Episodes
Find out what it takes to put on a show at the Metropolitan Opera. Classical Sprouts producer Emily Duncan Wilson went to the final dress rehearsal of Daniel Catán's "Florencia en el Amazonas" and spoke with the director, puppet designer, one of the stars and some Sprouts in the audience!
Published 12/04/23
Kate shares one of her favorite (but somehow also least favorite) Venezuelan folk song, 'El Sapo'!
Published 11/27/23
We're getting festive this season and getting ready to dance! We'll learn a Venezuelan folk song, go the the opera, play video games, and head to space!
Published 11/20/23
Ballet superstar, Native American advocate ... Maria Tallchief was COOL.
Published 11/13/23
Join the trickster coyote, the lumbering bear, the swimming salmon and the majestic eagle as they get their new names from the Spirit Chief. Composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate is our guest this week on Classical Sprouts guiding us through this musical story!
Published 11/06/23
Composers have been inspired by their feline friends for a long, long time. This week on Classical Sprouts, explore cat-themed pieces of classical music and stretch in the sun, chase a mouse, walk on a keyboard and more!
Published 10/30/23
Explore the Dies Irae, a spooky medieval melody found in music from Franz Liszt to Frozen!
Published 10/23/23
Go Into The Woods, to Ancient Rome and to the Tony Awards with the music of Stephen Sondheim and the Pasadena Playhouse's Producing Artistic Danny Feldman this week on Classical Sprouts.
Published 10/16/23
What happens when you combine classical music with bluegrass? A goat rodeo! This week on Classical Sprouts, join Producer Emily as she shares some of the music from The Goat Rodeo Sessions, performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer and Stuart Duncan.
Published 10/09/23
Experience Mozart's famous opera through the eyes of everyone's favorite birdcatcher, Papageno!
Published 10/02/23
This composer was a contemporary of Franz Lizst, but didn't have her work published during her lifetime. Now, Interlochen Arts Camp Instructor of Piano Jocelyn Swigger is on a mission to uncover, publish, and perform the music of Agnes Tyrrell! Hear it here first!
Published 09/25/23
Kindness is key in Rossini's take on Cinderella, where there's no magic: no glass slippers, no pumpkin carriage, and no fairy godmother!
Published 09/18/23
Learn about the history of the saxophone through the actual instruments themselves! Jake Goldwasser is a saxophone player, a saxocologist, and the curating fellow with the Greenleaf Collection at Interlochen Center For The Arts, and he's our guest on Classical Sprouts this week, bringing to life the stories of some really cool and really old saxophones!
Published 09/11/23
We're swabbing the deck, hanging out with cats and goats, listening to some reallllly old saxophones and more this season on Classical Sprouts!
Published 08/21/23
Dig into four movements of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and hear how they sound as the original piano score, how it grows into a piece for orchestra, and how other ensembles have imagined them!
Published 08/14/23
Heard of the oud? How about the darbuka? Find out what they are on this musical tour of the Middle East!
Published 08/07/23
Kate shares a Venezuelan folk song that was used to calm down cows when they are being milked!
Published 07/31/23
Gnomes, dancing chicks, a witch's hut ... we have lots of paintings and music to explore!
Published 07/24/23
It's time to raid your patio for percussion instruments!
Published 07/17/23
Why were John Philip Sousa and his marches so famous? Find out here!
Published 07/10/23
Enchanted garden + magic bird = hit ballet
Published 06/26/23
The self-described "velvet gentleman" had all kinds of quirks.
Published 06/19/23
Grab your swimsuit or lace up your tennis shoes — we're getting sporty!
Published 06/12/23
Wendy Carlos's surprising combination of the brand-new Moog synthesizer and Bach's music became a massive hit!
Published 06/05/23
Recapping the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest!
Published 05/22/23