The Concert: A Classical Music Podcast
 

Download free recordings of classical music performed live in the museum’s Tapestry Room. These exclusive recordings from our regular concert series feature performances by acclaimed master musicians and up-and-coming young artists. A new program is posted every two weeks, so check back often, or receive automatic updates delivered directly to your computer or portable mp3 player with a free subscription.

You are free to share and reproduce these podcasts, and pass this great classical music along to your friends and family. The same goes for the individual tracks you’ll find sorted by musician and composer in the Music Library. We only ask that you let people know where you found it, and don’t alter the recording or use it commercially.

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Current Programs

John S. Sargent, Sketch of a Dancer (detail), 1879–1882, from El Jaleo Sketchbook,

Podcast No. 73
From the Periphery to the Center (53.63MB)
Works for violin and piano played by violinist Nick Kendall and pianists Jonathan Biss, Gleb Ivanov, and Robert Koenig.

•Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat Major, Op. 61
•Chopin: Nocturne-Waltz-Scherzo
•Grieg: Violin Sonata in C minor, Op. 45

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A Musical Party (detail), Flemish tapestry, ca. 1585–1600

Podcast No. 72
A Baroque Master and a Romantic Disciple (41.63 MB)
Works for solo flute and piano trio played by flutist Paula Robison and the Claremont Trio.

•Bach: Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV 1013
•Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110

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James McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Blue and Silver: Trouville (detail), 1865.

Podcast No. 71
Beginning and Ending in Vienna (46.89 MB)
Works for piano and string quintet performed by pianist Paavali Jumppanen and Musicians from Marlboro.

•Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
•Mozart: Viola Quintet in E-flat Major, K. 614

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Fra Angelico, Death and Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1432.

Podcast No. 70
Musical Recycling (46.75 MB)
Works for strings and piano performed by the Gardner Chamber Orchestra, Paula Robison, flute and director; and pianist Jeremy Denk.

•Vivaldi: Concerto for Orchestra in C Major, FXI No. 25
•Ives: Sonata No. 2, “Concord Sonata”

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Vermeer, The Concert (detail), 1658–60.

Podcast Program No. 69
Mendelssohn’s Intentions (48.83 MB)
Works for piano and string octet performed by pianist Vassily Primakov and Musicians from Marlboro.

•Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words
•Mendelssohn: Octet for strings in E-flat Major, Op. 20

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Pictured above: Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1183 (detail), 2005.

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Thanks!
We’d like to thank the following individuals and institutions, without whose help this project would not have been possible:

Thanks to the musicians, without whose talent, cooperation and forward thinking we would not have been able to create this podcast

Thanks to the Berkman Center for their legal expertise in the complex and fascinating world of digital intellectual property. .
 

Thanks to Liberated Syndication for hosting our podcast.

Recording Engineer: Tom Stephenson of Emmanuel Recording

 

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Enjoy classical music in the museum every Sunday, September through May, at our weekly concert series, where all the podcasts are recorded. You can buy tickets or view schedules online.


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