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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The French Horn
Explore the captivating history of the French horn in music, from classical composers to The Beach Boys. Tune in on Saturday or revisit this page to listen again.
The French Horn
The French Horn is the gentle giant of the orchestra… a musical shapeshifter morphing into so many different characters and moods.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Frédéric Chopin, Pt. II
What makes Chopin sound like Chopin? This week, études, préludes, and songs! Oh, my!
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Frédéric Chopin, Pt. I
Who’s on the Chopin block? This week, someone poetic, pianistic, and Polish-ed.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Hector Berlioz, Pt. II
Do you love books for the worlds they open up? Hector Berlioz did too, and his musical imagination was fueled by what he read. This week, hear music inspired by Virgil, Shakespeare, Goethe… and maybe even Harry Potter.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Hector Berlioz, Pt. I
This week, we're heading to France for something Romantic... something fantastique.
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: George Frideric Handel, Pt. III
Handel didn’t just write operas and oratorios. He also wrote music without words. Sonatas, concertos, sinfonias, overtures, and… wait, are those fireworks?
Saturday Morning Car Tunes: George Frideric Handel, Pt. II
What’s an oratorio again? Whatever it is, Handel invented the English version. And English wasn’t even his first language!