Muse Mentors Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:25:17 -0400 http://www.musementors.com en-us © 2026 Muse Mentors yes Support this Podcast 3f8aeadd-e77e-5d63-be35-ce29c277315b Karen Kevra episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) musician, mentor, muse, music, Karen, concerts, Vermont, flutist, Montpelier, Capital City, Kevra Karen Kevra https://storage.buzzsprout.com/8xytzfzkhljuuc3ioes15ar0cgtv?.jpg Muse Mentors http://www.musementors.com FLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's Arietta and Variations on a Theme of Mozart FLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's Arietta and Variations on a Theme of Mozart Fredrich Kuhlau (1786–1832) was a Danish composer of the late Classical and early Romantic periods who wrote prodigiously for the flute.  The final movement of his Fantasie for Solo Flute in D major, "Arietta and Variations" is charming,  virtuosic, and fun! The aria "Bati, Bati"  from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is the theme. The operatic spirit shines in this 4 minute long gem.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra, flute

Georg Friedrich Händel, Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430:  IV. Air con Variazioni "The Harmonious Blacksmith" performed by Murray Perahia, piano 

Franz Schubert's Theme, from the Introduction, Theme, and Variations on "Trockne Blumen", D. 802 performed by Karen Kevra, flute and Jeffrey Chappell, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture from Don Giovanni, K. 527, Hans Vonk, Staatskapelle Dresden

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aria: "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto", Cecelia Bartoli, soprano, Wiener Kammerorchester  

Friedrich Kuhlau, Fantasie for Solo Flute in D major (Op. 38, No. 1),  movement 3, "Arietta and Variations", performed by Karen Kevra, flute


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]]> Fredrich Kuhlau (1786–1832) was a Danish composer of the late Classical and early Romantic periods who wrote prodigiously for the flute.  The final movement of his Fantasie for Solo Flute in D major, "Arietta and Variations" is charming,  virtuosic, and fun! The aria "Bati, Bati"  from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni is the theme. The operatic spirit shines in this 4 minute long gem.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra, flute

Georg Friedrich Händel, Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430:  IV. Air con Variazioni "The Harmonious Blacksmith" performed by Murray Perahia, piano 

Franz Schubert's Theme, from the Introduction, Theme, and Variations on "Trockne Blumen", D. 802 performed by Karen Kevra, flute and Jeffrey Chappell, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Overture from Don Giovanni, K. 527, Hans Vonk, Staatskapelle Dresden

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aria: "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto", Cecelia Bartoli, soprano, Wiener Kammerorchester  

Friedrich Kuhlau, Fantasie for Solo Flute in D major (Op. 38, No. 1),  movement 3, "Arietta and Variations", performed by Karen Kevra, flute


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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-14594846 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:00:00 -0500 615 2 19 full false FLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITS FLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITS Composer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny beneficent spirits rises from the flute into a cloud. Elements of dance, chant, and drumming combine to create a mystical, magical soundscape. 


Katherine Hoover, Kokopeli
Katherine Hoover, Winter Spirits
performed by Karen Kevra, flute

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]]> Composer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny beneficent spirits rises from the flute into a cloud. Elements of dance, chant, and drumming combine to create a mystical, magical soundscape. 


Katherine Hoover, Kokopeli
Katherine Hoover, Winter Spirits
performed by Karen Kevra, flute

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-14314022 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:00:00 -0500 679 2 18 full false Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song In this encore episode from Christmas eve 2020, we celebrate the life and legacy of Tony Barrand who died on January 29, 2022. Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome  tenor voice really shines when joined by his singing comrades (John Roberts, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis) from the band Nowell Sing We Clear. This is top-notch exuberant music-making in a traditional style that will have you singing along, dancing, and entranced by the magic of the story-telling.  Guaranteed to brighten your days during this darkest time of year.

Special thanks to:
Andy Davis, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy, Amanda Witman, Peter Amidon, Sue Dupre, Kari Smith, Carole Crompton, and Rachel Bell

Music, courtesy Golden Hind Music
Click here to order  Nowell Sing We Clear: Songs & Carols for Midwinter & Christmastide

Photo: BU Photography


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]]> In this encore episode from Christmas eve 2020, we celebrate the life and legacy of Tony Barrand who died on January 29, 2022. Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome  tenor voice really shines when joined by his singing comrades (John Roberts, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis) from the band Nowell Sing We Clear. This is top-notch exuberant music-making in a traditional style that will have you singing along, dancing, and entranced by the magic of the story-telling.  Guaranteed to brighten your days during this darkest time of year.

Special thanks to:
Andy Davis, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy, Amanda Witman, Peter Amidon, Sue Dupre, Kari Smith, Carole Crompton, and Rachel Bell

Music, courtesy Golden Hind Music
Click here to order  Nowell Sing We Clear: Songs & Carols for Midwinter & Christmastide

Photo: BU Photography


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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-14184433 Thu, 21 Dec 2023 05:00:00 -0500 4262 2 17 full false Pianist Jeffrey Chappell Pianist Jeffrey Chappell Pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative mentorships first with pianist Jane Allen, and later with the legendary Leon Fleisher.  In this encore episode, Jeffrey reveals his early childhood genesis story with the piano; his studies at the Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory, and path that led him to an astounding last minute substitution for Claudio Arrau with the Baltimore Symphony. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity and speaks about his lifelong meditation practice and his book Answers from Silence. 



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]]> Pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative mentorships first with pianist Jane Allen, and later with the legendary Leon Fleisher.  In this encore episode, Jeffrey reveals his early childhood genesis story with the piano; his studies at the Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory, and path that led him to an astounding last minute substitution for Claudio Arrau with the Baltimore Symphony. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity and speaks about his lifelong meditation practice and his book Answers from Silence. 



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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-13498615 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0400 2205 2 16 full false Edgard Varèse - DENSITY 21.5 Edgard Varèse - DENSITY 21.5 Edgard Varèse is one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century and was called  "The stratospheric Colossus of Sound."  He lived life with intensity and composed the same way.  Varèse lived most of his composing life in New York City and  made music out of the  compelling cacophony of NYC street noises: sirens,  firetrucks, river sounds, foghorns, and even skyscraper construction.

Density 21.5 was composed in 1936 (and revised in 194) at the request of Georges Barrère to inaugurate his new platinum flute.  (21.5 is the density of platinum.) Density 21.5 breaks the stereotype of typical French music. This 4 minute-long  ground-breaking piece offers free tonality, an immense dynamic range,  surgically precise rhythms, steely and wispy colors, and it showcases Varèse's love for percussion.

Varèse was more interested in the nature of sound rather than the aspect of melody.  Listen with curiosity to the sounds and enjoy the emotional ride.

Music:
Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12 for solo flute by Karen Kevra
Edgard Varèse -Poème électronique Kees Tazelaar, Edgard Varèse & Institute for Computer Music
Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle from Tale of Hoffman, Sir Neville Mariner
Frédéric Chopin - Ballade #4, Opus 52, Alfred Cortot
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1,  Philippe Entremont
Edgard Varèse - Amériques, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Edgard Varèse, Ionisation, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Edgard Varèse - Déserts, Choeurs de Radio France, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Claude Debussy - Syrinx, Karen Kevra
Cécile Chaminade - Concertino, Karen Kevra
Edgard Varèse - Density 21.5, Karen Kevra

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]]> Edgard Varèse is one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century and was called  "The stratospheric Colossus of Sound."  He lived life with intensity and composed the same way.  Varèse lived most of his composing life in New York City and  made music out of the  compelling cacophony of NYC street noises: sirens,  firetrucks, river sounds, foghorns, and even skyscraper construction.

Density 21.5 was composed in 1936 (and revised in 194) at the request of Georges Barrère to inaugurate his new platinum flute.  (21.5 is the density of platinum.) Density 21.5 breaks the stereotype of typical French music. This 4 minute-long  ground-breaking piece offers free tonality, an immense dynamic range,  surgically precise rhythms, steely and wispy colors, and it showcases Varèse's love for percussion.

Varèse was more interested in the nature of sound rather than the aspect of melody.  Listen with curiosity to the sounds and enjoy the emotional ride.

Music:
Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12 for solo flute by Karen Kevra
Edgard Varèse -Poème électronique Kees Tazelaar, Edgard Varèse & Institute for Computer Music
Jacques Offenbach - Barcarolle from Tale of Hoffman, Sir Neville Mariner
Frédéric Chopin - Ballade #4, Opus 52, Alfred Cortot
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1,  Philippe Entremont
Edgard Varèse - Amériques, The Philadelphia Orchestra
Edgard Varèse, Ionisation, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Edgard Varèse - Déserts, Choeurs de Radio France, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Claude Debussy - Syrinx, Karen Kevra
Cécile Chaminade - Concertino, Karen Kevra
Edgard Varèse - Density 21.5, Karen Kevra

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-13077591 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0400 873 2 15 full false FLUTE STORIES - Rimsky-Korsakov's FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE FLUTE STORIES - Rimsky-Korsakov's FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE Flight of the Bumblebee from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera  "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"--is at the heart of a fantastical tale which includes a large cast of characters including a king and a queen, a magical swan, and a prince turned bumblebee. It's a dazzling colorful encore piece, instantly recognizable and adopted by all kinds of instrumentalists, from string players, to pianists and of course flutists. The buzzier and the faster, the better!

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12  for solo flute by Karen Kevra 

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee by the Russian National Orchestra

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op. 35 - I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship,  André Previn · Rainer Küchl · Wiener Philharmoniker 

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee by Karen Kevra 

photo credit: Karen Kevra

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]]> Flight of the Bumblebee from Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera  "The Tale of Tsar Saltan"--is at the heart of a fantastical tale which includes a large cast of characters including a king and a queen, a magical swan, and a prince turned bumblebee. It's a dazzling colorful encore piece, instantly recognizable and adopted by all kinds of instrumentalists, from string players, to pianists and of course flutists. The buzzier and the faster, the better!

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12  for solo flute by Karen Kevra 

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee by the Russian National Orchestra

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op. 35 - I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship,  André Previn · Rainer Küchl · Wiener Philharmoniker 

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee by Karen Kevra 

photo credit: Karen Kevra

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-12784120 Thu, 04 May 2023 11:00:00 -0400 273 2 14 full false FLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's JADE FLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's JADE Pierre-Octave Ferroud wrote "Jade"- a tropical work for solo flute in July of 1921. There are two musical features in this Asian-styled French piece that give it its distinctly far eastern flavor. The first is the pentatonic scale-- the five pitches are tied to five elements:  wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The second feature is a rhythmic one --the ever present dotted rhythms give the piece a bubbling dance quality. This is imaginative music so close your eyes and travel to a tropical  beach with waterfalls, ancient canopied banyan trees, fluttering butterflies and the glittering jade colored sea...


Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Pierre-Octave Ferroud,  Bergère Captive

Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Jade

All flute pieces performed by  Karen Kevra 

photo credit: Karen Kevra

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]]> Pierre-Octave Ferroud wrote "Jade"- a tropical work for solo flute in July of 1921. There are two musical features in this Asian-styled French piece that give it its distinctly far eastern flavor. The first is the pentatonic scale-- the five pitches are tied to five elements:  wood, fire, earth, metal and water. The second feature is a rhythmic one --the ever present dotted rhythms give the piece a bubbling dance quality. This is imaginative music so close your eyes and travel to a tropical  beach with waterfalls, ancient canopied banyan trees, fluttering butterflies and the glittering jade colored sea...


Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Pierre-Octave Ferroud,  Bergère Captive

Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Jade

All flute pieces performed by  Karen Kevra 

photo credit: Karen Kevra

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-12245067 Tue, 14 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0500 361 2 13 full false FLUTE STORIES - Gabriel Fauré's MOURCEAU DE CONCOURS - A winter lullaby FLUTE STORIES - Gabriel Fauré's MOURCEAU DE CONCOURS - A winter lullaby One of the things that really sets Gabriel Fauré apart is the singing style of his music. He was an exceptional and prolific composer of song so it's no wonder that we hear that singing quality even in his instrumental works. Fauré's "Morceau de Concours" is an incredibly special tiny gem. Don't be fooled by the title. Though he wrote it as a sight-reading examination piece for students at the Paris Conservatory, it is a poetic lullaby. -A musical balm for this most dark time of year.

MUSIC:
Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra
Gabriel Fauré, Sicilienne, Op. 78, performed by Karen Kevra
Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in E flat major, performed by Jeffrey Chappell
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, performed by George Gershwin, piano with Paul Whiteman and the  Paul Whiteman Orchestra (Recorded June 10, 1924)
Gabriel Fauré, Violin Sonata no.1, op. 13, Allegro molto, performed by Arthur Grumiaux, violin, and Paul Crossley, piano
Gabriel Fauré, Piano Trio No. 1, Allegro molto moderato, performed by Marguerite Long, piano,  Jean Pasquier, violin, Pierre Pasquier, viola, Etienne Pasquier, cello
Gabriel Fauré, Piano Trio No. 1, Scherzo: allegro vivo, performed by Marguerite Long, piano,  Jean Pasquier, violin, Pierre Pasquier, viola, Etienne Pasquier, cello
Adjutant's Call/French Foreign Legion March, US Marine Band
Gabriel Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11, performed bythe Cambridge Singers, Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
Gabriel Fauré, Morceau de Concours, performed by Karen Kevra





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]]> One of the things that really sets Gabriel Fauré apart is the singing style of his music. He was an exceptional and prolific composer of song so it's no wonder that we hear that singing quality even in his instrumental works. Fauré's "Morceau de Concours" is an incredibly special tiny gem. Don't be fooled by the title. Though he wrote it as a sight-reading examination piece for students at the Paris Conservatory, it is a poetic lullaby. -A musical balm for this most dark time of year.

MUSIC:
Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra
Gabriel Fauré, Sicilienne, Op. 78, performed by Karen Kevra
Frédéric Chopin, Waltz in E flat major, performed by Jeffrey Chappell
George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, performed by George Gershwin, piano with Paul Whiteman and the  Paul Whiteman Orchestra (Recorded June 10, 1924)
Gabriel Fauré, Violin Sonata no.1, op. 13, Allegro molto, performed by Arthur Grumiaux, violin, and Paul Crossley, piano
Gabriel Fauré, Piano Trio No. 1, Allegro molto moderato, performed by Marguerite Long, piano,  Jean Pasquier, violin, Pierre Pasquier, viola, Etienne Pasquier, cello
Gabriel Fauré, Piano Trio No. 1, Scherzo: allegro vivo, performed by Marguerite Long, piano,  Jean Pasquier, violin, Pierre Pasquier, viola, Etienne Pasquier, cello
Adjutant's Call/French Foreign Legion March, US Marine Band
Gabriel Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11, performed bythe Cambridge Singers, Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia
Gabriel Fauré, Morceau de Concours, performed by Karen Kevra





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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-11837752 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0500 554 2 12 full false Beethoven Hymn of Thanksgiving-A meditation like no other Beethoven Hymn of Thanksgiving-A meditation like no other  Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra  discusses Beethoven's transcendent Hymn of Thanksgiving from the Op. 132 A minor string quartet with Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist of the Borromeo Quartet.

Credits:
Beethoven, Hymn Of Thanksgiving (String Quartet Op. 132, Movement III)
 Borromeo Quartet  - Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Kim, Cello)

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]]>  Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra  discusses Beethoven's transcendent Hymn of Thanksgiving from the Op. 132 A minor string quartet with Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist of the Borromeo Quartet.

Credits:
Beethoven, Hymn Of Thanksgiving (String Quartet Op. 132, Movement III)
 Borromeo Quartet  - Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Kim, Cello)

Use this link to hear and see the entire performance by the Borromeo String Quartet 

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-11746303 Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:00:00 -0500 957 2 11 full false FLUTE STORIES - C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in A minor - A meditation on autumn FLUTE STORIES - C.P.E. Bach's Sonata in A minor - A meditation on autumn CPE Bach was the second son of Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara Bach and to say he was a prolific composer is putting it mildly. CPE Bach wrote loads of flute music--sonatas, chamber music, and dazzling concerti. The tremendous output of flute music had to do with the fact that he had a flutist for a boss--Frederick the Great of Prussia. His touching Sonata in A minor for solo flute was composed in Berlin in 1747 and the opening movement is a palate of fall colors --golden yellows, reds, mahogany, and conifer green. This piece is a kind of meditation on the fall--it has an intimate quality unlike any other and it expresses the sadness of the passing of summer, the gratitude for the harvest, and the quality of turning inward as we light our fires and face the winter.  

MUSIC:

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra

C.P.E. Bach, Cello Concerto in A minor, Allegro assai, performed by Alison McGillivray, and The English Concert

C.P.E. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, Allegro, performed by Jean Rondeau, with Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h, Fanny Paccoud, Antoine Touche, Thomas de Pierrefeu, Evolène Kiener 


C.P.E. Bach Flute Concerto In D Minor,  Allegro Di Molto, performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal-flute, Pierre Boulez-conductor 

C.P.E. Bach Sonata in A minor for unaccompanied flute, performed by Karen Kevra

Robert Frost recites "Reluctance" -included for educational purposes

Photograph: Cornwall, Vermont backyard by Karen Kevra  

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]]> CPE Bach was the second son of Johann Sebastian and Maria Barbara Bach and to say he was a prolific composer is putting it mildly. CPE Bach wrote loads of flute music--sonatas, chamber music, and dazzling concerti. The tremendous output of flute music had to do with the fact that he had a flutist for a boss--Frederick the Great of Prussia. His touching Sonata in A minor for solo flute was composed in Berlin in 1747 and the opening movement is a palate of fall colors --golden yellows, reds, mahogany, and conifer green. This piece is a kind of meditation on the fall--it has an intimate quality unlike any other and it expresses the sadness of the passing of summer, the gratitude for the harvest, and the quality of turning inward as we light our fires and face the winter.  

MUSIC:

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra

C.P.E. Bach, Cello Concerto in A minor, Allegro assai, performed by Alison McGillivray, and The English Concert

C.P.E. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, Allegro, performed by Jean Rondeau, with Sophie Gent, Louis Creac'h, Fanny Paccoud, Antoine Touche, Thomas de Pierrefeu, Evolène Kiener 


C.P.E. Bach Flute Concerto In D Minor,  Allegro Di Molto, performed by Jean-Pierre Rampal-flute, Pierre Boulez-conductor 

C.P.E. Bach Sonata in A minor for unaccompanied flute, performed by Karen Kevra

Robert Frost recites "Reluctance" -included for educational purposes

Photograph: Cornwall, Vermont backyard by Karen Kevra  

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-11680202 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0500 618 2 10 full false FLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's FANTASY FLUTE STORIES - Friedrich Kuhlau's FANTASY Fredrich Kuhlau was admired by Beethoven and is known as "the Beethoven of the flute." He wrote his gorgeous Fantasy in D major for solo flute in 1820 during a four-month stay in Vienna. Perhaps the Danube river provided inspiration for this silky, rippling Romantic music...

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra

Fredrich Kuhlau, Fantasy, Op. 38 in D major, Adagio, performed by Karen Kevra 

J.S. Bach, Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542, performed by Hans-André Stamm-organ 

Beethoven, Choral Fantasy, Op. 80, performed by Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir, Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director, Tengku Irfan, piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXnA7-TD4Q

Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - I. Adagio sostenuto performed by Maurizio Pollini-piano 

Beethoven, Symphony #6 "Pastorale" - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor

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Artwork: Danube landscape near Regensburg, by Albrecht Altdorfer

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]]> Fredrich Kuhlau was admired by Beethoven and is known as "the Beethoven of the flute." He wrote his gorgeous Fantasy in D major for solo flute in 1820 during a four-month stay in Vienna. Perhaps the Danube river provided inspiration for this silky, rippling Romantic music...

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra

Fredrich Kuhlau, Fantasy, Op. 38 in D major, Adagio, performed by Karen Kevra 

J.S. Bach, Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542, performed by Hans-André Stamm-organ 

Beethoven, Choral Fantasy, Op. 80, performed by Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir, Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director, Tengku Irfan, piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXnA7-TD4Q

Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" - I. Adagio sostenuto performed by Maurizio Pollini-piano 

Beethoven, Symphony #6 "Pastorale" - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor

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Artwork: Danube landscape near Regensburg, by Albrecht Altdorfer

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]]> Buzzsprout-11083427 Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:00:00 -0400 505 2 9 full false FLUTE STORIES - Johannès Donjon's SUMMER MUSIC FLUTE STORIES - Johannès Donjon's SUMMER MUSIC Frenchman Johannès Donjon's Etudes de Salon are whimsical and summery music. His miniature "Song of the Wind", "Élégie", and "Will-O'-the Wisp" require sure-footed technique. Even so, this fun music oozes with color, expression and imagination.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Johannès Donjon, Song of the Wind, Élégie, Will-O'-the Wisp

Performed by  Karen Kevra. 

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]]> Frenchman Johannès Donjon's Etudes de Salon are whimsical and summery music. His miniature "Song of the Wind", "Élégie", and "Will-O'-the Wisp" require sure-footed technique. Even so, this fun music oozes with color, expression and imagination.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Johannès Donjon, Song of the Wind, Élégie, Will-O'-the Wisp

Performed by  Karen Kevra. 

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10969243 Sat, 16 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0400 567 2 8 full false FLUTE STORIES - Jindřich Feld's MEDITATION FLUTE STORIES - Jindřich Feld's MEDITATION It's been a period of intense news and worldwide stress. At times like these you've got to turn it off and turn to music. Czech composer Jindřich Feld's 1957 Meditation is a sublime 2.5 minute work that offers a respite from the news.  Try the simple meditative approach for a deep listening experience.

Ray Chen-violin, and Julio Elizalde-piano perform Jules Massenet Meditation from Thais  Karen Kevra-flute, performs Jindřich Feld's Meditation.

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]]> It's been a period of intense news and worldwide stress. At times like these you've got to turn it off and turn to music. Czech composer Jindřich Feld's 1957 Meditation is a sublime 2.5 minute work that offers a respite from the news.  Try the simple meditative approach for a deep listening experience.

Ray Chen-violin, and Julio Elizalde-piano perform Jules Massenet Meditation from Thais  Karen Kevra-flute, performs Jindřich Feld's Meditation.

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10893297 Sat, 02 Jul 2022 07:00:00 -0400 383 2 8 full false FLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's BERGERE CAPTIVE FLUTE STORIES - Pierre-Octave Ferroud's BERGERE CAPTIVE Pierre-Octave Ferroud wrote his "Bergère Captive", a gorgeous and plaintive work for solo flute in July of 1921. You've probably never heard of Ferroud because he died a grisly pedestrian death when he stepped out into an oncoming car and was killed at the age of 36. It's a tragedy because if you listen to his colorful and inventive music you will understand why he won the attention  of Prokofiev, Poulenc and Stravinsky! His "Captive Shepherd" is musical storytelling at its best--full of imagination, a summery rainbow of colors, and deep emotion.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Pierre-Octave Ferroud,  Jade

Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Bergère Captive

All flute pieces performed by  Karen Kevra 

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]]> Pierre-Octave Ferroud wrote his "Bergère Captive", a gorgeous and plaintive work for solo flute in July of 1921. You've probably never heard of Ferroud because he died a grisly pedestrian death when he stepped out into an oncoming car and was killed at the age of 36. It's a tragedy because if you listen to his colorful and inventive music you will understand why he won the attention  of Prokofiev, Poulenc and Stravinsky! His "Captive Shepherd" is musical storytelling at its best--full of imagination, a summery rainbow of colors, and deep emotion.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Pierre-Octave Ferroud,  Jade

Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Bergère Captive

All flute pieces performed by  Karen Kevra 

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10806675 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:00:00 -0400 328 2 7 full true FLUTE STORIES - J.S. Bach's SARABANDE from Partita in A minor FLUTE STORIES - J.S. Bach's SARABANDE from Partita in A minor Johann Sebastian Bach was incredibly generous with the flute.  He wrote several full scale sonatas, gave the flute has starring roles in two of the Brandenburg concerti, and beautiful obbligato parts in countless arias, but there is just one solo partita. The slow movement from his A minor flute Partita-a Sarabande -is a dance form with both Arab and Spanish origins and has a silky, sensual quality. Imagine a kind of "dance of the seven veils. " Way back in 1583, King Philip II of Spain had  the Sarabande banned because it was said to ‘excite bad emotions’.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D major, BWV 1050 mmt. 1 Allegro
Karen Kevra-flute,  Lucy Chapman-violin Elizabeth Metcalfe-harpsichord  

J.S. Bach "Schafe können sicher weiden" (Sheep may safely graze) from his Cantata BWV 208. Hyunah Yu-soprano, Karen Kevra & Kenichi Ueda-flutes  

J.S. Bach, Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV1007, Edward Arron-cello

All flute pieces performed by  Karen Kevra 

Manuscript of J.S.Bach's Partita in A minor.

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]]> Johann Sebastian Bach was incredibly generous with the flute.  He wrote several full scale sonatas, gave the flute has starring roles in two of the Brandenburg concerti, and beautiful obbligato parts in countless arias, but there is just one solo partita. The slow movement from his A minor flute Partita-a Sarabande -is a dance form with both Arab and Spanish origins and has a silky, sensual quality. Imagine a kind of "dance of the seven veils. " Way back in 1583, King Philip II of Spain had  the Sarabande banned because it was said to ‘excite bad emotions’.

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto #5 in D major, BWV 1050 mmt. 1 Allegro
Karen Kevra-flute,  Lucy Chapman-violin Elizabeth Metcalfe-harpsichord  

J.S. Bach "Schafe können sicher weiden" (Sheep may safely graze) from his Cantata BWV 208. Hyunah Yu-soprano, Karen Kevra & Kenichi Ueda-flutes  

J.S. Bach, Prelude from Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV1007, Edward Arron-cello

All flute pieces performed by  Karen Kevra 

Manuscript of J.S.Bach's Partita in A minor.

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10621752 Sun, 15 May 2022 16:00:00 -0400 907 2 6 full false FLUTE STORIES - Carl Nielsen's THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING FLUTE STORIES - Carl Nielsen's THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING "THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING" is a tiny fairy-tale of a piece for solo flute written by Denmark's best-known composer Carl Nielsen in 1920 as incidental music for a play called "The Mother." The whimsical music is a tip of the cap to Hans Christian Andersen and sounds like kids on playground on a spring day--leaping and laughter and teasing and taunting with a mix of sun and clouds. 

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Claude Debussy, Syrinx

Carl Nielsen, The Children are Playing

All flute piece performed by  Karen Kevra 


Frank Loesser, I'm Hans Christian Andersen performed by Danny Kaye

Artwork: Sibylle von Olfers, Mother Earth and Her Children

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]]> "THE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING" is a tiny fairy-tale of a piece for solo flute written by Denmark's best-known composer Carl Nielsen in 1920 as incidental music for a play called "The Mother." The whimsical music is a tip of the cap to Hans Christian Andersen and sounds like kids on playground on a spring day--leaping and laughter and teasing and taunting with a mix of sun and clouds. 

Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12

Claude Debussy, Syrinx

Carl Nielsen, The Children are Playing

All flute piece performed by  Karen Kevra 


Frank Loesser, I'm Hans Christian Andersen performed by Danny Kaye

Artwork: Sibylle von Olfers, Mother Earth and Her Children

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10503826 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0400 208 2 5 full false Remembering Legendary National Georaphic Photographer Jim Blair on his Birthday Remembering Legendary National Georaphic Photographer Jim Blair on his Birthday In this encore episode James Pease Blair, one of National Geographic's legendary photographers  talked about love, life, and legacy. 

Jim began his 32 year career at the National Geographic Society with a splash as staff photographer on board Jacques Cousteau's Calypso in 1962. As a photography student in the fifties at the Institute of Design in Chicago, he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, but it was his years as a summer intern with Roy E. Stryker, at the Pittsburgh Photographic Library that made the biggest impression on Jim. Jim Blair's artistry and empathy brought a new kind of humanity to National Geographic which went from being a travel and culture magazine to a  journal which included social and environmental images that revealed the soul of planet and its inhabitants.

Don't miss this powerfully moving episode on the 91st anniversary of his birth.

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]]> In this encore episode James Pease Blair, one of National Geographic's legendary photographers  talked about love, life, and legacy. 

Jim began his 32 year career at the National Geographic Society with a splash as staff photographer on board Jacques Cousteau's Calypso in 1962. As a photography student in the fifties at the Institute of Design in Chicago, he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, but it was his years as a summer intern with Roy E. Stryker, at the Pittsburgh Photographic Library that made the biggest impression on Jim. Jim Blair's artistry and empathy brought a new kind of humanity to National Geographic which went from being a travel and culture magazine to a  journal which included social and environmental images that revealed the soul of planet and its inhabitants.

Don't miss this powerfully moving episode on the 91st anniversary of his birth.

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10435122 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0400 2348 2 4 full false FLUTE STORIES - Louis Moyse's PASTORALE FLUTE STORIES - Louis Moyse's PASTORALE Composer/flutist/pianist Louis Moyse's Pastorale was written in 1925 when he was just 14 years old.  Louis was the son of the great French flutist Marcel Moyse, and he grew up steeped in Parisian culture and with the sound of the flute in his ears and his heart. That influence shows in this evocative, oh-so-French piece that sounds like a marriage between Impressionism and springtime in the French countryside.  



 Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra 

 Louis Moyse, Pastorale, performed by Karen Kevra  

John Lunn, Downton Abbey Theme, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra  

J.S. Bach, Gavotte, performed by Karen Kevra  

Cecile Chaminade, Concertino, performed by Karen Kevra  

Sakura, traditional Japanese folktune, performed by Karen Kevra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, Allegro aperto, performed by Marcel Moyse  

Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka, Wiener Philharmonic  

Cab Calloway, Jumpin' Jive  

Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jubilee Stomp  

Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, Berlin Philharmonic

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]]> Composer/flutist/pianist Louis Moyse's Pastorale was written in 1925 when he was just 14 years old.  Louis was the son of the great French flutist Marcel Moyse, and he grew up steeped in Parisian culture and with the sound of the flute in his ears and his heart. That influence shows in this evocative, oh-so-French piece that sounds like a marriage between Impressionism and springtime in the French countryside.  



 Georg Philip Telemann, Fantaisie No. 12, performed by Karen Kevra 

 Louis Moyse, Pastorale, performed by Karen Kevra  

John Lunn, Downton Abbey Theme, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra  

J.S. Bach, Gavotte, performed by Karen Kevra  

Cecile Chaminade, Concertino, performed by Karen Kevra  

Sakura, traditional Japanese folktune, performed by Karen Kevra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, Allegro aperto, performed by Marcel Moyse  

Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka, Wiener Philharmonic  

Cab Calloway, Jumpin' Jive  

Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jubilee Stomp  

Maurice Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2, Berlin Philharmonic

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10387005 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0400 682 full false FLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITS FLUTE STORIES - Katherine Hoover's WINTER SPIRITS Composer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny beneficent spirits rises from the flute into a cloud. Elements of dance, chant, and drumming combine to create a mystical, magical soundscape. 


Katherine Hoover, Kokopeli
Katherine Hoover, Winter Spirits
performed by Karen Kevra, flute

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]]> Composer Katherine Hoover's Winter Spirits is a musical tribute to the American Desert Southwest. This 5 minute piece was inspired by Marie Buchfink's artwork picturing a cross-legged native American flute player: A colorful cloud of tiny beneficent spirits rises from the flute into a cloud. Elements of dance, chant, and drumming combine to create a mystical, magical soundscape. 


Katherine Hoover, Kokopeli
Katherine Hoover, Winter Spirits
performed by Karen Kevra, flute

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10290282 Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400 679 full false FLUTE STORIES - Debussy's SYRINX FLUTE STORIES - Debussy's SYRINX In this first full episode of the FLUTE STORIES MINI-SERIES host and flutist Karen Kevra explores Claude Debussy's  magical mythical Syrinx, the finest gem of the solo flute repertoire.

Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Claude Debussy, Syrinx
CPE Bach, Poco Adagio from Sonata in A minor for solo flute
Karen Kevra, flute

Albert von Tilzer, Take Me Out to the Ballgame,
Mark Herman, organ

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]]> In this first full episode of the FLUTE STORIES MINI-SERIES host and flutist Karen Kevra explores Claude Debussy's  magical mythical Syrinx, the finest gem of the solo flute repertoire.

Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Claude Debussy, Syrinx
CPE Bach, Poco Adagio from Sonata in A minor for solo flute
Karen Kevra, flute

Albert von Tilzer, Take Me Out to the Ballgame,
Mark Herman, organ

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10220825 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:00:00 -0500 480 full false FLUTE STORIES - a new mini-series from Muse Mentors FLUTE STORIES - a new mini-series from Muse Mentors Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra is your guide in Flute Stories--These  short episodes weave performances of flute music with the stories behind them. 

All performances by Karen Kevra

Georg Philipp Telemann, Fantasie #12 in G minor
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee
Joachim Anderson, Etude in G major, #3, Op. 15
Louis Moyse, Pastorale
Claude Debussy, Syrinx
Jules Mouquet, Pan and the Birds
Edgard Varèse, Density 21.5
Carl Nielsen,  The children are playing

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]]> Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra is your guide in Flute Stories--These  short episodes weave performances of flute music with the stories behind them. 

All performances by Karen Kevra

Georg Philipp Telemann, Fantasie #12 in G minor
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, Flight of the Bumblebee
Joachim Anderson, Etude in G major, #3, Op. 15
Louis Moyse, Pastorale
Claude Debussy, Syrinx
Jules Mouquet, Pan and the Birds
Edgard Varèse, Density 21.5
Carl Nielsen,  The children are playing

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-10220521 Wed, 09 Mar 2022 16:00:00 -0500 208 trailer false Violinist Nicholas Kitchen and his mentor Szymon Goldberg ~a beautiful musical paradox of old technology and new... Violinist Nicholas Kitchen and his mentor Szymon Goldberg ~a beautiful musical paradox of old technology and new... Nicholas Kitchen, one of the country's leading violinists is a founding member of the Boston-based Borromeo String Quartet. Nick is perhaps the most important protégé of the great Polish violinist Szymon Goldberg. Nick has been loaned his teacher's violin-- the Giuseppe Guarneri, Cremona, ca. 1730, "Goldberg-Baron Vitta" to play throughout his career. In his musical life, Nick was first nurtured by his musically hands-on parents and later through his mentorship with Goldberg.  Nick's rich and profound musical life is a beautiful paradox of old and new technology.
Music credits:
Schubert, Death and The Maiden String Quartet, Borromeo Quartet
JP Sousa, Semper Fidelis, The President's Own Marine Band
Beethoven, Violin Sonata, Op. 24 "Spring", Szymon Goldberg-violin, Lili Krauss-piano 
JS Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Hans-André Stamm-organ
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, mmt. 3 Rondo,  Henryk Szeryng-violin, Hans Zender-conductor
Schubert, Mass No. 5 in A Flat Major, D.678 - 4. Sanctus Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
JS Bach,  Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV 542 - Van Doeselaar
Beethoven, String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1, Borromeo Quartet
JS Bach, Adagio, BWV 1110, Nicholas Kitchen
Kreisler, Liebeslied, Fritz Kreisler
Handel, Op. 1, No. 13 mmt. 1 D Major Sonata, Szymon Goldberg-violin, Gerald Moore-piano
Polish folksong for mandolines
JS Bach, Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro, Syzmon Goldberg-violin
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, mmt. 1, Syzmon Goldberg-violin
Mozart, Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Minor, K.304 - Tempo di minuetto, Syzmon Goldberg-violin and Radu Lupu-piano
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K219, mmt. 1
Beethoven, String Quartet, No. 13, Op. 130,  Borromeo Quartet
Louis Moyse, Second Sonata, Scherzo, Karen Kevra-flute, Paul Orgel-piano
Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 20, Berling Philharmonic, Von Karajan
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, mmt. 3 , Adagio molto e cantabile, Furtwängler

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]]> Nicholas Kitchen, one of the country's leading violinists is a founding member of the Boston-based Borromeo String Quartet. Nick is perhaps the most important protégé of the great Polish violinist Szymon Goldberg. Nick has been loaned his teacher's violin-- the Giuseppe Guarneri, Cremona, ca. 1730, "Goldberg-Baron Vitta" to play throughout his career. In his musical life, Nick was first nurtured by his musically hands-on parents and later through his mentorship with Goldberg.  Nick's rich and profound musical life is a beautiful paradox of old and new technology.
Music credits:
Schubert, Death and The Maiden String Quartet, Borromeo Quartet
JP Sousa, Semper Fidelis, The President's Own Marine Band
Beethoven, Violin Sonata, Op. 24 "Spring", Szymon Goldberg-violin, Lili Krauss-piano 
JS Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565, Hans-André Stamm-organ
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, mmt. 3 Rondo,  Henryk Szeryng-violin, Hans Zender-conductor
Schubert, Mass No. 5 in A Flat Major, D.678 - 4. Sanctus Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge
JS Bach,  Fantasia and fugue in G minor BWV 542 - Van Doeselaar
Beethoven, String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1, Borromeo Quartet
JS Bach, Adagio, BWV 1110, Nicholas Kitchen
Kreisler, Liebeslied, Fritz Kreisler
Handel, Op. 1, No. 13 mmt. 1 D Major Sonata, Szymon Goldberg-violin, Gerald Moore-piano
Polish folksong for mandolines
JS Bach, Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro, Syzmon Goldberg-violin
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, mmt. 1, Syzmon Goldberg-violin
Mozart, Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Minor, K.304 - Tempo di minuetto, Syzmon Goldberg-violin and Radu Lupu-piano
Mozart, Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K219, mmt. 1
Beethoven, String Quartet, No. 13, Op. 130,  Borromeo Quartet
Louis Moyse, Second Sonata, Scherzo, Karen Kevra-flute, Paul Orgel-piano
Strauss, Don Juan, Op. 20, Berling Philharmonic, Von Karajan
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, mmt. 3 , Adagio molto e cantabile, Furtwängler

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-9888969 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:00:00 -0500 2264 2 3 full false Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome  tenor voice really shines when joined by his singing comrades (John Roberts, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis) from the band Nowell Sing We Clear. This is top-notch exuberant music-making in a traditional style that will have you singing along, dancing, and entranced by the magic of the story-telling. Tony Barrand offers tales of his mentors and mentees, and plenty of music in this episode. Guaranteed to brighten your days during this darkest time of year. This is an encore episode from Christmas eve 2020.

Special thanks to:
Andy Davis, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy, Amanda Witman, Peter Amidon, Sue Dupre, Kari Smith, Carol Compton, Carole Crompton, and Rachel Bell

Music, courtesy Golden Hind Music
Click here to order  Nowell Sing We Clear: Songs & Carols for Midwinter & Christmastide


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]]> Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, or make them sparkle depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome  tenor voice really shines when joined by his singing comrades (John Roberts, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis) from the band Nowell Sing We Clear. This is top-notch exuberant music-making in a traditional style that will have you singing along, dancing, and entranced by the magic of the story-telling. Tony Barrand offers tales of his mentors and mentees, and plenty of music in this episode. Guaranteed to brighten your days during this darkest time of year. This is an encore episode from Christmas eve 2020.

Special thanks to:
Andy Davis, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy, Amanda Witman, Peter Amidon, Sue Dupre, Kari Smith, Carol Compton, Carole Crompton, and Rachel Bell

Music, courtesy Golden Hind Music
Click here to order  Nowell Sing We Clear: Songs & Carols for Midwinter & Christmastide


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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-9761898 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 11:00:00 -0500 4324 2 2 full false Muse Mentors celebrates first anniversary with a reflection on Beethoven's transcendent Op. 132 string quartet Muse Mentors celebrates first anniversary with a reflection on Beethoven's transcendent Op. 132 string quartet In this short anniversary episode, Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra looks back on a year with a podcast, and a year without concerts.  She previews an upcoming concert by Boston's Borromeo Quartet and discusses Beethoven's transcendent Op. 132 A minor string quartet with Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist of the Borromeo quartet.

Credits:
Kuhlau, Fantaisie in D major, Adagio - Karen Kevra-flute
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Beethoven, Hymn Of Thanksgiving (String Quartet Op. 132, Movement III) - Borromeo Quartet  - Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Kim, Cello)
Beethoven party hat image:  Sharon Su 

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]]> In this short anniversary episode, Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra looks back on a year with a podcast, and a year without concerts.  She previews an upcoming concert by Boston's Borromeo Quartet and discusses Beethoven's transcendent Op. 132 A minor string quartet with Nicholas Kitchen, the first violinist of the Borromeo quartet.

Credits:
Kuhlau, Fantaisie in D major, Adagio - Karen Kevra-flute
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Beethoven, Hymn Of Thanksgiving (String Quartet Op. 132, Movement III) - Borromeo Quartet  - Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Kim, Cello)
Beethoven party hat image:  Sharon Su 

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-9340739 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 19:00:00 -0400 545 2 1 bonus false The Circus of Life: Rob Mermin and his mentor Marcel Marceau The Circus of Life: Rob Mermin and his mentor Marcel Marceau Encore episode:  Rob Mermin ran off to join the circus in 1969 at the age of 19. He clowned with renowned European circuses, including England’s Circus Hoffman, Sweden’s Cirkus Scott, Denmark’s Circus Benneweis in the famous Circus Building by the Tivoli, and many more. It was his long mentorship with the iconic French mime Marcel Marceau that shaped him as a performer and inspired him to dream and make plans.  In 1987 he founded Circus Smirkus, the embodiment of Rob -- the touch of wonder, the charm, the story line, the mime and the humor. An enthralling story-teller, Rob Mermin  make you laugh and he'll make you cry with his stories of discovery and loss, and of course mentoring--first as a protégé and later through his own rich legacy of mentorship of some of the greatest circus performers on earth.   

*****
The accordion music was provided by Rachel Bell and includes Susan Kevra-clarinet, and Karen Axelrod-keyboards.

Mozart PianoConcerto #21 licensed by Creative Commons.

Rob Mermin's Parkinson's Pantomime Project.

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]]> Encore episode:  Rob Mermin ran off to join the circus in 1969 at the age of 19. He clowned with renowned European circuses, including England’s Circus Hoffman, Sweden’s Cirkus Scott, Denmark’s Circus Benneweis in the famous Circus Building by the Tivoli, and many more. It was his long mentorship with the iconic French mime Marcel Marceau that shaped him as a performer and inspired him to dream and make plans.  In 1987 he founded Circus Smirkus, the embodiment of Rob -- the touch of wonder, the charm, the story line, the mime and the humor. An enthralling story-teller, Rob Mermin  make you laugh and he'll make you cry with his stories of discovery and loss, and of course mentoring--first as a protégé and later through his own rich legacy of mentorship of some of the greatest circus performers on earth.   

*****
The accordion music was provided by Rachel Bell and includes Susan Kevra-clarinet, and Karen Axelrod-keyboards.

Mozart PianoConcerto #21 licensed by Creative Commons.

Rob Mermin's Parkinson's Pantomime Project.

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-9076637 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:00:00 -0400 2960 1 14 full false Happy Birthday Leon Fleisher! Happy Birthday Leon Fleisher! In this encore episode of Muse Mentors, pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative relationship with his mentor the legendary Leon Fleisher. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity through the lens of his teacher's career-altering medical condition. The episode closes with the voice of Leon Fleisher who offers powerful words to live by. 

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]]> In this encore episode of Muse Mentors, pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative relationship with his mentor the legendary Leon Fleisher. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity through the lens of his teacher's career-altering medical condition. The episode closes with the voice of Leon Fleisher who offers powerful words to live by. 

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-8912264 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0400 2257 1 13 full false Kerrin McCadden is a Poem Kerrin McCadden is a Poem Kerrin McCadden's new collection of poems called American Wake is made of the stuff of life --subjects like family, divorce, raising children, love and even her brother's tragic death by drug overdose are poignantly bound together by her strong Irish Heritage and her family's immigrant story. American Wake, is an actual term that refers to a kind of "Irish wake-style" farewell party that was thrown for Irish families the night before before they set sail for America. A lot of us dabble in ancestry and build family trees, but Kerrin McCadden has made it a way of life.  Kerrin is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and has received the Sustainable Arts Foundation Writing Award, the Vermont Book Award, the New Issues Poetry Prize, and the Button Poetry  Prize.  Her poems have appeared in Best  American Poetry, American Poetry Review, New  England Review, and more. Her books are American Wake (2021), Keep This To Yourself (2020), Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes (2014).  Her mentors are poets David Budbill and Ellen Bryant Voigt.

MUSIC CREDITS:

Liz Carroll, The Drunken Sailor

Liz Carroll, A Day and An Age




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]]> Kerrin McCadden's new collection of poems called American Wake is made of the stuff of life --subjects like family, divorce, raising children, love and even her brother's tragic death by drug overdose are poignantly bound together by her strong Irish Heritage and her family's immigrant story. American Wake, is an actual term that refers to a kind of "Irish wake-style" farewell party that was thrown for Irish families the night before before they set sail for America. A lot of us dabble in ancestry and build family trees, but Kerrin McCadden has made it a way of life.  Kerrin is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and has received the Sustainable Arts Foundation Writing Award, the Vermont Book Award, the New Issues Poetry Prize, and the Button Poetry  Prize.  Her poems have appeared in Best  American Poetry, American Poetry Review, New  England Review, and more. Her books are American Wake (2021), Keep This To Yourself (2020), Landscape with Plywood Silhouettes (2014).  Her mentors are poets David Budbill and Ellen Bryant Voigt.

MUSIC CREDITS:

Liz Carroll, The Drunken Sailor

Liz Carroll, A Day and An Age




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]]> https://musementors.com/ Kerrin McCadden Buzzsprout-8764208 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:00:00 -0400 3811 Kerrin, McCadden, Muse Mentors, American Wake 1 12 full false Lou Kosma: Mensch of the MET Lou Kosma: Mensch of the MET Lou Kosma was a bass player in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 36 years. He grew up in Philadelphia in the fifties in a blue collar Italian American family - a loving home where the sound of Italian tarantellas  played on guitar and accordion spilled from the windows, and the smell of frying meatballs and Roma tomato sauce filled the air. Little did his working class family know that their son would one day ascend to one of the greatest orchestras in the world! But that full-time job wasn't quite enough for Lou Kosma who has been, for his whole life, a generous teacher, conducting an array of youth and community orchestras with warmth and passion. Lou was shaped by his mentor Edward Arian, a Renaissance man who had  three remarkable careers including a 20 year tenure as a bass player with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Arian lead an eight-week strike that got the musicians their first guaranteed 52- week salary. Lou  Kosma learned a thing or two from his mentor--determination, integrity, generosity, and love of music.   

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]]> Lou Kosma was a bass player in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra for 36 years. He grew up in Philadelphia in the fifties in a blue collar Italian American family - a loving home where the sound of Italian tarantellas  played on guitar and accordion spilled from the windows, and the smell of frying meatballs and Roma tomato sauce filled the air. Little did his working class family know that their son would one day ascend to one of the greatest orchestras in the world! But that full-time job wasn't quite enough for Lou Kosma who has been, for his whole life, a generous teacher, conducting an array of youth and community orchestras with warmth and passion. Lou was shaped by his mentor Edward Arian, a Renaissance man who had  three remarkable careers including a 20 year tenure as a bass player with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Arian lead an eight-week strike that got the musicians their first guaranteed 52- week salary. Lou  Kosma learned a thing or two from his mentor--determination, integrity, generosity, and love of music.   

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]]> Lou Kosma Buzzsprout-8550605 Wed, 19 May 2021 13:00:00 -0400 2301 Lou, Kosma, Metropolitan, Opera, MET, bass, Edward Arian 1 11 full false National Geographic photographer James Pease Blair: Making Pictures- life, love, and legacy National Geographic photographer James Pease Blair: Making Pictures- life, love, and legacy James Pease Blair, one of National Geographic's legendary photographers  talks about love, life, and legacy. 

Jim began his 32 year career at the National Geographic Society with a splash as staff photographer on board Jacques Cousteau's Calypso in 1962. As a photography student in the fifties at the Institute of Design in Chicago, he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, but it was his years as a summer intern with Roy E. Stryker, at the Pittsburgh Photographic Library that made the biggest impression on Jim. Jim Blair's artistry and empathy brought a new kind of humanity to National Geographic which went from being a travel and culture magazine to a  journal which included social and environmental images that revealed the soul of planet and its inhabitants.

Now in this late chapter of his life, Jim is contending with a lung condition that his reduced him to 35 percent breathing capacity, and yet he continues to live life with eyes and heart wide open. Don't miss this powerfully moving episode.

MUSIC:
Taps- Bugle Call: USMC Drum & Bugle Corps
Happy Birthday-Jazz Piano Arrangement by Jonny May
Chicago- Frank Sinatra 
Juke- Little Walter
Government Camp Song-Mary and Betty Campbell, Shafter FSA Camp, August 9, 1941
There's a Pawn Shop on The Corner -Guy Mitchell
PittsburghTown-Pete Seeger 
The Aquarium, Carnival of the Animals-Camille Saint-Saens
Calypso-John Denver
National Geographic 1964 - 1987 Full Theme

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]]> James Pease Blair, one of National Geographic's legendary photographers  talks about love, life, and legacy. 

Jim began his 32 year career at the National Geographic Society with a splash as staff photographer on board Jacques Cousteau's Calypso in 1962. As a photography student in the fifties at the Institute of Design in Chicago, he studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, but it was his years as a summer intern with Roy E. Stryker, at the Pittsburgh Photographic Library that made the biggest impression on Jim. Jim Blair's artistry and empathy brought a new kind of humanity to National Geographic which went from being a travel and culture magazine to a  journal which included social and environmental images that revealed the soul of planet and its inhabitants.

Now in this late chapter of his life, Jim is contending with a lung condition that his reduced him to 35 percent breathing capacity, and yet he continues to live life with eyes and heart wide open. Don't miss this powerfully moving episode.

MUSIC:
Taps- Bugle Call: USMC Drum & Bugle Corps
Happy Birthday-Jazz Piano Arrangement by Jonny May
Chicago- Frank Sinatra 
Juke- Little Walter
Government Camp Song-Mary and Betty Campbell, Shafter FSA Camp, August 9, 1941
There's a Pawn Shop on The Corner -Guy Mitchell
PittsburghTown-Pete Seeger 
The Aquarium, Carnival of the Animals-Camille Saint-Saens
Calypso-John Denver
National Geographic 1964 - 1987 Full Theme

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]]> James Pease Blair Buzzsprout-8313308 Sun, 11 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400 2318 James Pease Blair, Blair, National Geographic, Jim Blair, photographer, Kevra, Karen Kevra 1 10 full false Dr. Eli Newberger: Music Man/Medicine Man Dr. Eli Newberger: Music Man/Medicine Man It can sound hyperbolic to make the claim that a person has changed the world and made it a better place. In the case of Eli Newberger, it is utterly true.

Eli Newberger is equal parts music man and medicine man. He was the key prosecution witness in the trial of Louise Woodward, the British nanny convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 8-month-old in Boston in1997. Later during the Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal, he offered his expertise on the effects of abuse on children and their families. Eli Newberger's ground-breaking work resulted in the formation of the child-protection program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and he's the author of many publications including an important and accessible book on the development of character in boys called The Men They Will Become.

Before Eli became a doctor, he was a musician. And perhaps it's because of music, that he became a doctor...Hear his inspiring origin story about his mentorship with the late New York Philharmonic principal tuba William Bell; his professional career in music, including his long tenure as a founding member of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, and work with pianists Butch Thompson and Bob Winter; and his inspiring and generous work developing an El Sistema music program in the Berkshires.  

MUSIC:

Carolina Shout: James P. Johnson, piano  
Cyrus the Great: US Air Force Band  
Overture to Candide: New York Philharmonic  
Yankee Doodle: Vivian Williams, Phil Williams, Howard Marshall, John Williams  
Franck: Symphony in D minor: Berlin Philharmonic  
Vaughan-Williams, Bass Tuba Concerto in F Minor: II. Romanza: Walter Hilgers  
I'm Just Wild About Harry: Butch Thompson, Eli Newberger, and Jimmy Mazzy 
Carnival of Venice Variations: Carol Jantsch  
Issa Keita, balafon (marimba) virtuoso, Bamako, Mali  
Bugle Boy March: New Black Eagle Jazz Band  
Arturo Márquez: Danzón Nº 2: Gustavo Dudamel at the Proms   

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]]> It can sound hyperbolic to make the claim that a person has changed the world and made it a better place. In the case of Eli Newberger, it is utterly true.

Eli Newberger is equal parts music man and medicine man. He was the key prosecution witness in the trial of Louise Woodward, the British nanny convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 8-month-old in Boston in1997. Later during the Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal, he offered his expertise on the effects of abuse on children and their families. Eli Newberger's ground-breaking work resulted in the formation of the child-protection program at Boston Children’s Hospital, and he's the author of many publications including an important and accessible book on the development of character in boys called The Men They Will Become.

Before Eli became a doctor, he was a musician. And perhaps it's because of music, that he became a doctor...Hear his inspiring origin story about his mentorship with the late New York Philharmonic principal tuba William Bell; his professional career in music, including his long tenure as a founding member of the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, and work with pianists Butch Thompson and Bob Winter; and his inspiring and generous work developing an El Sistema music program in the Berkshires.  

MUSIC:

Carolina Shout: James P. Johnson, piano  
Cyrus the Great: US Air Force Band  
Overture to Candide: New York Philharmonic  
Yankee Doodle: Vivian Williams, Phil Williams, Howard Marshall, John Williams  
Franck: Symphony in D minor: Berlin Philharmonic  
Vaughan-Williams, Bass Tuba Concerto in F Minor: II. Romanza: Walter Hilgers  
I'm Just Wild About Harry: Butch Thompson, Eli Newberger, and Jimmy Mazzy 
Carnival of Venice Variations: Carol Jantsch  
Issa Keita, balafon (marimba) virtuoso, Bamako, Mali  
Bugle Boy March: New Black Eagle Jazz Band  
Arturo Márquez: Danzón Nº 2: Gustavo Dudamel at the Proms   

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]]> https://musementors.com/ Eli Newberger Buzzsprout-8164638 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0400 2022 Newberger, Eli, Bell, William, Bill, Muse, Mentors, Boston, pediatrician, doctor, hospital, Karen, Kevra 1 9 full false The Joy of Fluting: Flutist Paula Robison and her mentor Marcel Moyse The Joy of Fluting: Flutist Paula Robison and her mentor Marcel Moyse Paula Robison was born in Nashville to an extraordinary family of actors, writers, dancers, and musicians. She grew up in Los Angeles not only playing the flute, but studying dance with Bella Lewitzky and theater with Jeff Corey. When she was twelve years old, music claimed her heart and she knew she wanted to be a flutist. Trained at the Juilliard School, she also studied flute with the great French flutist Marcel Moyse during her time in NYC.  Marcel's singing approach  and metaphorical and animated teaching style set Paula on fire and shaped her as a musician. Her trademark joie de vivre really shines in this episode which is chock full of music.

To see photographs of Paula Robison and Marcel Moyse, go to: https://musementors.com/

MUSIC:
George Frederic Handel, Flute Sonata in F Major, Op. 1, No. 11, HWV 369: Allegro (Paula Robison-flute, Timothy Eddy-cello, Kenneth Cooper-harpsichord)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No.1 in G major, K.313, Allegro maestoso, (Paula Robison-flute)
Apanhei-Te, Cavaquinho! (Paula Robison-flute, and Romero Lubambo, Tiberio Nascimento, Sergio Brandão, Stanley Silverman, Cyro Baptista)
Robert Beaser, Cindy, from Mountain Songs for flute and guitar (Paula Robison-flute, Elliot Fisk-guitar)
Robert Beaser, Quicksilver, from Mountain Songs for flute and guitar
Ol' Man River, Paul Robeson
Wade in the Water, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Robert Beaser, Barbara Allen, from Mountain Songs for flute and guitar
Benjamin Godard, "Valse" from Suite De Trois Morceaux, Op. 116 (Paula Robison-flute)Astor Piazolla, "L'Histoire du Tango": Nightclub 1960 (Paula Robison-flute, Elliot Fisk-guitar)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Voi che sapete", from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 arranged for flute and string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen (Paula Robison-flute, and the Borromeo String Quartet)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No.2 in D major, K.314, Allegro aperto (Marcel Moyse-flute)
P.O. Ferroud - Bergere Captive from Trois pièces pour flûte seule (Marcel Moyse-flute)
Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California
Camille Saint-Saëns, The Swan, Carnival of the Animals, (Marcel Moyse-flute, Louis Moyse-piano)
Camille Saint-Saëns "Voliere" from Carnival of the Animals (Paula Robison-flute with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 
Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore, (Marcel Moyse-flute, Louis Moyse-piano)
J.S. Bach Trio Sonata in G major Moyse Trio, BWV 1038, Largo (Marcel Moyse-flute, Blance Moyse-violin, Louis Moyse-piano)
Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen, "Sisters" from White Christmas
Theobald Boehm, Variations sur un Air Tyrolien (Marcel Moyse-flute, Louis Moyse, piano)
Claude Debussy, Syrinx (Paula Robison-flute)
Georges Hüe, Fantasie (Marcel Moyse-flute, Georges Truc)
Jean-Louis Tulou, Air Ecossais (Marcel Moyse-flute, Blance Moyse-violin, Louis Moyse-piano)
Claude Debussy, "Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune"  (Paula Robison-flute)
J.S. Bach BWV 244-58 Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben, BWV 244, from the Saint Matthew Passion, Herbert Karajan conducting

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]]> Paula Robison was born in Nashville to an extraordinary family of actors, writers, dancers, and musicians. She grew up in Los Angeles not only playing the flute, but studying dance with Bella Lewitzky and theater with Jeff Corey. When she was twelve years old, music claimed her heart and she knew she wanted to be a flutist. Trained at the Juilliard School, she also studied flute with the great French flutist Marcel Moyse during her time in NYC.  Marcel's singing approach  and metaphorical and animated teaching style set Paula on fire and shaped her as a musician. Her trademark joie de vivre really shines in this episode which is chock full of music.

To see photographs of Paula Robison and Marcel Moyse, go to: https://musementors.com/

MUSIC:
George Frederic Handel, Flute Sonata in F Major, Op. 1, No. 11, HWV 369: Allegro (Paula Robison-flute, Timothy Eddy-cello, Kenneth Cooper-harpsichord)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No.1 in G major, K.313, Allegro maestoso, (Paula Robison-flute)
Apanhei-Te, Cavaquinho! (Paula Robison-flute, and Romero Lubambo, Tiberio Nascimento, Sergio Brandão, Stanley Silverman, Cyro Baptista)
Robert Beaser, Cindy, from Mountain Songs for flute and guitar (Paula Robison-flute, Elliot Fisk-guitar)
Robert Beaser, Quicksilver, from Mountain Songs for flute and guitar
Ol' Man River, Paul Robeson
Wade in the Water, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Robert Beaser, Barbara Allen, from Mountain Songs for flute and guitar
Benjamin Godard, "Valse" from Suite De Trois Morceaux, Op. 116 (Paula Robison-flute)Astor Piazolla, "L'Histoire du Tango": Nightclub 1960 (Paula Robison-flute, Elliot Fisk-guitar)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, "Voi che sapete", from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 arranged for flute and string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen (Paula Robison-flute, and the Borromeo String Quartet)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Flute Concerto No.2 in D major, K.314, Allegro aperto (Marcel Moyse-flute)
P.O. Ferroud - Bergere Captive from Trois pièces pour flûte seule (Marcel Moyse-flute)
Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern California
Camille Saint-Saëns, The Swan, Carnival of the Animals, (Marcel Moyse-flute, Louis Moyse-piano)
Camille Saint-Saëns "Voliere" from Carnival of the Animals (Paula Robison-flute with The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 
Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore, (Marcel Moyse-flute, Louis Moyse-piano)
J.S. Bach Trio Sonata in G major Moyse Trio, BWV 1038, Largo (Marcel Moyse-flute, Blance Moyse-violin, Louis Moyse-piano)
Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen, "Sisters" from White Christmas
Theobald Boehm, Variations sur un Air Tyrolien (Marcel Moyse-flute, Louis Moyse, piano)
Claude Debussy, Syrinx (Paula Robison-flute)
Georges Hüe, Fantasie (Marcel Moyse-flute, Georges Truc)
Jean-Louis Tulou, Air Ecossais (Marcel Moyse-flute, Blance Moyse-violin, Louis Moyse-piano)
Claude Debussy, "Prélude à l'aprés-midi d'un faune"  (Paula Robison-flute)
J.S. Bach BWV 244-58 Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben, BWV 244, from the Saint Matthew Passion, Herbert Karajan conducting

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]]> https://musementors.com/ Paula Robison Buzzsprout-8031825 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:00:00 -0500 2875 Paula, Robison, flute, flutist, Kevra, Moyse, Marcel, mentor 1 8 full false Bill McKibben: Where There's a Bill There's a Way Bill McKibben: Where There's a Bill There's a Way In what could be the most important Muse Mentors episode ever, author and climate activist  Bill McKibben (who wrote The End of Nature one of the first books on global warming for the general public) talks about his childhood, teen-aged years as a journalist; and, before he even graduated from Harvard, an invitation from the late great editor  William Shawn to write for  The New Yorker Magazine. McKibben also discusses the impact the arts has in furthering the climate change movement, reflecting on  his appearances on The Colbert Report, David Attenborough's recent magnum opus film "A Life on Our Planet", and a celebration of Richard Power's cri de coeur novel The Overstory. Here's a chance to hear Bill's origin story, and to discover how he has become a muse and mentor the world over!

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]]> In what could be the most important Muse Mentors episode ever, author and climate activist  Bill McKibben (who wrote The End of Nature one of the first books on global warming for the general public) talks about his childhood, teen-aged years as a journalist; and, before he even graduated from Harvard, an invitation from the late great editor  William Shawn to write for  The New Yorker Magazine. McKibben also discusses the impact the arts has in furthering the climate change movement, reflecting on  his appearances on The Colbert Report, David Attenborough's recent magnum opus film "A Life on Our Planet", and a celebration of Richard Power's cri de coeur novel The Overstory. Here's a chance to hear Bill's origin story, and to discover how he has become a muse and mentor the world over!

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]]> https://musementors.com/ Bill McKibben Buzzsprout-7682230 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:00:00 -0500 2492 McKibben, Kevra, Bill, 350.org, climate, Keystone, Bill McKibben, Colbert, Wendell Berry, Richard Powers, Attenborough 1 7 full false David Dworkin: The Maestro of Fitness David Dworkin: The Maestro of Fitness The New York Times called David Dworkin, the maestro who "sparkles with high-spirited virtuosity."  This Jersey boy got his start in high school in the late 1940s with clarinet lessons at The Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Community House where he met his mentor the late Metropolitan Opera Orchestra clarinetist Ben Armato. That relationship nurtured David who went on to play in both the American Symphony and Met Orchestras, as well as to conduct orchestras across America and abroad.  In 2002 he created the acclaimed exercise program CONDUCTORCISE®, where "you feel the beat as well as the burn” (Times-Picayune) which has received rave reviews across the globe, and has been featured in the New York Times, Town & Country Magazine, and NBC’s Today Show. CONDUCTORCISE® was named one of North America's six most innovative active aging programs by the International Council on Active Aging. 


Music: 

Mozart Clarinet Quintet: Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble), Anthony McGill (clarinet)

Brahms Clarinet Quintet:  Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 

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]]> The New York Times called David Dworkin, the maestro who "sparkles with high-spirited virtuosity."  This Jersey boy got his start in high school in the late 1940s with clarinet lessons at The Williamsburg (Brooklyn) Community House where he met his mentor the late Metropolitan Opera Orchestra clarinetist Ben Armato. That relationship nurtured David who went on to play in both the American Symphony and Met Orchestras, as well as to conduct orchestras across America and abroad.  In 2002 he created the acclaimed exercise program CONDUCTORCISE®, where "you feel the beat as well as the burn” (Times-Picayune) which has received rave reviews across the globe, and has been featured in the New York Times, Town & Country Magazine, and NBC’s Today Show. CONDUCTORCISE® was named one of North America's six most innovative active aging programs by the International Council on Active Aging. 


Music: 

Mozart Clarinet Quintet: Musicians from Marlboro (ensemble), Anthony McGill (clarinet)

Brahms Clarinet Quintet:  Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-7294870 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 13:00:00 -0500 1766 1 6 full false Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song Tony Barrand: Sing Me A Story/Dance Me A Song Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, make them sparkle, or swirl depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome I-cannot-get-enough-of-it tenor voice really shines when joined by his singing comrades (John Roberts, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis) from the band Nowell Sing We Clear. This is top-notch music-making in a traditional style that will have you singing along, dancing, and entranced by the magic of the story-telling. Tony Barrand offers tales of his mentors and mentees, and plenty of music in this episode. Guaranteed to brighten your days during this darkest time of year.

Special thanks to:
Andy Davis, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy, Amanda Witman, Peter Amidon, Sue Dupre, Kari Smith, Carol Compton, Carole Crompton, and Rachel Bell

Music, courtesy Golden Hind Music
Click here to order  Nowell Sing We Clear: Songs & Carols for Midwinter & Christmastide

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]]> Tony Barrand was born in England in 1945 but has lived most of his life in southern Vermont in the vibrant town of Brattleboro—a place that shines all the more brightly because of him. This Cornell PHD and Professor Emeritus of Boston University is not just an academic, but also a singer, dancer, and story-teller. What first grabs you is his way with words—he can give them weight, make them sparkle, or swirl depending on the point he is trying to make, but he uses words to greatest effect when he sings. His handsome I-cannot-get-enough-of-it tenor voice really shines when joined by his singing comrades (John Roberts, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis) from the band Nowell Sing We Clear. This is top-notch music-making in a traditional style that will have you singing along, dancing, and entranced by the magic of the story-telling. Tony Barrand offers tales of his mentors and mentees, and plenty of music in this episode. Guaranteed to brighten your days during this darkest time of year.

Special thanks to:
Andy Davis, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy, Amanda Witman, Peter Amidon, Sue Dupre, Kari Smith, Carol Compton, Carole Crompton, and Rachel Bell

Music, courtesy Golden Hind Music
Click here to order  Nowell Sing We Clear: Songs & Carols for Midwinter & Christmastide

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]]> https://musementors.com/ Tony Barrand Buzzsprout-7001557 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:00:00 -0500 4227 Tony, Fred Bruenig, Roberts, John Roberts, Chariots, Andy Davis, Barrand, Nowell, Nowell SIng We Clear, Brattleboro, Brattleboro Music Center 1 5 full false "Mom's the word": Visual Artist Katie Runde and her many surprising mentors "Mom's the word": Visual Artist Katie Runde and her many surprising mentors Vermont visual artist Katie Runde was raised by Medievalist parents. This millennial with a Midas touch has been drawing as long as she was able to hold a crayon, playing saxophone since age eight, and theologizing since that day somewhere around age eleven when Mass stopped making neat story sense. An alum of the Eastman School of Music, she also holds a masters in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School, a BA in folklore/ethnology and music from University College Cork in Ireland, and undertook two years’ apprenticeship with master realist painter Evan Wilson...and yet it seems it is her mother  who is her most enduring and important mentor.

Visit Katie Runde's  instagram page, her website  and the Muse Mentors website to see her artwork.

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Thumbnail image of Katie Runde by Caleb Kenna
Aria, from The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 of JS Bach performed by Jeremy Denk at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, Massachusetts, Creative Commons license

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]]> Vermont visual artist Katie Runde was raised by Medievalist parents. This millennial with a Midas touch has been drawing as long as she was able to hold a crayon, playing saxophone since age eight, and theologizing since that day somewhere around age eleven when Mass stopped making neat story sense. An alum of the Eastman School of Music, she also holds a masters in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School, a BA in folklore/ethnology and music from University College Cork in Ireland, and undertook two years’ apprenticeship with master realist painter Evan Wilson...and yet it seems it is her mother  who is her most enduring and important mentor.

Visit Katie Runde's  instagram page, her website  and the Muse Mentors website to see her artwork.

Support the show through our Patreon  page.
Thumbnail image of Katie Runde by Caleb Kenna
Aria, from The Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 of JS Bach performed by Jeremy Denk at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Boston, Massachusetts, Creative Commons license

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]]> http://www.katierunde.com/ Katie Runde Buzzsprout-6763738 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:00:00 -0500 2741 Runde, Katie, chalk art. sidewalk art, oil painting, Evan Wilson, Katie Runde, Vermont, Kevra, Soloff, Evan Wilson, chalk, millennial 1 4 full false The Circus of Life: Rob Mermin and his mentor Marcel Marceau The Circus of Life: Rob Mermin and his mentor Marcel Marceau Rob Mermin ran off to join the circus in 1969 at the age of 19. He clowned with renowned European circuses, including England’s Circus Hoffman, Sweden’s Cirkus Scott, Denmark’s Circus Benneweis in the famous Circus Building by the Tivoli, and many more. It was his long mentorship with the iconic French mime Marcel Marceau that shaped him as a performer and inspired him to dream and make plans.  In 1987 he founded Circus Smirkus, the embodiment of Rob -- the touch of wonder, the charm, the story line, the mime and the humor. An enthralling story-teller, Rob Mermin  make you laugh and he'll make you cry with his stories of discovery and loss, and of course mentoring--first as a protégé and later through his own rich legacy of mentorship of some of the greatest circus performers on earth.   

*****
The accordion music was provided by Rachel Bell and includes Susan Kevra-clarinet, and Karen Axelrod-keyboards.

Mozart PianoConcerto #21 licensed by Creative Commons.

Rob Mermin's Parkinson's Pantomime Project.

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]]> Rob Mermin ran off to join the circus in 1969 at the age of 19. He clowned with renowned European circuses, including England’s Circus Hoffman, Sweden’s Cirkus Scott, Denmark’s Circus Benneweis in the famous Circus Building by the Tivoli, and many more. It was his long mentorship with the iconic French mime Marcel Marceau that shaped him as a performer and inspired him to dream and make plans.  In 1987 he founded Circus Smirkus, the embodiment of Rob -- the touch of wonder, the charm, the story line, the mime and the humor. An enthralling story-teller, Rob Mermin  make you laugh and he'll make you cry with his stories of discovery and loss, and of course mentoring--first as a protégé and later through his own rich legacy of mentorship of some of the greatest circus performers on earth.   

*****
The accordion music was provided by Rachel Bell and includes Susan Kevra-clarinet, and Karen Axelrod-keyboards.

Mozart PianoConcerto #21 licensed by Creative Commons.

Rob Mermin's Parkinson's Pantomime Project.

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]]> https://musementors.com/ Rob Mermin Buzzsprout-6532258 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:00:00 -0500 2897 Mermin, Rob Mermin, Circus Smirkus, Greensboro, Vermont, Marcel, Marecel Marceau, Marceau 1 3 full false Armando in Wonderland: Illustrator Armando Veve Armando in Wonderland: Illustrator Armando Veve Philadelphia-based illustrator Armando Veve is a Forbes 30 Under 30 list designee. He has been awarded three gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and gained international recognition when he was named an ADC Young Gun. His breath-taking and whimsical art has been commissioned by The New York Times, The New Yorker,  National Geographic, the New Republic, Penguin Random House, the Poetry Foundation, Scientific American Mind, Smithsonian Magazine, Village Voice, and Mother Jones.  That's just the short list. And, boy can he play the piccolo!  He talks about the intersection between life, art, and music in delightful and inspiring ways.

Visit Armando Veve's instagram page and the Muse Mentors website to see his artwork.

Click on these links  to see the artwork discussed in the podcast:
New York Times Baby Heart Monitor image
Truly Mango Lemonade images
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) recruitment poster
Mechanical Botanical 

Special thanks to composer Mike Mower and Franceso Viola, whose brilliant piccolo playing graces this podcast episode.

Widor, Romance for flute and piano, Karen Kevra-flute, Jeffrey Chappell-piano

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]]> Philadelphia-based illustrator Armando Veve is a Forbes 30 Under 30 list designee. He has been awarded three gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and gained international recognition when he was named an ADC Young Gun. His breath-taking and whimsical art has been commissioned by The New York Times, The New Yorker,  National Geographic, the New Republic, Penguin Random House, the Poetry Foundation, Scientific American Mind, Smithsonian Magazine, Village Voice, and Mother Jones.  That's just the short list. And, boy can he play the piccolo!  He talks about the intersection between life, art, and music in delightful and inspiring ways.

Visit Armando Veve's instagram page and the Muse Mentors website to see his artwork.

Click on these links  to see the artwork discussed in the podcast:
New York Times Baby Heart Monitor image
Truly Mango Lemonade images
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) recruitment poster
Mechanical Botanical 

Special thanks to composer Mike Mower and Franceso Viola, whose brilliant piccolo playing graces this podcast episode.

Widor, Romance for flute and piano, Karen Kevra-flute, Jeffrey Chappell-piano

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]]> Karen Kevra Buzzsprout-6272755 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 11:00:00 -0500 2395 1 2 full false Music, Magic, and Meditation: Pianist Jeffrey Chappell and his mentor Leon Fleisher Music, Magic, and Meditation: Pianist Jeffrey Chappell and his mentor Leon Fleisher In the first full episode of Muse Mentors, pianist Jeffrey Chappell reflects on his life and his formative mentorships first with pianist Jane Allen, and later with the legendary Leon Fleisher.  Jeffrey reveals his early childhood genesis story with the piano; his studies at the Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory, and path that led him to an astounding last minute substitution for Claudio Arrau with the Baltimore Symphony. He addresses overcoming challenges and adversity  and speaks about his lifelong meditation practice and his book Answers from Silence.

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]]> https://musementors.com/ Jeffrey Chappell Buzzsprout-5946970 Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0400 2134 Chappell, Leon, Fleisher, piano, Arrau, meditation, music, Kevra, Vermont, Baltimore, Peabody, Curtis 1 1 full false Welcome to the Muse Mentors Podcast Welcome to the Muse Mentors Podcast In this brief introductory episode, Muse Mentors host Karen Kevra weaves a personal story of mentorship and invites listeners to join her for engaging and inspiring interviews.

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