About this podcast
John Banther takes classical music fans behind the scenes with interviews, deep dives, and analysis. Episodes released bi-weekly on Tuesdays. Produced by WETA Classical in Washington, D.C.
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Classical Breakdown
About this podcast
John Banther takes classical music fans behind the scenes with interviews, deep dives, and analysis. Episodes released bi-weekly on Tuesdays. Produced by WETA Classical in Washington, D.C.
Latest episodeBonus! A performance of Handel's Water Music
Recent episodes
- Handel's Water Music; a Kings bid to lift his reputation and one smelly river1 Sept · 48 min
- Season 7 Recommended Summer Listening!23 Jun · 33 min
- Tosca! Puccini's tragic opera on love, lust, and brutality9 Jun · 1 h 15 min
- The Montgomery Variations: A Piece of American History by Margaret Bonds26 May · 1 h 01 min
- Haydn's Trumpet Concerto: Revolutionary in ways you didn't know!12 May · 51 min
- Leos Janacek: an original composer who found success late28 Apr · 53 min
- Bonus! John and James discuss Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and gigs21 Apr · 28 min
- Also Sprach Zarathustra: Where Music and Philosophy Reach New Heights14 Apr · 53 min
- Bonus! 2 Opera preludes by Richard Wagner7 Apr · 24 min
- Richard Wagner: The flawed man who changed opera31 Mar · 1 h 19 min
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