This is a thread for instructional videos to help people with music appreciation. Basically, post here anything that you found useful and/or entertaining as an introduction to a given work or concept. It could be an online course, a youtube page devoted to unpacking a given genre or style, concert notes, a tutorial in the construction or performance of an instrument, or a historical survey of some object of musical interest. The only requirement is that you found it interesting.
The thread is "for amateurs," but feel free to post about advanced concepts. If the video explores advanced material, though, you should flag it as such.
This isn't the place to advance opinions or debate thorny issues: if a video makes some questionable points, you might start a new thread to argue your case. Discussion of all videos should be kept to a minimum.
I'll kick things off with a link to Andras Schiff's brief introductions to each of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas.
András Schiff last performed the complete Beethoven piano sonatas at Wigmore Hall from 2004-6 to overwhelming critical acclaim, with the editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, describing one particular performance as 'a riveting mixture of erudition, analysis, passion, wit and memory'.
On the day before each of the eight recitals in the series, the world-renowned pianist, pedagogue and lecturer gave a lecture-recital in which he explored the works to be performed. Deeply engaging and insightful, these thought-provoking lecture-recitals, recorded live at the Hall, are available below as eight audio lecture-recitals.
I love Bruce Adolphe's lecture series "Inside Chamber Music" for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He's like a modern-day Bernstein: he successfully manages to explain musical processes in a humorous, clear and engaging manner. Truly a great communicator. Here's one of my favorite lectures of his:
The first of 11 orchestration lessons dedicated to Lili Boulanger.
The videos come from a very useful channel called OrchestrationOnline. You'll find analyses of works by other composers as well as general guides to orchestration, among other things.
In this line of instructional videos about music, on Youtube there is a series of lectures by Leonard Bernstein. It is beautiful to enjoy the reasonings of the great master accompanied by his musical illustrations.
I attached two examples:
It's an introduction to fundamental technical concepts through a chronological survey of music. There are videos interspersed, though much of it is text-based, often in the form of PowerPoints.
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