Robert Greenberg

Though unappreciated in his own time, Johann Sebastian Bach has ascended to Olympian heights, the verdict of contemporary audiences long since overruled by succeeding generations of music lovers....

When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died, left behind the defining composition in every available musical genre of his time: symphony, chamber music, masses, and above all - opera....

Almost from the moment it was first set to paper, the music of Franz Joseph Haydn - technically superb, rich in quality, and widely imitated - has exemplified the Classical style....

Even if you have listened to many of these illustrative pieces throughout your life you will never hear them the same way again after experiencing these lectures....

Professor Greenberg of San Francisco Performances returns with a fascinating and provocative premise: Despite the abstractness and the universality of music it is a mirror of the historical setting....

A revolutionary man living in a revolutionary time, Beethoven used the piano as his personal musical laboratory....

32 lectures, a professional composer and accomplished teacher will give you a new level of sophistication as a music listener....

Each of these lectures is a rare and life-enriching opportunity to know the scope of Beethoven's genius....

In The Life & Times of Beethoven, celebrated composer and music historian Professor Robert Greenberg of San Francisco Performances gives you a unique perspective on a musical genius the likes of which the world had never seen before...

The symphony has evolved into one of the longest lived, and perhaps the most expressively inclusive, genres of instrumental music....

Over the centuries, orchestral music has given us a category of works that stand apart as transcendent expressions of the human spirit....

A concerto gives us human drama. In these 24 musically rich lectures, you'll listen to selections from nearly 100 concerti from more than 60 composers....

The piano is the most popular solo concert instrument in Western music. One of the key reasons is the fact that it has inspired many of the greatest masterpieces....

Beginning with an introduction to Beethoven the man and the musical and societal forces that shaped his development, you'll explore his breathtaking innovations....

In these 24 lectures filled with musical excerpts, enjoy a rich and multifaceted exploration of the trailblazing works and outsized life of this historically pivotal composer....

This spellbinding series of 32 lectures will introduce you to the transcendentally beautiful performing art....

These 16 lectures take you deep inside the structure of Mozart's chamber masterworks to reveal his hand at work....

Dmitri Shostakovich's symphonies and string quartets are mainstays of the 20th century repertoire....

In all the annals of Western music, there has never been a couple like the Schumanns: he a pioneering critic and composer, she one of the leading concert pianists of Europe....

After listening to this perceptive series of eight lectures on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven, you will likely find that you hear his work in an entirely different way....