The Concert: A Classical Music Podcast
 

Live since 2006, the Gardner Museum's free classical podcast The Concert brings world-class performances from the museum’s Tapestry Room to listeners across the globe. These exclusive live recordings from our regular concert series feature performances by acclaimed master musicians and up-and-coming young artists. A new program is posted every two weeks, so check back often, or receive automatic updates delivered directly to your computer or portable mp3 player with a free subscription.

You are free to share and reproduce these podcasts and pass this great classical music along to your friends and family. The same goes for the individual tracks you’ll find sorted by musician and composer in the Music Library. We only ask that you let people know where you found it, and don’t alter the recording or use it commercially.

To get started, click on a title below to download, subscribe to The Concert with the links on the right, or find out more about listening to podcasts here.

 
Current Programs

James McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Blue and Silver: Trouville (detail), 1865.

Podcast No. 87
Debussy’s Chamber Music
(34.32 MB)
Works for clarinet, piano and string quartet performed by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, pianist Peter John Stoltzman, and the Borromeo String Quartet.

Debussy: Premiere Rhapsodie
Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

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John S. Sargent, El Jaleo (detail), 1882

Podcast No. 86
Three’s Company (49.46 MB)
Works for string trio performed by Musicians from the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute, and for piano trio performed by violinist Timothy Fain, cellist Marcy Rosen, and pianist Jeremy Denk.

Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1
Ives: Piano Trio

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Vermeer, The Concert (detail), 1658–60.

Podcast No. 85
Music at Home, Pre-iPod (34.87 MB)
Works for voice with violin, cello and piano performed by soprano Lauren Skuce and members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; and for string quartet performed by Musicians from Marlboro.

Haydn: Folk Songs for Voice with Violin, Cello and Piano
Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 6

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Joseph Lindon Smith, A Theatre, Mukden (detail), ca. 1905

Podcast No. 84
Mozart for Four (49.95 MB)
Works for string quartet and piano quartet performed by the Orion String Quartet and the Nash Ensemble.

Mozart: String Quartet in F Major, K 590
Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K 478

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Fra Angelico, Death and Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1432.

Podcast No. 83
A Different Beethoven (41.17 MB)
Works for violin and piano duo, and for solo piano, performed by violinist Corey Cerovsek and pianist Paavali Jumppanen.

Beethoven: Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op 101

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Pictured above: Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1183 (detail), 2005.

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Thanks!
We’d like to thank the following individuals and institutions, whose help and support have made this project possible:

Thanks to the musicians, without whose talent, cooperation, and forward thinking we would not have been able to create this podcast.

Thanks to the Berkman Center for their legal expertise in the complex and fascinating world of digital intellectual property.
 

Thanks to Liberated Syndication for hosting our podcast.


Recording Engineer: Tom Stephenson of Emmanuel Recording

 

Hear it Live!
Enjoy classical music in the museum every Sunday, September through May, at our weekly concert series, where all the podcasts are recorded. You can buy tickets or view schedules online.


Feedback
We welcome your comments and suggestions! Email us at podcast@isgm.org

 
 
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