My first interaction with the musical term modes was Leonard Bernstein’s brilliant Young People’s Concert, also called What is a Mode? In that show, Bernstein showed how modes are an essential part of what makes modern music, meaning pop and rock music, tick. This was central to Bernstein’s point during this amazing show, which is available on Youtube, and he punctuated his discussion with multiple examples of pop music from the time that used modes. Today, on this Patreon sponsored episode, I was asked to go through all of the modes and show how they have been used in classical music. Much of my show today is modeled on and takes its inspiration from that Bernstein Young People’s Concert, and I’ll be peppering clips from that show throughout my own exploration. As Bernstein says, the common practice period of classical music, starting with Haydn and ending sometime early in the 20th century, didn’t feature a lot of modal music, though that doesn’t mean it was completely absent. So today I’ll explain what modes are, and we’ll go through each of the so called church modes, explaining their characteristics, and then showing you examples throughout musical history of exactly how these modes were used by the great composers. This show might seem a bit technical, but I think there’s a lot of really interesting and fascinating stuff here, so stick with me, and let’s explore modes together. Join us!
Brahms Requiem
Talking Conducting, Studying, and Loneliness w/ Dalia Stasevska
The Connection Between Language and Music w/ Yundu Wang
A Decidedly Undogmatic Conversation w/ Mahan Esfahani
Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 3
Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 2
Programming Post-Covid, Competitions, and the Negro Folk Symphony, w/ Ryan Bancroft
Mahler Symphony No. 6, Part 1
Founding an Orchestra, w/ Eric and Colin Jacobsen of The Knights
Saint-Saens Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
The Organ, Competitions, Filmmaking, and more w/ Alcee Chriss and Stacey Tenenbaum
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Encounters with Milhaud, Messiaen, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti, with John Heiss
The Life and Music of Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Stephen Hough on Practicing Through the Pandemic, Composing, and Classical Music as Entertainment.
Bartok Violin Duos and Social Duoing
How Musical Revolutions Were Created, Part 2 - w/ Jan Swafford
Sibelius Symphony No. 7
How Musical Revolutions Were Created, Part 1 - w/Jan Swafford
Respighi, "The Pines of Rome"
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