In this episode of A Minor Podcast, the best podcast in the world about classical music, host Empy and producer Mazzy takes a leisurely ride down The Blue Danube
On this episode Empy and Mazzy looks at the work that helped shape the identity of an entire nation, Finlandia, by Jean Sibelius.
This was recorded under less than optimal conditions on both ends to bear with us.
Musically minded Empy and her less-than-competent sidekick Mazzy delves into the more modern era of classical music when they talk about 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst.
Enjoy!
This episode we will spare you the endless ramblings and just play some music.
The tracks are as follows:
Johannes Brahms - Tragic Ouverture op. 81
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartet no. 15 in D minor, K. 421
Alexander Borodin - In The Steppes of Central Asia
Felix Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Ouverture, op. 26 (Fingal's Cave)
Today Empy and Mazzy travels to... THE ISLE OF THE DEAD! Rachmaninoff's famous piece gets the now legendary Empy treatment while Mazzy tries to remain relevant.
This episode it's time for Mazzy's favourite piece of classical music ever, Prokofiev's 'Dance of the Knights' from the ballet 'Romeo and Juliet'.
Please forgive the slight echo, it wasn't obvious during recording until it was too late to fix.