Perfect Pitch: Classical Music Deconstructed

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Music Commentary #141

Unlock the secrets of classical music with Perfect Pitch – the podcast that takes you on a journey through the centuries of timeless compositions. Whether you're a seasoned expert or a curious beginner, Perfect Pitch offers an accessible and relaxed exploration of the world's most beautiful classical works. Join us as we reveal fascinating stories behind the music and the composers who created them. With Perfect Pitch, you'll discover new insights into the classics and develop a deeper appreciation for the art form. Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of classical music like never before!

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Recent Episodes
  • S2. E77. Harmony with Rossini, Overture Silken Ladder, and Rameau, Le Rappel des Oiseaux, La Joyeuse, La Poule, Les Sauvages - and melodic discord with Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliette
    Jun 8, 2025 – 31:03
  • S2.E76.Elgar Organ Sonata, Clara Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Ignaz Moscheles Piano Concerto 4
    May 25, 2025 – 35:29
  • S2.E75. Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Mozart Marriage of Figaro.
    May 18, 2025 – 41:43
  • S2.E74. Milhaud 'Scaramouche', Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.
    May 10, 2025 – 43:04
  • S2.E73. Easter Offerings, with some light relief. Beethoven Rage over a lost Penny, Haydn Symphony 60, Handel Worthy is the Lamb, Mahler Symphony 2.
    Apr 19, 2025 – 34:50
  • S2.E72. Verdi Lux Aeterna, Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa, Mozart Sonata Facile, Dvorak 8 Finale.
    Apr 6, 2025 – 39:23
  • S2.E71. Music For Spring. Bach Keyboard Concerto 3, Schubert Im Fruhling, Beethoven Spring Sonata.
    Mar 22, 2025 – 31:59
  • S2.E70. Episode 150! Dvorak Serenade for Strings, Field Nocturne 5, Mozart 'Batti, batti', Schumann Clarinet Fantasy Pieces.
    Mar 15, 2025 – 40:07
  • S2.E69 Bruch Kol Nidrei, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2, Mozart La Clemenza di Tito, Beethoven Symphony 2.
    Mar 1, 2025 – 40:02
  • S2.E68. Love in all its guises - anguish with Martini ‘Plaisir d’amour’, joy with Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s ‘Onegin’, romance with Bruckner’s 4th Symphony Scherzo, passion with Ravel’s ‘Bolero’.
    Feb 15, 2025 – 38:59
  • S2.E67 A Schubert Serenade, Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, Schubert 1st Symphony Finale.,
    Feb 2, 2025 – 38:26
  • S2.E66. Less familiar Beethoven, Leonore No.1, 2 less familiar sextets, Donizetti and Dvorak - and Brahms 4 finale
    Jan 25, 2025 – 35:15
  • S2.E65.Happy New Year with Weber, Bellini, and Tchaikovsky.
    Jan 13, 2025 – 34:30
  • S2.E64. Your own Christmas music, with no interruptions! A mixture of joyful and reflective.
    Dec 23, 2024 – 01:50:13
  • S2.E63. Some nostalgia with Vaughan Williams and Schubert, book-ended with Haydn Sunrise and a mystery symphonic finale.
    Dec 14, 2024 – 37:43
  • S2.E62. From Stanley Trumpet Voluntary to Strauss's 2nd Horn Concerto via Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu and a Sibelius Scherzo.
    Dec 8, 2024 – 39:17
  • S2,E61. In praise of Choral Music - Parry, Stanford, Tallis Purcell, Boelmann, Bach.
    Nov 24, 2024 – 39:12
  • S2.E60. Hello again! Chopin Piano Concerto 1, 1st movement (as good as you'll get); Finzi Romance; 3rd movement Mozart 3rd Violin Concerto.
    Nov 8, 2024 – 38:18
  • S2.E59. Meditative Mozart, String Quartet k157, slightly bonkers Strauss, Burlesk Concertante, lighthearted Sullivan Pineapple Poll Suite.
    Sep 10, 2024 – 42:04
  • S2.E58. More von Suppe! Beethoven Triple Concerto; Strauss Befreit; Gershwin Piano Concerto.
    Aug 31, 2024 – 40:05
  • S2.E57 Music to perpetuate the Olympic spirit - Mozart Sonata k381 for 4 hands; Handel Ev'ry Valley; Blumenfeld Etude; Beethoven Allegretto, 7th Symphony.
    Aug 14, 2024 – 39:55
  • S2.E56. 'Un Pack de Six pour les Olympiques'. Chabrier, Debussy, Faure, Saint Saens, Gossec, Poulenc.
    Aug 3, 2024 – 35:32
  • S2.E55. Soul and magnificence, book-ended with Baroque - Marcello Oboe Concerto, Mendelssohn Andante D Mi Piano Trio, Finale Finzi Cello Concerto, Handel Ode for St Cecilia's Day.
    Jul 21, 2024 – 34:48
  • S2.E54. A mixture of Patriotism and Beauty. Walton Facade, Mozart Dove Sono. Scarlatti Sonata k27, Villa Lobos Choros 1, Elgar Pomp and Circumstance 1.
    Jul 14, 2024 – 32:24
  • S2.E53. At last! Mendelssohn's E minor Violin Concerto.
    Jul 1, 2024 – 31:17
  • S2.E52. Pique Dame Overture, according to Von Suppe, E lucevan le Stelle from Tosca, and some real charm with Mozart Piano Concerto No.9
    Jun 23, 2024 – 38:24
  • S2.E51. Perk-me-up music! Berlioz Le Corsaire, Broschi Son qual nave ch'agitata, Grieg Holberg Suite.
    Jun 16, 2024 – 42:16
  • S2.E50.Thoughts on D Day with Britten, Coates, Mendelssohn, Elgar.
    Jun 10, 2024 – 38:42
  • S2.E49. Fizz with Dvorak's Scherzo Capriccioso, Handel's melting 'Where 'er You Walk, Light Touch with Chopin Nocturne op 9 no.2, and high spirits with the finale of Schumann's Piano Concerto.
    May 31, 2024 – 35:44
  • S2.E48. Jollity, Sentimentality, and Charm. Mozart Bassoon Concerto; Mahler 5th Adagietto; Dvorak Humoresque 7 for Violin and Piano.
    May 23, 2024 – 34:59
  • S2.E47. A Chamber of Miniatures. Rossini Sonata for Strings; Beethoven Quartet from Fidelio and String Quartet 13; Faure Chansons sans Parole and his Berceuse; and a novel take on Bach Cma Prelude No.1
    May 16, 2024 – 44:36
  • S2.E46.Chabrier Espana, Haydn Joke Quartet, Wagner Liebestod, Ravel Piano Concerto
    May 7, 2024 – 44:56
  • S2.E45.From earthly pranks to celestial peace. Smetana Dance of The Comedians, Strauss Till Eulenspiegel, Elgar Angel's Farewell.
    Apr 26, 2024 – 33:32
  • S2.E44. Joy, Drama, Solace. Von Suppe Light Cavalry Overture, Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony, Verdi Libera Me.
    Apr 20, 2024 – 37:08
  • S2.E43. Mood Music - Delius Walk into The Paradise Garden, and Schubert Unfinished in full.
    Apr 12, 2024 – 41:48
  • S2.E42. Two Firsts with a One-Off in between: Beethoven 1st Symphony, Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano, Berwald 1st Symphony.
    Apr 6, 2024 – 40:56
  • S2.E41. RIP Maurizio Pollini. Chopin and Beethoven.
    Mar 29, 2024 – 48:45
  • S2.E40. One from the archives, with an addition: Bach's St Matthew Passion and the finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony,
    Mar 22, 2024 – 59:05
  • S2.E39 Jollity at both ends with something melty in the middle! Coleridge-Taylor Danse Negre, Mozart Piano Concerto 27, Saint Saens 'Ma coeur s'ouvre...', and 2 doses of Bach, father and son - Hunting Cantata on the piano, Cello Concerto,
    Mar 15, 2024 – 37:30
  • S2.E38. A mixed bag of high octane stuff! Weber Der Freischutz Overture, Verdi Rigoletto, Chopin Scherzo 3, Britten Soirees Musicales.
    Mar 8, 2024 – 40:11
  • S2.E37. Widor Toccata played the way he preferred, Two Doses of Spring with Delius and Schumann, and thrilling Beethoven in his Third Cello Sonata
    Mar 1, 2024 – 33:11
  • S2.E36. Two sets of variations - Brahms on 'Haydn', Haydn on himself. And another grand finale - with Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto.
    Feb 23, 2024 – 35:46
  • S2.E35. Acrobatics with Handel's Da Tempeste and Bach Gigue Partita 2, Quirkiness in a Poulenc Sonata, and a triumphant finale with Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto.
    Feb 16, 2024 – 31:34
  • S2.E34. Full throttle with Elgar's Cockaigne, a glorious Massenet melody from Werther, a one-off take of Bocherini, and crisp, exuberant Mozart in the Hafner symphony.
    Feb 9, 2024 – 35:32
  • S2.E33. Revolutionary Freshness - Beethoven 8 in full.
    Feb 2, 2024 – 31:25
  • S2.E32. High Spirits and Charm - Bach E ma Violin Concerto, Gounod Jewel Song, 2 Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Schumann Spring Symphony.
    Jan 26, 2024 – 33:18
  • S2.E31. Playful Mozart, Sonata for Two Pianos, Love Monteverdi's way, A Trip to Italy with Mendelssohn, and thence to Bavaria with the Elgars.
    Jan 19, 2024 – 38:21
  • S2.E30. Winter through the lenses of Holst and Tchaikovsky, Chaos with Chopin, High Spirits with Dvorak.
    Jan 12, 2024 – 33:56
  • S2.E29. A cheerful start for 2024.Strauss, Faure, Couperin, Wood, A Bit of Fun, Debussy/Ravel.
    Jan 5, 2024 – 35:38
  • S2.E28. Christmas Victor's way - Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony.
    Dec 22, 2023 – 26:01
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    A classical music podcast for novices and maestros
    I am learning so much in the most enjoyable way. A beautiful way to start my day!
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  • T. Clyde Joy
    Perfect Pitch Delivers
    Smart and accessible, as intended with some great selections nicely curated by Nick. To my surprise, I was listening to the first episode when heading into the gym and kept with it through my treadmill workout - ended up being a great change of pace to my “go to” 80s rock…. Looking forward to more episodes!!
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