Robert Greenberg

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....

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

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....

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....

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

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....

This eight-lecture series uses biographical information and musical commentary to link the complexities of Brahms the man with the electrifying music of Brahms the composer....

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

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....

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....

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

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....

This series of 32 lectures from one of music's most acclaimed teachers combines biography with a variety of musical excerpts to reveal the treasures of creativity that account for this popularity....

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

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

This fast-moving series of eight lectures offers an insightful look into both the circumstances of Tchaikovsky's life and the impact that life had on his music....

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

More than anyone before him, Franz Liszt created one of the most enduring archetypes of the Romantic era....

Even from the perspective of time, it is nearly impossible to grasp the full contribution made to music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in his brief and glorious life....

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....