How A Composer Conducts Himself

Season 36 Episode 3

About the Episode

Don't all composers want to impose their will, not only on innocent blank pages, but also on the musicians who play their music? Alec Baldwin discovers that Richard Strauss even had a set of written rules for conducting!

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Extras

Alexander and Paul Gemignani Talk Sondheim

Father and son discuss Stephen Sondheim's music, conductor to conductor.

27:38
Joseph Calleja: "Catching Momentum"

The renowned tenor describes what keeps him reaching for higher ground.

0:37
Angela Meade: Covergirl

Opera News captures the mercuric rise of a 21st century star.

0:56
Cynthia Erivo in Concert - Preview

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0:30
Billy Porter: Images of Self

How performing on stage can help to save lives.

1:22
Joyce DiDonato: Romeo Must Sing

Joyce DiDonato takes on the role of Romeo in Bellini's "I Capuleti ed i Montecchi."

11:37
Joshua Bell and the Havana Chamber Orchestra heat things up

The seasoned violinist performs Vivaldi's "Summer" movement from The Four Seasons.

1:03
The Church of Pammegiston Taxiarchon

A hidden jewel of a Greek Orthodox Church on the slopes of Mount Pelion.

2:08
Beethoven's Humor

The musicians of CMS indulge a different side of the brooding master's music.

1:46
George Tsontakis' "KnickKnacks" (Complete Performance)

Five movements from Tsontakis' dynamic work for violin and viola.

14:47