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

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

Podcast Program No. 61
The Piano Trio (44.21MB)
Works for violin, cello, and piano performed by the Eroica Trio.

•Kreisler: Miniature Viennese March
•Schubert: Trio in B-flat Major, Op.99

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

Podcast Program No. 60
An English Musical Renaissance (35MB)
Works for voice, violin, and piano performed by baritone Anton Belov, violinist Viviane Hagner, and pianists Lydia Brown and Tatiana Goncharova.

•Vaughan Williams: Selections from “Songs of Travel”
•Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82

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John S. Sargent, El Jaleo (detail), 1882

Podcast Program No. 59
The Drama of Beethoven (45.4MB)
Works for piano and string quartet performed by Katherine Chi, piano, and the Orion String Quartet.

•Beethoven: 15 Variations and a Fugue in E-flat Major, Op. 35
•Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4

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Shepherds Playing Music (detail), Probably Flemish, ca. 1725–50

Podcast Program No. 58
Human and Divine (49.5MB)
Works for chamber ensemble and voice performed by the Rebel Baroque Orchestra with Curtis Streetman, bass, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

•Bruhns: Mein Herz ist bereit
•Bruhns: De Profundis clamavi    
•Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4

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Mexican tile, 17th century.

Podcast Program No. 57
The Sopranos (40.3MB)
Works for flute, harp, voice, violin and piano performed by flutist Paula Robison, harpist Mariko Anraku, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, violinist Viviane Hagner, and pianist Pei-Yao Wang and Avner Arad.

•Saint-Saens: Romance for flute and harp
•Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis
•Saint-Saens: Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75

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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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