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Episodios
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 6
08/11/2010Here’s a hint: good day for a wedding, but watch for thunderstorms!
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Offenbach: "Student Chorus" Tales of Hoffman
28/10/2010Here’s a hint: beware of poets bearing beverages…
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Spooky Stuff
25/10/2010This famous opera’s overture leaves little doubt that sinister things lie ahead. The harrowing opening chords reappear at the climax, in which a ghost appears to drag his daughter’s seducer down to hell. Although, when this work was composed, this composer’s operas were more popular outside his hometown, it has become one of his signature works.
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Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
22/10/2010Here’s a hint: It’s a work from what many call the “founder” of Russian classical music.
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Dvorak: Rusalka aria
21/10/2010Here’s a hint: Think of it as the song “Part of Your World”. . . in Czech!
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Stravinsky: "Infernal Dance" from The Firebird
20/10/2010Here’s a hint: It’s an intense setting of a popular Russian fairy tale.
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Rossini: La Cenerentola aria
19/10/2010Here’s a hint: A price searches for his bride in this operatic classic.
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Tall Tales
18/10/2010Ether Game asks: can you name this tune? Pierre can’t bear to lose her head again.
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Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Waltz
18/10/2010Here’s a hint: It’s a piece about a princess who takes a VERY long nap.