Robert Greenberg

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...

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....

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....

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....

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....

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

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....

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....

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....

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 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....

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

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....

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

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

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

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