Mendelssohn

We continue our exploration of Grieg's Lyric Pieces with a duo of nature inspired works.

We discuss kissing cousins, seagulls, and hiking. 
 
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Grieg: Carole Farley sings Grieg

25.2: Grieg, Norway's Musical Hero (Nature)

Not all of Grieg's works were inspired by the Norwegian countryside.  Today we talk about the evening of Grieg's life and one of his works inspired by an Italian night.

We discuss May-December relationships, quid pro quo relationships, and nightingales.
 
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25.3: Grieg, Norway's Musical Hero (Notturno)

What's it like being the son of the most influential composer of all time?  See how Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach managed to secure his own legacy in the shadow of his father.

We discuss wasted college degrees, overenthusiastic monarchs, and Breaking Bad.
 
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26.1: The Underdog Chronicles (CPE Bach)

What was life like for a 19th century female composer?  Today, we celebrate a woman who was forced to watch her brother shine from the sidelines for a majority of her career, and what she did to make a name for herself.

We discuss Christmas trees, Roman goddesses, and singing queens.
 
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26.2: The Underdog Chronicles (Fanny Mendelssohn)

Seven of Hearts - Kevin Olson

Far Away Friend - Mike Springer

Shooting Stars in Summer - Naoko Ikeda

Sneaky - Stephen Chatman

Three in Blue No. 1 - Ann Southam

Here come the Taiwanese garbage trucks!  See if you can identify the Rondo form of ABACA while you listen.

Sheets:  https://musopen.org/music/8658-bagatelle-no-25-fur-elise-woo-59/

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“Für Elise” Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor WoO 59 - Beethoven

(Please excuse the soft audio in the first episode. This problem was fixed in future episodes.)

Welcome to Piano Rhapsody, an amateur pianist’s journey with the intended goal of performing Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue one day.  Join the ride as we dissect one piece every week, learning and building our classical appreciation from the ground up.

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1.1: Welcome To Piano Rhapsody

Since the podcast released several weeks early, I wanted to drop a holiday episode to help fill the gap.  In this special episode we will briefly discuss some of the foundations of jazz music and listen to my recording of "Christmas Time is Here" by Vince Guaraldi of A Charlie Brown Christmas fame.

Have a great holiday season and a happy new year!  Piano Rhapsody will return 1/5/21 for its original weekly release plan.

Holiday Update 2020

The OG prelude.  May this offer a moment of meditation to ponder the great things to come in 2021.

Sheets(p. 4-5):  https://musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869/

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Prelude in C Major BWV 846, Well Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Bach

Chopin's reflection on death.  Listen to the left hand hammering out minor chords, chromatically dropping.

Sheet(p. 5):  https://musopen.org/music/82-preludes-op-28/

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Prelude In E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 - Chopin

Piano Rhapsody is back with weekly episodes in 2021!  This is the first episode in a series of preludes, starting with the infamous "Prelude in C Major" by Bach.  We'll discuss the importance of the Well Tempered Clavier, modulation, and how to build a C Major chord.

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2.1: Preludes (Bach)

The prelude series continues with not one, but TWO preludes from Chopin's Opus 28.  We discuss #4 and #7, Chopin's interesting paramour George Sand, and the intersection between death and 50 Shades of Gray.

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2.2: Preludes (Chopin)

Welcome to the Piano Rhapsody podcast, an amateur's guide to classical piano.  This is your entry level guide to sounding intelligent about classical music at a cocktail party.

“The piano keys are black and white but they sound like a million colors in your mind.”

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