A preface to the series. Thoughts on the demise of classical music in contemporary culture.







Music and sound fragments






*Piano: Lodewijk Muns

07:43 W.A. Mozart, Piano Concerto in A KV 488, Adagio. Piano*

W.A. Mozart, Die Zauberflöte KV620, aria Der Hölle Rache. Edda Moser, Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch, EMI 1973

L. van Beethoven, Große Sonate für das Hammerklavier op. 106, Adagio sostenuto. Piano*

J.S. Bach, Das wolhtemperierte Klavier II, Präludium in F-sharp minor BWV 883.  Piano*

Metamusic: Music Representing Music

Lodewijk Muns, musicologist, composer and pianist, discusses topics such as music and memory, music and language, and the limits of music, with the piano at his fingertips.

Beyond the Bony Labyrinth: because the sound that enters our ears only becomes music when we recognize it. Music appeals to our memory, emotions, imagination, and capacity for language.

Philosophy: because it deals with the connections between music and other aspects of life, with clarification, and dispelling smoke screens.

This is the English version of the Dutch podcast Voorbij de oren.

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