Robert Greenberg

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....

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

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....

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

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....

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

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....

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

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 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....

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....

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....

More than many other composers, Gustav Mahler's works are highly personal expressions of his inner world....

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

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... 

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

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....

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....

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