Episodes

  • Week 23: Monophony and Mahler (and Mothers)
    Dec 3 2025

    Welcome to Week 23 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!

    In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Mahler, Telemann, Zappa, Hindemith, and anonymous composers of Gregorian chant.

    The coming week's pieces are found on this Spotify playlist.

    Show notes are at www.natebrownmusic.com

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    17 mins
  • Week 22: Where Jazz and Classical Meet
    Nov 25 2025

    Welcome to Week 22 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!

    In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Chopin, Schuller, and Ellington.

    The coming week's pieces are found on this Spotify playlist.

    Show notes are at www.natebrownmusic.com

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    24 mins
  • Week 21: What is a Monodrama?
    Nov 18 2025

    Welcome to Week 21 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!

    In this episode, host Nate Brown reviews last week's pieces by Beethoven, Schubert, Schoenberg, Satie, and Tim Buckley.

    The coming week's pieces are found on this Spotify playlist.

    Show notes are at www.natebrownmusic.com

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    31 mins
  • Week 20: That's a Wrap on Boulez
    Nov 10 2025

    It's Week 20 of The Works, a project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World in 10 years.

    The playlist for the coming week is here on Spotify.

    Show notes are at natebrownmusic.com

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    18 mins
  • Week 19: Stravinsky At Last!
    Nov 6 2025

    It's Week 19 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the Great Works of Western Music.

    Find this week's playlist here.

    Find show notes at natebrownmusic.com.

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    15 mins
  • Week 18: O King, The Waltz King, and The King
    Oct 28 2025

    Week 18 of The Works, a project to listen to the great works of Western music in 10 years.

    Show notes at natebrownmusic.com

    Week 18 playlist here on Spotify

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    29 mins
  • Week 17: Serialism and Dance Music
    Oct 21 2025

    Welcome to Week 17 of The Works, a 10-year project to listen to the great music of Western civilization!

    This week's Spotify playlist is here

    Show notes are at www.natebrownmusic.com

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    28 mins
  • Week 16: Variations and Themes
    Oct 14 2025

    It's Week 16 of The Works, Nate Brown's 10-year project to listen to the Great Music of the Western World!

    This week's playlist is here on Spotify but also includes Duke Ellington's Fargo ND 1940 concert, which is not available there. A link is on the show notes page, which can be found at www.natebrownmusic.com

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    11 mins