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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Ludwig van Beethoven, Pt. II

Dun dun dun DUNN! This week, Beethoven's middle period takes center stage, where he truly starts sounding like, well, Beethoven. Heroes, symphonies, and most of the orchestral music are spotlighted.

04/19/2025

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Joseph Haydn, Pt. II

Can you count over 100? You’ll need to this week as we explore just why Haydn is known as the Father of the Symphony.

02/08/2025

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Symphony

A definition and history of the symphony, as it grew into what we know it as...

07/20/2024

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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Felix Mendelssohn, Pt. II

Symphonies, overtures, Songs Without Words, oratorios with words, and one of the greatest violin concertos ever written—tune in this week for Felix Mendelssohn, Part Two!

11/01/2025

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Hollywood

What's the music that makes movies magical? This week, tune in for the Hollywood soundtracks behind your favorite films, from the magic of Disney to the galaxies of Star Wars and the mountains of Middle-earth.

10/18/2025

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Felix Mendelssohn, Pt. I

Felix Mendelssohn was a child prodigy who became one of the great Romantic composers. Drawing on Bach’s counterpoint, Mozart’s grace, and Beethoven’s drama, his music marries Classicism and Romanticism.

10/04/2025

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Frédéric Chopin, Pt. II

What makes Chopin sound like Chopin? This week, études, préludes, and songs! Oh, my!

09/20/2025

Saturday Morning Car Tunes: Frédéric Chopin, Pt. I

Who’s on the Chopin block? This week, someone poetic, pianistic, and Polish-ed.

09/06/2025

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.

08/30/2025

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