Classical Sprouts
Kate Botello makes classical music fun, funny, and interactive on Classical Sprouts, the AWESOME classical music podcast for kids from Interlochen Public Radio!
Through Classical Sprouts' interactive episodes on themes like West Side Story, bagpipes and rodeos, your family will learn fascinating tales about musicians and hear inspiring samples from classical compositions throughout history.
Whether you’re in the car or making dinner, Classical Sprouts brings families together to plant the seed of classical music curiosity.
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Latest Episodes
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This composer was a contemporary of Franz Lizst, but didn't have her work published during her lifetime. Now, Interlochen Arts Camp Instructor of Piano Jocelyn Swigger is on a mission to uncover, publish, and perform the music of Agnes Tyrrell! Hear it here first! -
Kindness is key in Rossini's take on Cinderella, where there's no magic: no glass slippers, no pumpkin carriage, and no fairy godmother!
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Learn about the history of the saxophone through the actual instruments themselves! Jake Goldwasser is a saxophone player, a saxocologist, and the curating fellow with the Greenleaf Collection at Interlochen Center For The Arts, and he's a guest on Classical Sprouts this week, bringing to life the stories of some really cool and really old saxophones!
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American rock and pop singer Linda Ronstadt sang the role of Mabel in the 1983 movie version of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance." But she wasn't known as an opera singer. Hear how she used that to her advantage in this episode of Classical Sprouts!
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Soft-hearted Pirates! Fast-talking Major-Generals! Love, insomnia, battles, and love for the Queen! We’re heading to the shores of Cornwall, England with our pirate costumes as we explore the Gilbert and Sullivan favorite, "The Pirates of Penzance!"
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We're swabbing the deck, hanging out with cats and goats, listening to some reallllly old saxophones and more this season on Classical Sprouts!
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Dig into four movements of Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" and hear how they sound as the original piano score, how it grows into a piece for orchestra, and how other ensembles have imagined them!
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Heard of the oud? How about the darbuka? Find out what they are on this musical tour of the Middle East!
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Kate shares a Venezuelan folk song that was used to calm down cows when they are being milked!
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Gnomes, dancing chicks, a witch's hut ... we have lots of paintings and music to explore!
