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

John S. Sargent, El Jaleo (detail), 1882
 Podcast Program No. 50
Schumann and Brahms (41.2MB)
Music for piano trio performed by the Claremont Trio—violinist Emily Bruskin, cellist Julia Bruskin, and pianist Donna Kwong.

•Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 88
•Brahms: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 101

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

Podcast Program No. 49
Under the Influence (34.8MB)
Music for solo piano performed by Jonathan Biss.

•Berg: Sonata for piano, Op. 1
•Beethoven: Sonata No. 23 in F minor for piano, Op. 57, “Appassionata”

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Musicians (detail), Giorgio Vasari, ca. 1545

Podcast Program No. 48
The Chameleon Clarinet (44.5 MB)
Music for clarinet, piano, and strings performed by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

•Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes for clarinet, string quartet and piano, Op. 34
•Brahms: Quintet in B minor for clarinet and strings, Op. 115

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James McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Blue and Silver: Trouville (detail), 1865.

Podcast Program No. 47
From Florence, with love (44MB)
Music for voice and piano and string sextet performed by baritone Anton Belov, pianist Lydia Brown, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

•Russian songs by Glinka, Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky
•Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence for string sextet in D Major, Op. 70

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Léon Bakst, Anna Pavlova in the Ballet “Oriental Fantasy” (detail), 1913

Podcast Program No. 46
Not Exactly What I Expected (47.7 MB)
Works for string quartet and piano quintet played by the Amedeo Modigliani Quartet and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

•Webern: Langsamer Satz
•Schubert: Quintet in A Major for piano, violin, viola, cello and bass, Op. 114, “Trout”

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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.

Thanks to the Internet Archive for providing a mirror of our podcasts.

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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