Composers Unveiled Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/composers-unveiled In this podcast, we explore the lives and works of great classical composers. Beginning in the 16th century, we trace more than 500 years of music history, following the lives of over 150 composers along the way. Our focus is not only on their well-known works, but above all on the people behind the music: their childhood, their formative years, their artistic journeys, and the legacies they left behind. Through our audio biographies, we examine the influences that shaped their creativity and how, in turn, their music helped shape the course of classical music itself. LZ ca13ce48-0599-59fb-89a6-dffdef06ff9f yes Introduction en Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:47:27 +0200 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:48:12 +0200 https://img.transistorcdn.com/nVUjl5JDXiqBhGLAd6RBaqwufaPrqO0lRGGIJUIEJUw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NDNh/MWFlMDJmZWIwZmM0/NTZjYzM0YTM0ZmM0/NjkyNC5qcGc.jpg Composers Unveiled episodic LZ In this podcast, we explore the lives and works of great classical composers. Beginning in the 16th century, we trace more than 500 years of music history, following the lives of over 150 composers along the way. Our focus is not only on their well-known works, but above all on the people behind the music: their childhood, their formative years, their artistic journeys, and the legacies they left behind. Through our audio biographies, we examine the influences that shaped their creativity and how, in turn, their music helped shape the course of classical music itself. In this podcast, we explore the lives and works of great classical composers. LZ No No Four Seasons, One Red Priest | Audiobiography of Antonio Vivaldi 15 15 Four Seasons, One Red Priest | Audiobiography of Antonio Vivaldi full d4298af1-59f2-4205-af3d-68732abb814b https://share.transistor.fm/s/c4d15ee8 From the Venetian lagoon to a lonely lodging house in Vienna, this episode follows Antonio Vivaldi’s astonishing rise, fall, and resurrection. Known as the Red Priest, he was a sickly child, a virtuoso violinist, an ordained priest who abandoned the Mass, a tireless opera entrepreneur, and the composer who reshaped the concerto forever. Discover the hidden musical world of Venice’s orphaned girls, the scandal surrounding singer Anna Giro, Vivaldi’s influence on Bach, and the cruel reversals that left him poor and forgotten. Then travel to 1920s Turin, where lost manuscripts brought his music—and his voice—back to life.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2QOIawHpSlOwXDvSqQ9YJR?si=J2G2hStdRFuj1ca7PlWIfQ

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9963/antonio-vivaldi

Society: https://www.cini.it/en/institutes-and-centres/antonio-vivaldi/

Museum: https://www.vivaldifourseasons.it/de/vivaldi-tours

]]> From the Venetian lagoon to a lonely lodging house in Vienna, this episode follows Antonio Vivaldi’s astonishing rise, fall, and resurrection. Known as the Red Priest, he was a sickly child, a virtuoso violinist, an ordained priest who abandoned the Mass, a tireless opera entrepreneur, and the composer who reshaped the concerto forever. Discover the hidden musical world of Venice’s orphaned girls, the scandal surrounding singer Anna Giro, Vivaldi’s influence on Bach, and the cruel reversals that left him poor and forgotten. Then travel to 1920s Turin, where lost manuscripts brought his music—and his voice—back to life.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2QOIawHpSlOwXDvSqQ9YJR?si=J2G2hStdRFuj1ca7PlWIfQ

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9963/antonio-vivaldi

Society: https://www.cini.it/en/institutes-and-centres/antonio-vivaldi/

Museum: https://www.vivaldifourseasons.it/de/vivaldi-tours

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ LZ 3625 From the Venetian lagoon to a lonely lodging house in Vienna, this episode follows Antonio Vivaldi’s astonishing rise, fall, and resurrection. Known as the Red Priest, he was a sickly child, a virtuoso violinist, an ordained priest who abandoned the Mass, a tireless opera entrepreneur, and the composer who reshaped the concerto forever. Discover the hidden musical world of Venice’s orphaned girls, the scandal surrounding singer Anna Giro, Vivaldi’s influence on Bach, and the cruel reversals that left him poor and forgotten. Then travel to 1920s Turin, where lost manuscripts brought his music—and his voice—back to life.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2QOIawHpSlOwXDvSqQ9YJR?si=J2G2hStdRFuj1ca7PlWIfQ

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9963/antonio-vivaldi

Society: https://www.cini.it/en/institutes-and-centres/antonio-vivaldi/

Museum: https://www.vivaldifourseasons.it/de/vivaldi-tours

]]> classical music, baroque, No The Rebuilder of England’s Music | Audiobiography of Henry Purcell 14 14 The Rebuilder of England’s Music | Audiobiography of Henry Purcell full 8fb996d8-2d0c-4d82-b891-af6892cddc0e https://share.transistor.fm/s/fac60ceb Henry Purcell lived only 36 years, rarely strayed beyond Westminster, and yet became the defining English composer of the Baroque age. In this episode, we follow his remarkable story from Restoration London’s musical rebirth to the courts, churches, theatres, taverns, and coffeehouses that shaped his world. Discover the prodigy who held England’s most prestigious musical posts, hid dazzling musical architecture inside his sonatas, and transformed English speech into music of startling emotional power. It is a story of genius, ambition, political upheaval, grief, reinvention—and a legacy that took two centuries to be fully heard. 

 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/3tMLo1k3iUo82coMLWXzxq?si=yilmm-uNQLyS8ClcHnaDDA

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/7062/henry-purcell

Society: http://www.henrypurcell.org.uk/

]]> Henry Purcell lived only 36 years, rarely strayed beyond Westminster, and yet became the defining English composer of the Baroque age. In this episode, we follow his remarkable story from Restoration London’s musical rebirth to the courts, churches, theatres, taverns, and coffeehouses that shaped his world. Discover the prodigy who held England’s most prestigious musical posts, hid dazzling musical architecture inside his sonatas, and transformed English speech into music of startling emotional power. It is a story of genius, ambition, political upheaval, grief, reinvention—and a legacy that took two centuries to be fully heard. 

 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/3tMLo1k3iUo82coMLWXzxq?si=yilmm-uNQLyS8ClcHnaDDA

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/7062/henry-purcell

Society: http://www.henrypurcell.org.uk/

]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ LZ 2994 Henry Purcell lived only 36 years, rarely strayed beyond Westminster, and yet became the defining English composer of the Baroque age. In this episode, we follow his remarkable story from Restoration London’s musical rebirth to the courts, churches, theatres, taverns, and coffeehouses that shaped his world. Discover the prodigy who held England’s most prestigious musical posts, hid dazzling musical architecture inside his sonatas, and transformed English speech into music of startling emotional power. It is a story of genius, ambition, political upheaval, grief, reinvention—and a legacy that took two centuries to be fully heard. 

 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/3tMLo1k3iUo82coMLWXzxq?si=yilmm-uNQLyS8ClcHnaDDA

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/7062/henry-purcell

Society: http://www.henrypurcell.org.uk/

]]> classical music, purcell No The Birth of the Modern Violin | Audiobiography of Arcangelo Corelli 13 13 The Birth of the Modern Violin | Audiobiography of Arcangelo Corelli full d138c921-9dbd-4923-aec0-b6aa48ba098a https://share.transistor.fm/s/8600a65a How did a fatherless boy from a small village in northern Italy become one of the most influential composers in European history? In this episode, we follow Arcangelo Corelli from Fusignano to the palaces of Rome, where he rose from church violinist to one of the defining musical voices of the Baroque. Along the way, we meet queens, cardinals, rivals, and pupils. We explore the quiet perfectionism behind his six published collections, the deeply personal bond with Matteo Fornari, and the music that shaped Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, and generations to come. This is the story of the man who gave the violin a new voice.

 

 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/5dmMpIyAVaH6b9FLFgWPrF?si=-AgQE6RuQiG1vwVeHhe4Wg

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/4550/arcangelo-corelli

Ensemble: https://corelliensemble.co.uk/About-us.php

]]> How did a fatherless boy from a small village in northern Italy become one of the most influential composers in European history? In this episode, we follow Arcangelo Corelli from Fusignano to the palaces of Rome, where he rose from church violinist to one of the defining musical voices of the Baroque. Along the way, we meet queens, cardinals, rivals, and pupils. We explore the quiet perfectionism behind his six published collections, the deeply personal bond with Matteo Fornari, and the music that shaped Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, and generations to come. This is the story of the man who gave the violin a new voice.

 

 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/5dmMpIyAVaH6b9FLFgWPrF?si=-AgQE6RuQiG1vwVeHhe4Wg

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/4550/arcangelo-corelli

Ensemble: https://corelliensemble.co.uk/About-us.php

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ LZ 3126 How did a fatherless boy from a small village in northern Italy become one of the most influential composers in European history? In this episode, we follow Arcangelo Corelli from Fusignano to the palaces of Rome, where he rose from church violinist to one of the defining musical voices of the Baroque. Along the way, we meet queens, cardinals, rivals, and pupils. We explore the quiet perfectionism behind his six published collections, the deeply personal bond with Matteo Fornari, and the music that shaped Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, and generations to come. This is the story of the man who gave the violin a new voice.

 

 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/5dmMpIyAVaH6b9FLFgWPrF?si=-AgQE6RuQiG1vwVeHhe4Wg

Tomb: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/4550/arcangelo-corelli

Ensemble: https://corelliensemble.co.uk/About-us.php

]]> classical music, italy, baroque, corelli No The Man behind the Canon in D | Audiobiography of Johann Pachelbel 12 12 The Man behind the Canon in D | Audiobiography of Johann Pachelbel full 343de1c7-4af6-4588-8542-6c82e4256a2f https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf954d02 Everyone knows Pachelbel’s Canon in D—but few know the remarkable life behind it. In this episode, we follow Johann Pachelbel from post-war Nuremberg to imperial Vienna, through friendship with the Bach family, professional triumphs, financial strain, plague, bereavement, and a final return home. 

]]> Everyone knows Pachelbel’s Canon in D—but few know the remarkable life behind it. In this episode, we follow Johann Pachelbel from post-war Nuremberg to imperial Vienna, through friendship with the Bach family, professional triumphs, financial strain, plague, bereavement, and a final return home. 

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ LZ 2045 Everyone knows Pachelbel’s Canon in D—but few know the remarkable life behind it. In this episode, we follow Johann Pachelbel from post-war Nuremberg to imperial Vienna, through friendship with the Bach family, professional triumphs, financial strain, plague, bereavement, and a final return home. 

]]> classical music, composer, Pachelbel, canon in D, germany, baroque No The Beaver Who Became a Baron | Audiobiography of Heinrich Biber 11 11 The Beaver Who Became a Baron | Audiobiography of Heinrich Biber full c0a1ee02-0edd-4675-bfc9-62e7dbbbf536 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ed49c62f Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber fled an instrument-buying errand and never returned—then became Salzburg’s greatest Baroque musical visionary. Discover the runaway violin virtuoso behind bizarre retunings, drunken-soldier sound effects, colossal cathedral music, and the beaver on his own noble coat of arms.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2kMM5v3f7rti00gIbVc1Tk?si=yKHBwKF8SaeEtFfTJkhd1g

Museum: https://www.salzburgmuseum.at/ausstellung/heinrich-ignaz-franz-biber-1644-1704/

International Biber Competition: https://fiorimusicali-biberwettbewerb.com/wettbewerb/Biber_competition_e.html

]]> Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber fled an instrument-buying errand and never returned—then became Salzburg’s greatest Baroque musical visionary. Discover the runaway violin virtuoso behind bizarre retunings, drunken-soldier sound effects, colossal cathedral music, and the beaver on his own noble coat of arms.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2kMM5v3f7rti00gIbVc1Tk?si=yKHBwKF8SaeEtFfTJkhd1g

Museum: https://www.salzburgmuseum.at/ausstellung/heinrich-ignaz-franz-biber-1644-1704/

International Biber Competition: https://fiorimusicali-biberwettbewerb.com/wettbewerb/Biber_competition_e.html

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ LZ 2838 Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber fled an instrument-buying errand and never returned—then became Salzburg’s greatest Baroque musical visionary. Discover the runaway violin virtuoso behind bizarre retunings, drunken-soldier sound effects, colossal cathedral music, and the beaver on his own noble coat of arms.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2kMM5v3f7rti00gIbVc1Tk?si=yKHBwKF8SaeEtFfTJkhd1g

Museum: https://www.salzburgmuseum.at/ausstellung/heinrich-ignaz-franz-biber-1644-1704/

International Biber Competition: https://fiorimusicali-biberwettbewerb.com/wettbewerb/Biber_competition_e.html

]]> Salzburg, catholic, church, composer, classical music No The Organist of Lübeck Who Made Bach Walk for Miles | Audiobiography of Dieterich Buxtehude 10 10 The Organist of Lübeck Who Made Bach Walk for Miles | Audiobiography of Dieterich Buxtehude full 5266ba32-b604-414e-b996-0089543784d8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6a19459d A mysterious birth, a prestigious church post, a marriage condition that reportedly sent Handel and Mattheson running—and a young Bach walking hundreds of miles to hear him play. Meet Dieterich Buxtehude, the Lübeck organist whose daring music and spectacular Abendmusik concerts helped define the North German Baroque. In this episode, we follow his path from Scandinavia to Lübeck, explore the drama behind his career, and discover why he was far more than simply “Bach’s predecessor.”


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2YfFYZnshSzgfLsKZMM4VL?si=HEm8dN-6QjuxkenW6kXKOg

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9928792/dietrich-buxtehude

Society: http://www.dieterich-buxtehude.org/

]]> A mysterious birth, a prestigious church post, a marriage condition that reportedly sent Handel and Mattheson running—and a young Bach walking hundreds of miles to hear him play. Meet Dieterich Buxtehude, the Lübeck organist whose daring music and spectacular Abendmusik concerts helped define the North German Baroque. In this episode, we follow his path from Scandinavia to Lübeck, explore the drama behind his career, and discover why he was far more than simply “Bach’s predecessor.”


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2YfFYZnshSzgfLsKZMM4VL?si=HEm8dN-6QjuxkenW6kXKOg

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9928792/dietrich-buxtehude

Society: http://www.dieterich-buxtehude.org/

]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ LZ 3111 A mysterious birth, a prestigious church post, a marriage condition that reportedly sent Handel and Mattheson running—and a young Bach walking hundreds of miles to hear him play. Meet Dieterich Buxtehude, the Lübeck organist whose daring music and spectacular Abendmusik concerts helped define the North German Baroque. In this episode, we follow his path from Scandinavia to Lübeck, explore the drama behind his career, and discover why he was far more than simply “Bach’s predecessor.”


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2YfFYZnshSzgfLsKZMM4VL?si=HEm8dN-6QjuxkenW6kXKOg

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9928792/dietrich-buxtehude

Society: http://www.dieterich-buxtehude.org/

]]> Baroque, Composer, Germany, Lübeck No The Sun King’s Musician | Audiobiography of Jean-Baptiste Lully 9 9 The Sun King’s Musician | Audiobiography of Jean-Baptiste Lully full 22af63d7-4008-4a77-8418-bba4e9faf808 https://share.transistor.fm/s/afaadf50 From a teenage street performer in Florence to the musical force behind Versailles, Jean-Baptiste Lully transformed French opera—and built an empire around the Sun King’s court. Discover his rise, rivalries, scandals, and the bizarre accident that ended his life.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/19v0Cnq5D4SKom8SVlXhkw?si=TRnPQ8ZXSJugMQ_k61aH1A

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9912582/jean-baptiste-lully

Society: https://associationlully.com/association/

]]> From a teenage street performer in Florence to the musical force behind Versailles, Jean-Baptiste Lully transformed French opera—and built an empire around the Sun King’s court. Discover his rise, rivalries, scandals, and the bizarre accident that ended his life.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/19v0Cnq5D4SKom8SVlXhkw?si=TRnPQ8ZXSJugMQ_k61aH1A

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9912582/jean-baptiste-lully

Society: https://associationlully.com/association/

]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ LZ 2662 From a teenage street performer in Florence to the musical force behind Versailles, Jean-Baptiste Lully transformed French opera—and built an empire around the Sun King’s court. Discover his rise, rivalries, scandals, and the bizarre accident that ended his life.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/19v0Cnq5D4SKom8SVlXhkw?si=TRnPQ8ZXSJugMQ_k61aH1A

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/9912582/jean-baptiste-lully

Society: https://associationlully.com/association/

]]> Opera, Composer, France, Paris, Baroque No The Father of German Music | Audiobiography of Heinrich Schütz 8 8 The Father of German Music | Audiobiography of Heinrich Schütz full 07a712b5-8a3a-49f8-8ecc-02eb07ec4cb2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cae09f4e Meet Heinrich Schütz, the pioneering composer who helped shape the future of classical music in Germany. From his early life in Saxony and studies in Venice to his survival through the Thirty Years’ War, this episode explores a life marked by artistic innovation, profound loss, and extraordinary resilience. Discover lost operas, sacred masterpieces, and the lasting legacy of a composer who transformed words into music with unmatched intensity.


#HeinrichSchütz #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #MusicHistory


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/4Fw8f0YbjBs9suGEwInPJe?si=_VKImi_yTy6M0mTJOOuOOQ

Schütz House: https://schuetzhaus-weissenfels.de/museum/heinrich-schutz/

Weißenfels Music Week: https://www.schuetz-musikfest.de/

Birthplace Museum in Bad Köstritz: https://heinrich-schuetz-haus.de/

International Heinrich Schütz Society: https://www.schuetzgesellschaft.de/

Heinrich Schütz Choir: https://www.hsc-hn.de/

]]> Meet Heinrich Schütz, the pioneering composer who helped shape the future of classical music in Germany. From his early life in Saxony and studies in Venice to his survival through the Thirty Years’ War, this episode explores a life marked by artistic innovation, profound loss, and extraordinary resilience. Discover lost operas, sacred masterpieces, and the lasting legacy of a composer who transformed words into music with unmatched intensity.


#HeinrichSchütz #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #MusicHistory


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/4Fw8f0YbjBs9suGEwInPJe?si=_VKImi_yTy6M0mTJOOuOOQ

Schütz House: https://schuetzhaus-weissenfels.de/museum/heinrich-schutz/

Weißenfels Music Week: https://www.schuetz-musikfest.de/

Birthplace Museum in Bad Köstritz: https://heinrich-schuetz-haus.de/

International Heinrich Schütz Society: https://www.schuetzgesellschaft.de/

Heinrich Schütz Choir: https://www.hsc-hn.de/

]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 3098 Meet Heinrich Schütz, the pioneering composer who helped shape the future of classical music in Germany. From his early life in Saxony and studies in Venice to his survival through the Thirty Years’ War, this episode explores a life marked by artistic innovation, profound loss, and extraordinary resilience. Discover lost operas, sacred masterpieces, and the lasting legacy of a composer who transformed words into music with unmatched intensity.


#HeinrichSchütz #ClassicalMusic #BaroqueMusic #MusicHistory


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/4Fw8f0YbjBs9suGEwInPJe?si=_VKImi_yTy6M0mTJOOuOOQ

Schütz House: https://schuetzhaus-weissenfels.de/museum/heinrich-schutz/

Weißenfels Music Week: https://www.schuetz-musikfest.de/

Birthplace Museum in Bad Köstritz: https://heinrich-schuetz-haus.de/

International Heinrich Schütz Society: https://www.schuetzgesellschaft.de/

Heinrich Schütz Choir: https://www.hsc-hn.de/

]]> No The Man Who Documented the Sound of the Renaissance | Audiobiography of Michael Praetorius 7 7 The Man Who Documented the Sound of the Renaissance | Audiobiography of Michael Praetorius full 6028a905-f2c1-45e1-9938-0c0d75ca9215 https://share.transistor.fm/s/ca2fe090 A man between two musical worlds: discover Michael Praetorius, the hidden genius who transformed Lutheran sacred music, embraced Italian innovations without ever visiting Italy, and left an extraordinary legacy in just fifty years. Join us on a journey through the courts of early Baroque Germany to meet a composer, organist, theorist, and visionary whose music is still waiting to be fully rediscovered.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0OTPgUKkDp058dC3czXFM2?si=qUD5p94JTH-hAn7S0U2Vsw

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/20472947/michael-praetorius

Society: https://www.michael-praetorius.de/?page_id=39

Collegium: https://www.michael-praetorius.de/?page_id=30

Youth orchestra: https://www.praetoriusleipzig.de/

]]> A man between two musical worlds: discover Michael Praetorius, the hidden genius who transformed Lutheran sacred music, embraced Italian innovations without ever visiting Italy, and left an extraordinary legacy in just fifty years. Join us on a journey through the courts of early Baroque Germany to meet a composer, organist, theorist, and visionary whose music is still waiting to be fully rediscovered.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0OTPgUKkDp058dC3czXFM2?si=qUD5p94JTH-hAn7S0U2Vsw

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/20472947/michael-praetorius

Society: https://www.michael-praetorius.de/?page_id=39

Collegium: https://www.michael-praetorius.de/?page_id=30

Youth orchestra: https://www.praetoriusleipzig.de/

]]> Thu, 13 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 3659 A man between two musical worlds: discover Michael Praetorius, the hidden genius who transformed Lutheran sacred music, embraced Italian innovations without ever visiting Italy, and left an extraordinary legacy in just fifty years. Join us on a journey through the courts of early Baroque Germany to meet a composer, organist, theorist, and visionary whose music is still waiting to be fully rediscovered.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0OTPgUKkDp058dC3czXFM2?si=qUD5p94JTH-hAn7S0U2Vsw

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/20472947/michael-praetorius

Society: https://www.michael-praetorius.de/?page_id=39

Collegium: https://www.michael-praetorius.de/?page_id=30

Youth orchestra: https://www.praetoriusleipzig.de/

]]> No The Man Behind the Birth of Modern Classical Music | Audiobiography of Claudio Monteverdi 6 6 The Man Behind the Birth of Modern Classical Music | Audiobiography of Claudio Monteverdi full a57fe74f-c56b-439c-94f6-6e4dc61589aa https://share.transistor.fm/s/2525d383 Plague, war, unpaid wages, a furious music critic, and a composer quietly reinventing what music could do. 

In this episode, we dive into the life of Claudio Monteverdi, the man who turned stiff court entertainments into living, breathing drama. From the explosive premiere of *Orfeo* to the heartbreak and genius behind his famous laments, you’ll hear how one stubborn, rule‑breaking composer gave opera its emotional value—and why his music still hits unnervingly close to home today.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/5iAhVgz6P8Nylxijb0C65v?si=p5tiucaBR5a71sU32bOXSg

Society: https://www.fondazionemonteverdi.it/

Monteverdi Festival: https://www.monteverdifestivalcremona.it/en/

Museo del Violino: https://museodelviolino.org/it/

Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists: https://monteverdi.co.uk/

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/7571/claudio-monteverdi

]]> Plague, war, unpaid wages, a furious music critic, and a composer quietly reinventing what music could do. 

In this episode, we dive into the life of Claudio Monteverdi, the man who turned stiff court entertainments into living, breathing drama. From the explosive premiere of *Orfeo* to the heartbreak and genius behind his famous laments, you’ll hear how one stubborn, rule‑breaking composer gave opera its emotional value—and why his music still hits unnervingly close to home today.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/5iAhVgz6P8Nylxijb0C65v?si=p5tiucaBR5a71sU32bOXSg

Society: https://www.fondazionemonteverdi.it/

Monteverdi Festival: https://www.monteverdifestivalcremona.it/en/

Museo del Violino: https://museodelviolino.org/it/

Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists: https://monteverdi.co.uk/

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/7571/claudio-monteverdi

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 2897 Plague, war, unpaid wages, a furious music critic, and a composer quietly reinventing what music could do. 

In this episode, we dive into the life of Claudio Monteverdi, the man who turned stiff court entertainments into living, breathing drama. From the explosive premiere of *Orfeo* to the heartbreak and genius behind his famous laments, you’ll hear how one stubborn, rule‑breaking composer gave opera its emotional value—and why his music still hits unnervingly close to home today.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/5iAhVgz6P8Nylxijb0C65v?si=p5tiucaBR5a71sU32bOXSg

Society: https://www.fondazionemonteverdi.it/

Monteverdi Festival: https://www.monteverdifestivalcremona.it/en/

Museo del Violino: https://museodelviolino.org/it/

Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists: https://monteverdi.co.uk/

Grave: https://de.findagrave.com/memorial/7571/claudio-monteverdi

]]> No The Man Who Invented The Opera | Audiobiography of Jacopo Peri 5 5 The Man Who Invented The Opera | Audiobiography of Jacopo Peri full c3942d66-4bd2-46c3-8ea6-3753e3907593 https://share.transistor.fm/s/24617e27 Step into Florence around 1600, where a gifted singer with magnificent golden hair quietly changed music forever. This episode tells the vivid, often messy life story of Jacopo Peri: court musician, municipal treasurer, survivor of two plagues, father of ten, and composer of Euridice, the oldest complete opera we have. You will hear about artistic rivalries, political games at the Medici court, spectacular premieres that went wrong, and the moment recitative was invented almost by accident. If you love Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, or Wagner, this is the unlikely origin story of the art form they all inherited.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2Qm0WBKIumxRTbeIpx1DnO?si=3M7twZtiTymfQ9mpGObh6g

Grave: https://www.smn.it/en/

]]> Step into Florence around 1600, where a gifted singer with magnificent golden hair quietly changed music forever. This episode tells the vivid, often messy life story of Jacopo Peri: court musician, municipal treasurer, survivor of two plagues, father of ten, and composer of Euridice, the oldest complete opera we have. You will hear about artistic rivalries, political games at the Medici court, spectacular premieres that went wrong, and the moment recitative was invented almost by accident. If you love Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, or Wagner, this is the unlikely origin story of the art form they all inherited.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2Qm0WBKIumxRTbeIpx1DnO?si=3M7twZtiTymfQ9mpGObh6g

Grave: https://www.smn.it/en/

]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 2236 Step into Florence around 1600, where a gifted singer with magnificent golden hair quietly changed music forever. This episode tells the vivid, often messy life story of Jacopo Peri: court musician, municipal treasurer, survivor of two plagues, father of ten, and composer of Euridice, the oldest complete opera we have. You will hear about artistic rivalries, political games at the Medici court, spectacular premieres that went wrong, and the moment recitative was invented almost by accident. If you love Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, or Wagner, this is the unlikely origin story of the art form they all inherited.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2Qm0WBKIumxRTbeIpx1DnO?si=3M7twZtiTymfQ9mpGObh6g

Grave: https://www.smn.it/en/

]]> No The Golden Age of English Renaissance Music | Audiobiography of Thomas Morley 4 4 The Golden Age of English Renaissance Music | Audiobiography of Thomas Morley full c826a739-5988-40c2-a4c2-986c6849235c https://share.transistor.fm/s/8823bbae Thomas Morley (c.1557–1602) was one of the brightest voices of Elizabethan music: organist, singer, teacher, theorist, publisher, and the composer who helped make the English madrigal a true national art. In this episode, we follow his journey from chorister in Norwich to the Chapel Royal in London, exploring how he learned from William Byrd, navigated religious and political tension, and turned Italian styles into vivid English songs sung in homes across the country. We also look at his role in music printing, his possible work as an intelligence agent, his great treatise on music, and why his pieces are still performed and loved today.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/6nLcghsTUtvQzu7aiu8HbO?si=jLm_4F-RRo27gvlY-uB4eQ

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCybsXzqmCLiYhUima-WRK6A

]]> Thomas Morley (c.1557–1602) was one of the brightest voices of Elizabethan music: organist, singer, teacher, theorist, publisher, and the composer who helped make the English madrigal a true national art. In this episode, we follow his journey from chorister in Norwich to the Chapel Royal in London, exploring how he learned from William Byrd, navigated religious and political tension, and turned Italian styles into vivid English songs sung in homes across the country. We also look at his role in music printing, his possible work as an intelligence agent, his great treatise on music, and why his pieces are still performed and loved today.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/6nLcghsTUtvQzu7aiu8HbO?si=jLm_4F-RRo27gvlY-uB4eQ

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCybsXzqmCLiYhUima-WRK6A

]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 2873 Thomas Morley (c.1557–1602) was one of the brightest voices of Elizabethan music: organist, singer, teacher, theorist, publisher, and the composer who helped make the English madrigal a true national art. In this episode, we follow his journey from chorister in Norwich to the Chapel Royal in London, exploring how he learned from William Byrd, navigated religious and political tension, and turned Italian styles into vivid English songs sung in homes across the country. We also look at his role in music printing, his possible work as an intelligence agent, his great treatise on music, and why his pieces are still performed and loved today.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/6nLcghsTUtvQzu7aiu8HbO?si=jLm_4F-RRo27gvlY-uB4eQ

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCybsXzqmCLiYhUima-WRK6A

]]> No Echoes of Venice and the Birth of Grand Sound | Audiobiography of Andrea Gabrieli 3 3 Echoes of Venice and the Birth of Grand Sound | Audiobiography of Andrea Gabrieli full bf622b5b-6ccd-49c2-b300-652f002d3b0b https://share.transistor.fm/s/3b118b74 Step into sixteenth‑century Venice and discover Andrea Gabrieli, the organist‑composer who turned San Marco into a vast, shimmering sound laboratory and helped invent the Venetian School’s breathtaking polychoral style. Hear how a working‑class Venetian became a court‑favoured innovator, scored music, and left a rich legacy.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/61tgIUsrOcw3AMTLxuZHr1?si=dhLvpjUARjmuhH4ZsfuFCQ

]]> Step into sixteenth‑century Venice and discover Andrea Gabrieli, the organist‑composer who turned San Marco into a vast, shimmering sound laboratory and helped invent the Venetian School’s breathtaking polychoral style. Hear how a working‑class Venetian became a court‑favoured innovator, scored music, and left a rich legacy.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/61tgIUsrOcw3AMTLxuZHr1?si=dhLvpjUARjmuhH4ZsfuFCQ

]]> Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 3556 Step into sixteenth‑century Venice and discover Andrea Gabrieli, the organist‑composer who turned San Marco into a vast, shimmering sound laboratory and helped invent the Venetian School’s breathtaking polychoral style. Hear how a working‑class Venetian became a court‑favoured innovator, scored music, and left a rich legacy.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/61tgIUsrOcw3AMTLxuZHr1?si=dhLvpjUARjmuhH4ZsfuFCQ

]]> No The Most Versatile Genius of the Renaissance | Audiobiography of Orlando di Lasso 2 2 The Most Versatile Genius of the Renaissance | Audiobiography of Orlando di Lasso full 8e1f4109-868b-4d8a-b763-1a86646bf1a3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/960d2f10 Kidnapped three times for the beauty of his voice, knighted by a pope, adored by emperors – yet almost forgotten today. This episode uncovers the extraordinary life and music of Orlando di Lasso, a Renaissance superstar whose witty, deeply human works still speak to us.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/66hSfMemmixjY58p7KcTV6?si=tGAweMM0Q_6rtTozZVRFRw

Society: https://www.orlanduslassus.de/was-ist-die-orlandus-lassus-stiftung/

Tour: https://musikspaziergang.de/events/auf-den-spuren-orlando-di-lassos/

Monument: https://municharttogo.zikg.eu/items/show/337

Gravestone: https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/sammlung/00037200

Projects: https://lasso.badw.de/das-projekt.html

]]> Kidnapped three times for the beauty of his voice, knighted by a pope, adored by emperors – yet almost forgotten today. This episode uncovers the extraordinary life and music of Orlando di Lasso, a Renaissance superstar whose witty, deeply human works still speak to us.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/66hSfMemmixjY58p7KcTV6?si=tGAweMM0Q_6rtTozZVRFRw

Society: https://www.orlanduslassus.de/was-ist-die-orlandus-lassus-stiftung/

Tour: https://musikspaziergang.de/events/auf-den-spuren-orlando-di-lassos/

Monument: https://municharttogo.zikg.eu/items/show/337

Gravestone: https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/sammlung/00037200

Projects: https://lasso.badw.de/das-projekt.html

]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 2743 Kidnapped three times for the beauty of his voice, knighted by a pope, adored by emperors – yet almost forgotten today. This episode uncovers the extraordinary life and music of Orlando di Lasso, a Renaissance superstar whose witty, deeply human works still speak to us.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/66hSfMemmixjY58p7KcTV6?si=tGAweMM0Q_6rtTozZVRFRw

Society: https://www.orlanduslassus.de/was-ist-die-orlandus-lassus-stiftung/

Tour: https://musikspaziergang.de/events/auf-den-spuren-orlando-di-lassos/

Monument: https://municharttogo.zikg.eu/items/show/337

Gravestone: https://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/sammlung/00037200

Projects: https://lasso.badw.de/das-projekt.html

]]> No The Prince of Music and the Voice of the Renaissance | Audiobiography of Giovanni da Palestrina 1 1 The Prince of Music and the Voice of the Renaissance | Audiobiography of Giovanni da Palestrina full ca9a38ee-d076-46b8-8b4a-4c9a59d1f036 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c6fc6b7b This episode invites listeners into the world of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, where sacred music, ambition, grief, and legend converge in one extraordinary Renaissance life. Expect a portrait of a composer who not only shaped the sound of Catholic worship but also survived professional setbacks, devastating personal losses, and the pressures of a changing Church—emerging as one of Western music’s most enduring voices.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0BS8IrFmvK1tXenMULjwem?si=FVUDqyPJTLSP8Og8nDJYKg

Museum & Society: https://www.italia.it/de/latium/palestrina/kulturstaetten/stiftung-giovanni-pierluigi-da-palestrina

Monument: https://www.walksinrome.com/blog/february-2nd-1594-death-in-rome-of-the-composer-palestrina


For Feedback, do not hesitate to contact us via mail.podcasts@gmx.net

]]> This episode invites listeners into the world of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, where sacred music, ambition, grief, and legend converge in one extraordinary Renaissance life. Expect a portrait of a composer who not only shaped the sound of Catholic worship but also survived professional setbacks, devastating personal losses, and the pressures of a changing Church—emerging as one of Western music’s most enduring voices.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0BS8IrFmvK1tXenMULjwem?si=FVUDqyPJTLSP8Og8nDJYKg

Museum & Society: https://www.italia.it/de/latium/palestrina/kulturstaetten/stiftung-giovanni-pierluigi-da-palestrina

Monument: https://www.walksinrome.com/blog/february-2nd-1594-death-in-rome-of-the-composer-palestrina


For Feedback, do not hesitate to contact us via mail.podcasts@gmx.net

]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 3545 This episode invites listeners into the world of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, where sacred music, ambition, grief, and legend converge in one extraordinary Renaissance life. Expect a portrait of a composer who not only shaped the sound of Catholic worship but also survived professional setbacks, devastating personal losses, and the pressures of a changing Church—emerging as one of Western music’s most enduring voices.


Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/0BS8IrFmvK1tXenMULjwem?si=FVUDqyPJTLSP8Og8nDJYKg

Museum & Society: https://www.italia.it/de/latium/palestrina/kulturstaetten/stiftung-giovanni-pierluigi-da-palestrina

Monument: https://www.walksinrome.com/blog/february-2nd-1594-death-in-rome-of-the-composer-palestrina


For Feedback, do not hesitate to contact us via mail.podcasts@gmx.net

]]> No Introduction 1 1 Introduction trailer 26288b75-54e4-4759-8590-3ca6a334644f https://share.transistor.fm/s/50160e65 We warmly invite you to join us on a fascinating journey through the history of classical music.

]]> We warmly invite you to join us on a fascinating journey through the history of classical music.

]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 21:27:13 +0200 LZ Media LZ Media 92 We warmly invite you to join us on a fascinating journey through the history of classical music. We warmly invite you to join us on a fascinating journey through the history of classical music. No