PARLOFF LECTURES AT LINCOLN CENTER CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY
THE SIXTEEN BEETHOVEN STRING QUARTETS
Lecture on Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 18, Nos. 1, 2, & 3
Lecture on Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 59, Nos. 1, 2, & 3
Lecture on Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 132, Op. 130, & the “Grosse Fuge,” Op. 133
Lecture on Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 18, Nos. 4, 5, & 6
Lecture on Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 74, Op. 95, & Op. 127
Lecture on Beethoven’s Quartet, Op. 131 & Op. 135
THE FIFTEEN SHOSTAKOVICH STRING QUARTETS
Lecture on Shostakovich’s Life and Works
Lecture on Shostakovich String Quartet Nos. 1, 5, 6, & 12
Lecture on Shostakovich String Quartet Nos. 3, 7, 13, & 14
Lecture on Shostakovich String Quartet Nos. 4, 8, 10, 11
Lecture on Shostakovich String Quartet Nos. 2, 9, & 15
HAYDN’S SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST
Lecture on Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ
SCHUBERT’S WINTERREISE
Lecture on Schubert’s Winterreise
THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN MUSIC
Lecture on the history of Russian Music
THE INCREDIBLE DECADE: 1820 - 1830
Eloquent Masterpieces: Beethoven Piano Sonata, Op. 110, Schubert, “Arpeggione” Sonata, D. 821, and Mendelssohn, Quintet No. 1, Op. 18
Beethoven Reflected: Beethoven String Quartets, Op. 95 “Serioso” and Op. 132, and Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13
Masterpieces for Eight: Schubert Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803 and Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat major for Strings, Op. 20
Transcendence: Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 135 and Schubert Cello Quintet, D. 956, Op. 163
PARLOFF LECTURES AT MUSIC@MENLO
GEORGE CRUMB’S “BLACK ANGELS” AND
OLIVIER MESSIAEN’S “QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME”
Part 1: Lecture on George Crumb’s “Black Angels” for Electric String Quartet
Part 2: Lecture on Olivier Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time”
HAYDN’S LIFE AND TIMES
Haydn’s Life and Music: Part 1 (1732 – 1770)
Haydn’s Life and Music: Part 2 (1770 – 1809)
CLASSICAL TWILIGHT: SCHUBERT & BEETHOVEN IN THE 1820S
Part 1: Lecture on Schubert and Beethoven’s Relationship
Part 2: Lecture on Schubert’s Winterreise
THE MUSICAL HISTORIES OF LONDON, PARIS, AND SAINT PETERSBURG
Part 1: Lecture on Music in London, Paris, and Saint Petersburg
From 1509 to 1860
Part 2: Lecture on Music in London, Paris, and Saint Petersburg
From 1860 to 1942
SEARCHING FOR THE MUSICAL SOUL OF RUSSIA
Part 1: Lecture on Russian Music History (Medieval through the 19th Century)
Part 2: Lecture on Russian Music History (20th Century)
THE ART OF LATE BACH
Lecture on Bach’s Musical Offering
Lecture on Bach’s Art of Fugue
FROM EXOTICISM TO FOLKLORISM: THE QUEST FOR MUSICAL AUTHENTICITY
Lecture on The Style Hongrois
Lecture on Bartók’s Quest for Musical Authenticity
MUSIC AND SPIRITUALITY: EXPRESSING THE INEXPRESSIBLE
Part 1: Defining Musical Spirituality
Includes a discussion of Andrea Clearfield’s Tibetan Buddhist-inspired Cantata, Tse Go La
Part 2: Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ
PARLOFF LECTURES ON PONANT CRUISE LINES
BRAHMS AND THE SCHUMANNS
Part 1: Lecture on Brahms and the Schumanns (1850 – 1853)
Part 2: Lecture on Brahms and the Schumanns (1853 – 1897)
INTERVIEWS
A CONVERSATION WITH THE MET FLUTISTS
Michael Parloff interviews Metropolitan Opera flutists Denis Bouriakov,
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, Stephanie Mortimore, and Maron Khoury
Part 1: Biographies
Part 2: Life at the Met
PARLOFF FLUTE PERFORMANCES
François-Joseph Gossec: Gavotte
Five Selections from Anna Magdalena Bach’s Notebook
Albert Franz Doppler: Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Op. 26
Cécile Chaminade: Concertino, Op. 107