Robert Greenberg

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....

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....

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....

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....

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

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

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....

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....

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

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....

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...

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

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

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

Stravinsky forged a new "musical language" to portray the sense of the ballet's primitive and earthy theme....

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 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....