Joe Illick - Notes On Music

Joe Illick discusses and plays excerpts on the piano from The Ring, Wagner's cycle of 4 epic music dramas.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Bach; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Beethoven; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Brahms; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performer: Joe Johnson, cello

Joe Illick discusses the subject of Chamber Music; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performers:  Ilmar Gavilan, violin - Melissa White, violin - Jaime Amador, viola - Felix Umansky, cello

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Chopin; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the subject of Conducting; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Debussy; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performer: Gina Browning, soprano

Joe Illick discusses the lives and work of Gilbert and Sullivan, playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Leonard Bernstein; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Liszt; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Mahler; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performer:  Gina Browning, soprano

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Mendelssohn; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performer:  Ezra Scholnik, violinist

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Mozart; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performers:  Robert Crowe, soprano and Eric Illick, treble

Joe Illick discusses the subject of Order and Chaos in music; playing excerpts on the piano. 

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Rossini; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performers:  Alissa Anderson, mezzo-soprano and  Javier Abreu, tenor.

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Schubert; playing excerpts on the piano. Guest performers:  Gina Browning, soprano and David Felberg, violinist

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Schumann, playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses the history of the violin and its creative evolution throughout the history of music. Guest performers: Richard Rood, violinist, and Phoenix Avalon, violinist

Joe Illick discusses the life and work of Strauss; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses Verdi's life and work; playing excerpts on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses Wagner's life and plays excerpts from his works  on the piano.

Joe Illick discusses and plays excerpts on the piano from Wagner's opera, Lohengrin. Guest performer:  Nicholas Simpson, tenor

Joe Illick discusses and plays excerpts on the piano from Wagner's opera,  Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Guest performer: Nic holas Simpson, tenor

Joe Illick discusses Wagner's opera, Tannhauser, playing excerpts on the piano. Guests artists include: Jodi Karem, mezzo-soprano and Nicholas Simpson, tenor

Joe Illick discusses and plays excerpts on the piano of Wagner's opera/musical drams, Tristan und Isolde. Guest soloist: Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet