BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Rachel Franklin - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://rachelfranklin.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Rachel Franklin REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251110T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250729T021303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T021528Z UID:4763-1762776000-1762781400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music\, Lecture 2 - Grimm\, Perrault\, and Andersen: Masters of Enchantment DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Ever since early humans began to gather\, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror\, classical repertory is equally graced with gentler stories\, some of which end happily ever after. \nIn the perfect follow-up to Halloween\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits her seasonal tour through the most mysterious corners of classical music as well as illustrates how fantasy and folklore have inspired some of history’s greatest composers. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe magical tales told by Charles Perrault\, Hans Christian Andersen\, and the Brothers Grimm have provided the inspiration for many classical masterpieces. Franklin compares the varied approaches taken in such beloved works as Tchaikovsky’s The Sleeping Beauty ballet\, very different versions of the Cinderella story by Rossini and Prokofiev\, Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel\, The Mermaid by Zemlinsky\, and The Fairy’s Kiss by Stravinsky. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-fairy-tales-in-classical-music-lecture-2-grimm-perrault-and-andersen-masters-of-enchantment/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fairy-tales-classical-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251115T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T180930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T180934Z UID:4796-1763233200-1763235000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-21/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251117T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250729T021426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T021504Z UID:4768-1763380800-1763386200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music\, Lecture 3 - Faeries\, Trolls\, and Mystical Maidens DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Ever since early humans began to gather\, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror\, classical repertory is equally graced with gentler stories\, some of which end happily ever after. \nIn the perfect follow-up to Halloween\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits her seasonal tour through the most mysterious corners of classical music as well as illustrates how fantasy and folklore have inspired some of history’s greatest composers. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe enchanted creatures of myth never cease to fascinate. Purcell\, Mendelssohn\, Grieg\, Debussy\, and Sibelius wrote many works that draw from mythological roots\, frequently via the great literature of Shakespeare\, Ibsen and others. Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen\, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream\, Peer Gynt by Grieg\, and Pohjola’s Daughter by Sibelius are all magnificent examples of the genre. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-fairy-tales-in-classical-music-lecture-3-faeries-trolls-and-mystical-maidens/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fairy-tales-classical-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251120T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T184316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T185937Z UID:4829-1763665200-1763670600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:SONOS Trio at the Oxford Community Center: "Paris\, The Crazy Years" DESCRIPTION:https://oxfordcc.org/product/rachel-franklin-sonos-concert/\n \n \n \n \n \n Paris: The Crazy Years is classic SONOS\, a fascinating\, immersive tribute to America’s momentous 1917 entry into the First World War\, and the extraordinary period in Paris that followed\, known as the Crazy Years – les Années Folles. Our journey through the City of Light glitters with music by Debussy\, Gershwin\, Ravel\, Thelonious Monk\, Cole Porter and more. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/sonos-trio-at-the-oxford-community-center-paris-the-crazy-years/ LOCATION:Oxford Community Center\, 200 Oxford Road\, Oxford\, MD\, 21654\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SONOS-PARIS-2025-.Outside_cropped.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250729T021729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T021732Z UID:4780-1763985600-1763991000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Fairy Tales in Classical Music\, Lecture 4 - Operatic Occult DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/fairy-tales-in-classical-music\n \n \n \n \n \n Ever since early humans began to gather\, they attempted to understand the inexplicable universe by telling tales. While composers have frequently enjoyed exploring the macabre and Gothic horror\, classical repertory is equally graced with gentler stories\, some of which end happily ever after. \nIn the perfect follow-up to Halloween\, speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin revisits her seasonal tour through the most mysterious corners of classical music as well as illustrates how fantasy and folklore have inspired some of history’s greatest composers. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nExperience an intimately eerie encounter with some of the favorite ghouls and ghosts of the operatic underworld. Selections include excerpts from Mozart’s Don Giovanni\, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw\, Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld\, Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman\, and other works. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-fairy-tales-in-classical-music-lecture-4-operatic-occult/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/fairy-tales-classical-music.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250914T174349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T180632Z UID:4850-1764075600-1764079200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y: The Revolutionary George Gershwin\, Lecture 1 - “My people are Americans. My time is today” DESCRIPTION:https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nFrom his early brilliance as a Tin Pan Alley song plugger to his groundbreaking fusion of classical music and jazz in “Rhapsody in Blue”\, George Gershwin spent his formative years completely re-imagining what American music could be. We begin our 3-part series by tracing his path to the Rhapsody’s electrifying 1924 premiere via enduring musical hits such as “Swanee”\, “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise”\, and “Somebody Loves Me.” \n\n\n\n\n\n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nJoin acclaimed pianist Dr. Rachel Franklin as she demonstrates the genius of Gershwin live at the piano\, enhanced by archival audio and film\, to celebrate his transformative vision for American music. Gershwin’s fusion of jazz\, classical\, Yiddish and other folk styles gave us such vibrant national icons as “Rhapsody in Blue”\, “An American in Paris”\, and “Porgy and Bess”\, now emblems of America’s melting pot self-image\, its vigor and optimism. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries-lecture-1-my-people-are-americans-my-time-is-today/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gershwin.png ORGANIZER;CN="Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y":MAILTO:hello@roundtable.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250914T181140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T181353Z UID:4861-1764680400-1764684000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y: The Revolutionary George Gershwin\, Lecture 2 - “Jazz and classical are two languages; I try to speak both” DESCRIPTION:https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nGershwin was already a youthful celebrity when his “Rhapsody in Blue” brought him blazing success. However\, his restless imagination and boundless creativity drove him to continue dreaming up new ways to fuse his Jewish\, jazz\, and classical roots\, ignoring both snobbery and bigotry on the way. In addition to major musical productions with his brother Ira such as “Lady Be Good” and “Funny Face”\, we enjoy his virtuosic Concerto in F and his enchanting paean to the City of Light\, “An American in Paris.” \n\n\n\n\n\n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nJoin acclaimed pianist Dr. Rachel Franklin as she demonstrates the genius of Gershwin live at the piano\, enhanced by archival audio and film\, to celebrate his transformative vision for American music. Gershwin’s fusion of jazz\, classical\, Yiddish and other folk styles gave us such vibrant national icons as “Rhapsody in Blue”\, “An American in Paris”\, and “Porgy and Bess”\, now emblems of America’s melting pot self-image\, its vigor and optimism. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/roundtable-by-the-92nd-street-y-the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-lecture-2-jazz-and-classical-are-two-languages-i-try-to-speak-both/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gershwin.png ORGANIZER;CN="Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y":MAILTO:hello@roundtable.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T140000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250914T181651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T181655Z UID:4868-1765285200-1765288800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y: The Revolutionary George Gershwin\, Lecture 3 - “I never felt more alive...than when working on Porgy and Bess” DESCRIPTION:https://www.roundtable.org/live-courses/music/the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-a-composer-beyond-boundaries\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nDuBose Heyward’s novel “Porgy” inspired Gershwin to compose what he felt profoundly to be his finest achievement\, consuming him to near exhaustion right up to its opening in 1935. Since then “Porgy and Bess” has taken its place as a beloved and revered opera on the world’s great stages\, occupying a unique role in the history of American art. Performances evolve constantly\, weathering controversy and changing attitudes by virtue of Gershwin’s ravishing music and tender\, compassionate characterizations. Now in 2025\, “Porgy and Bess” remains a radiant expression of Gershwin’s towering creative vision\, honesty and integrity. \n\n\n\n\n\n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nJoin acclaimed pianist Dr. Rachel Franklin as she demonstrates the genius of Gershwin live at the piano\, enhanced by archival audio and film\, to celebrate his transformative vision for American music. Gershwin’s fusion of jazz\, classical\, Yiddish and other folk styles gave us such vibrant national icons as “Rhapsody in Blue”\, “An American in Paris”\, and “Porgy and Bess”\, now emblems of America’s melting pot self-image\, its vigor and optimism. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/roundtable-by-the-92nd-street-y-the-revolutionary-george-gershwin-lecture-3-i-never-felt-more-alive-than-when-working-on-porgy-and-bess/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Gershwin.png ORGANIZER;CN="Roundtable by the 92nd Street Y":MAILTO:hello@roundtable.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181048Z UID:4798-1767898800-1767900600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-22/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T214809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T215232Z UID:4985-1768219200-1768224600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Women Who Shaped the Musical World\, Lecture 1 - Great Composers DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/women-who-shaped-musical-world\n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout the history of Western music\, men have claimed most of the spotlight and accolades as performers\, composers\, teachers\, impresarios\, patrons\, and instrument makers. Less attention has been paid to the scores of brilliant creative women who played these roles—along with many others—and who were relegated to the less brightly lit corners of the musical word. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin places them center stage as she examines their talent\, grit\, intellect\, and drive\, without which many of the most celebrated musical figures might have been significantly less successful\, and the musical repertoire far less rich. She brings these women and their often-untold stories to life\, showcasing them with live piano performances and historical and contemporary media clips. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nTwelfth-century abbess Hildegard of Bingen produced some 70 musical compositions while founding two monasteries and writing countless scientific and theological works. Fanny Mendelssohn’s lovely compositions were published under her brother Felix’s name to avoid social scandal. Clara Schumann combined maintaining an international performing and composing career with raising seven children and caring for her composer husband Robert\, who battled with depression. Franklin explores the great talents of these women\, as well as works by composers including Amy Beach\, Barbara Strozzi\, Margaret Bonds\, and Louise Farrenc. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-women-who-shaped-the-musical-world-lecture-1-great-composers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WomenMusicalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260125T143000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181207Z UID:4800-1769349600-1769351400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-23/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260126T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T215629Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T215634Z UID:4992-1769428800-1769434200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Women Who Shaped the Musical World\, Lecture 2 - Entrepreneurs\, Gurus\, Muses\, Nurturers DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/women-who-shaped-musical-world\n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout the history of Western music\, men have claimed most of the spotlight and accolades as performers\, composers\, teachers\, impresarios\, patrons\, and instrument makers. Less attention has been paid to the scores of brilliant creative women who played these roles—along with many others—and who were relegated to the less brightly lit corners of the musical word. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin places them center stage as she examines their talent\, grit\, intellect\, and drive\, without which many of the most celebrated musical figures might have been significantly less successful\, and the musical repertoire far less rich. She brings these women and their often-untold stories to life\, showcasing them with live piano performances and historical and contemporary media clips. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nWhen she wasn’t busy building superb instruments for her friend Beethoven\, piano maker Nannette Streicher helped him run his hopelessly disorganized household while barely keeping up with her own. George Sand juggled her successful writing career with supporting the endlessly complex needs of her lover Chopin and raising her two children. Cosima Wagner and Alma Mahler both defied social mores and scandalized their contemporaries with their affairs and marriages to powerful older composers\, becoming their muses and managers. The brilliant Boulanger sisters\, composer Lili and teacher Nadia\, influenced the path of modern composition\, with composers from across the Western world beating a path to Nadia’s door for her uniquely insightful guidance. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-women-who-shaped-the-musical-world-lecture-2-entrepreneurs-gurus-muses-nurturers/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WomenMusicalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260131T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181345Z UID:4802-1769886000-1769887800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-24/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T215838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T215844Z UID:4995-1770033600-1770039000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Women Who Shaped the Musical World\, Lecture 3 - Superb Salonnières DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/women-who-shaped-musical-world\n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout the history of Western music\, men have claimed most of the spotlight and accolades as performers\, composers\, teachers\, impresarios\, patrons\, and instrument makers. Less attention has been paid to the scores of brilliant creative women who played these roles—along with many others—and who were relegated to the less brightly lit corners of the musical word. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin places them center stage as she examines their talent\, grit\, intellect\, and drive\, without which many of the most celebrated musical figures might have been significantly less successful\, and the musical repertoire far less rich. She brings these women and their often-untold stories to life\, showcasing them with live piano performances and historical and contemporary media clips. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nMendelssohn’s great aunt Sara Levy ran her weekly salon in Berlin to perform the works of J. S. Bach publicly\, commissioned new ones from his sons\, and built an incalculably valuable library of Bach family manuscripts. The Italian-born Princess Cristina Beljiojoso used her glamorous Parisian salon to raise money for her country’s political exiles by dreaming up extravagant musical events for adoring pianist friends\, who included Liszt and Chopin. The powerful connections\, commissions\, and sponsorships of avant-garde American heiress Winnaretta Singer\, aka Princesse Edmond de Polignac\, aided in the creation of major works by Fauré\, Stravinsky\, Poulenc\, and others. Franklin drops by the grand houses where great intellects and artists rubbed shoulders—and glorious music was heard. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-women-who-shaped-the-musical-world-lecture-3-superb-salonnieres/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WomenMusicalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260205T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181441Z UID:4804-1770318000-1770319800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-25/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T220038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T220044Z UID:4999-1770638400-1770643800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Women Who Shaped the Musical World\, Lecture 4 - Women of the Ballet Russe DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/women-who-shaped-musical-world\n \n \n \n \n \n Throughout the history of Western music\, men have claimed most of the spotlight and accolades as performers\, composers\, teachers\, impresarios\, patrons\, and instrument makers. Less attention has been paid to the scores of brilliant creative women who played these roles—along with many others—and who were relegated to the less brightly lit corners of the musical word. \nPopular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin places them center stage as she examines their talent\, grit\, intellect\, and drive\, without which many of the most celebrated musical figures might have been significantly less successful\, and the musical repertoire far less rich. She brings these women and their often-untold stories to life\, showcasing them with live piano performances and historical and contemporary media clips. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nSerge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe is venerated for its great male innovators such as Nijinsky\, Bakst\, and Stravinsky. But many of its most extraordinary artists and contributors were women. Nijinsky’s sister Bronislava Nijinska was one of ballet’s most distinguished creators\, both as a dancer and choreographer. The avant-garde artist Natalia Goncharova designed groundbreaking costumes and scenery for ballets such as the Firebird and the Golden Cockerel. And the brilliant\, charismatic heiress Ida Rubinstein braved incarceration in an asylum by her horrified family to become one of the most fearless modern dancers in Paris\, acting\, commissioning\, and eventually directing her own ballet company with Nijinsky as her choreographer. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-women-who-shaped-the-musical-world-lecture-4-women-of-the-ballet-russe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/WomenMusicalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260214T203000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T190851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T190855Z UID:4843-1771097400-1771101000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Washington Sinfonietta DESCRIPTION:https://washingtonsinfonietta.org/concerts URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-performing-beethovens-piano-concerto-no-4-with-the-washington-sinfonietta/ LOCATION:The Washington Sinfonietta\, PO Box 6740\, Falls Church\, VA\, 22046\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Beethoven.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Washington Sinfonietta":MAILTO:washington.sinfonietta.ws@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181526Z UID:4806-1772305200-1772307000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-26/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T143000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181644Z UID:4808-1772978400-1772980200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-27/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T220758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T220924Z UID:5003-1773057600-1773063000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Coming to America; European Musical Artists Meet the United States\, Lecture 1 - Beethoven Arrives DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/coming-to-america\n \n \n \n \n \n Beethoven never made it to America\, but hundreds of important musicians and composers did. From early touring megastars like Paderewski—who traveled in his own private Pullman car—to successful refugee émigrés such as Rachmaninoff\, America has been drawing renowned musical talents since well before its Declaration of Independence. Dvorák directed a music conservatory in New York; Korngold wrote scores for Hollywood; Tchaikovsky marveled at the warmth of American hospitality; and Schoenberg played tennis regularly with Gershwin. \nIn a unique course\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin explores the siren call of America to musicians throughout the world. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nBeethoven’s music made its American debut in an 1805 concert in Charleston\, South Carolina\, but the composer wasn’t there to enjoy it and never had the chance to visit the United States. Nonetheless\, Beethoven’s revolutionary style of music and his evolution as an artistic icon would go on to permeate every aspect of American culture. As musical societies were springing up everywhere\, Beethoven became the bust of choice on every music-lover’s mantelpiece. Works include the composer’s First Symphony\, plus music by Thomas Jefferson\, Charles Theodore Pachelbel\, and delightful ballades\, jigs\, and emigration songs of the period. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-coming-to-america-european-musical-artists-meet-the-united-states-lecture-1-beethoven-arrives/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TimeMagazine_IgorStravinsky.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260312T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181738Z UID:4810-1773342000-1773343800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-28/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T221742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T221957Z UID:5011-1773662400-1773667800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Coming to America; European Musical Artists Meet the United States\, Lecture 2 - Traveling Virtuosi DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/coming-to-america\n \n \n \n \n \n Beethoven never made it to America\, but hundreds of important musicians and composers did. From early touring megastars like Paderewski—who traveled in his own private Pullman car—to successful refugee émigrés such as Rachmaninoff\, America has been drawing renowned musical talents since well before its Declaration of Independence. Dvorák directed a music conservatory in New York; Korngold wrote scores for Hollywood; Tchaikovsky marveled at the warmth of American hospitality; and Schoenberg played tennis regularly with Gershwin. \nIn a unique course\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin explores the siren call of America to musicians throughout the world. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nAdelina Patti and Anton Rubinstein\, Old Arpeggio and the Swedish Nightingale: Franklin dives into the entertaining mix of hucksterism and high art that characterizes 19th-century American musical entertainment as she follows various traveling virtuosi across the country as they astonish and captivate their audiences. While much of their earlier repertory has vanished forever from concert programs\, these intrepid performers helped to glamorize classical music and laid solid foundations for the more discerning listeners of the future. Works include music by Gottschalk\, Wieniawski\, and Paderewski. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-coming-to-america-european-musical-artists-meet-the-united-states-lecture-2-traveling-virtuosi/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TimeMagazine_IgorStravinsky.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260323T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T222455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T222921Z UID:5016-1774267200-1774272600@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Coming to America; European Musical Artists Meet the United States\, Lecture 3 - Building Legacies DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/coming-to-america\n \n \n \n \n \n Beethoven never made it to America\, but hundreds of important musicians and composers did. From early touring megastars like Paderewski—who traveled in his own private Pullman car—to successful refugee émigrés such as Rachmaninoff\, America has been drawing renowned musical talents since well before its Declaration of Independence. Dvorák directed a music conservatory in New York; Korngold wrote scores for Hollywood; Tchaikovsky marveled at the warmth of American hospitality; and Schoenberg played tennis regularly with Gershwin. \nIn a unique course\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin explores the siren call of America to musicians throughout the world. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nMany mighty European musicians and composers helped to build the greatest institutions of American musical life. Gustav Mahler served as the tenth music director of the New York Philharmonic; Serge Koussevitzky was music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Antonin Dvorák directed the National Conservatory of Music in New York City; Leopold Stokowski served as artistic director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and appeared in Disney’s Fantasia. Franklin reviews the significant contributions of European composers to musical life in America and how they continue to shape our cultural world today. Works featured include Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony and excerpts from the score of Fantasia\, plus archival media of Toscanini and other early stars of the American classical music stage. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-coming-to-america-european-musical-artists-meet-the-united-states-lecture-3-building-legacies/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TimeMagazine_IgorStravinsky.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181828Z UID:4812-1774724400-1774726200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-29/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T223049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T223210Z UID:5024-1774872000-1774877400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Coming to America; European Musical Artists Meet the United States\, Lecture 4 - Émigrés in America DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/coming-to-america\n \n \n \n \n \n Beethoven never made it to America\, but hundreds of important musicians and composers did. From early touring megastars like Paderewski—who traveled in his own private Pullman car—to successful refugee émigrés such as Rachmaninoff\, America has been drawing renowned musical talents since well before its Declaration of Independence. Dvorák directed a music conservatory in New York; Korngold wrote scores for Hollywood; Tchaikovsky marveled at the warmth of American hospitality; and Schoenberg played tennis regularly with Gershwin. \nIn a unique course\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin explores the siren call of America to musicians throughout the world. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nIn the early 20th century\, Europe experienced a mass exodus of artists and musicians escaping the horrors of Soviet oppression and Nazi persecution. Among them were some of the greatest composers of their time— Rachmaninoff\, Stravinsky\, Korngold\, Bartók\, Milhaud\, Schoenberg\, and many others. Some of these composers struggled in a new world while others built brilliant new careers here. Each of them shared their genius with America and left an indelible mark on an evolving culture that welcomed and absorbed their great gifts. Works featured include excerpts from Korngold’s film scores\, Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra\, Stravinsky’s Ebony Concerto written for Benny Goodman\, and music by Rachmaninoff\, Kurt Weill\, and others. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-coming-to-america-european-musical-artists-meet-the-united-states-lecture-4-emigres-in-america/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/TimeMagazine_IgorStravinsky.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T224450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T224455Z UID:5028-1775476800-1775482200@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Music Inspired by the Natural World\, Lecture 1 - Earth: Its Creation\, Seasons\, and Landscapes DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/music-inspired-by-natural-world\n \n \n \n \n \n A painter can create entire worlds on a flat piece of paper. But where is a composer to start when seeking to represent the natural universe through sound? Centuries of exquisite nature-inspired concert works show just how well it can be done through direct imitation\, allegory\, and symbolism. Over time\, composers have fashioned powerful musical vocabularies that guide listeners to see harmony as visual image. \nIn a 4-session course\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin uses her unique live piano demonstrations and fascinating film clips to explore how such masters as Beethoven\, Mahler\, Wagner\, Vivaldi\, Holst\, Vaughan Williams\, Saint-Saëns\, and countless others composed beloved works that conjure the natural world. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nFranklin begins with perhaps the most greatly loved example of the natural world in concert music\, Beethoven’s 6th Symphony\, the “Pastoral.” Both allegorical and descriptive\, it creates an entire earthly landscape of peasants and animals\, harvesting\, stormy weather\, and golden sunlit fields. Following this triumph\, other composers such as Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler led the way with further symphonic panoramas of mountainous and mystical terrains. Franklin also explores many representations of weather and seasons by Vivaldi\, Rachmaninoff\, Berlioz\, Janácek\, Milhaud\, Barber and more. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-music-inspired-by-the-natural-world-lecture-1-earth-its-creation-seasons-and-landscapes/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NaturalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T225027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T225032Z UID:5033-1776081600-1776087000@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Music Inspired by the Natural World\, Lecture 2 - Heavenly Marvels DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/music-inspired-by-natural-world\n \n \n \n \n \n A painter can create entire worlds on a flat piece of paper. But where is a composer to start when seeking to represent the natural universe through sound? Centuries of exquisite nature-inspired concert works show just how well it can be done through direct imitation\, allegory\, and symbolism. Over time\, composers have fashioned powerful musical vocabularies that guide listeners to see harmony as visual image. \nIn a 4-session course\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin uses her unique live piano demonstrations and fascinating film clips to explore how such masters as Beethoven\, Mahler\, Wagner\, Vivaldi\, Holst\, Vaughan Williams\, Saint-Saëns\, and countless others composed beloved works that conjure the natural world. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nFranklin begins with perhaps the most greatly loved example of the natural world in concert music\, Beethoven’s 6th Symphony\, the “Pastoral.” Both allegorical and descriptive\, it creates an entire earthly landscape of peasants and animals\, harvesting\, stormy weather\, and golden sunlit fields. Following this triumph\, other composers such as Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler led the way with further symphonic panoramas of mountainous and mystical terrains. Franklin also explores many representations of weather and seasons by Vivaldi\, Rachmaninoff\, Berlioz\, Janácek\, Milhaud\, Barber and more. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-music-inspired-by-the-natural-world-lecture-2-heavenly-marvels/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NaturalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181912Z UID:4813-1776366000-1776367800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-30/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T133000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20251221T225326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T225436Z UID:5037-1776686400-1776691800@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Smithsonian Associates: Music Inspired by the Natural World\, Lecture 3 - Creatures of the Earth\, Sea\, and Sky DESCRIPTION:https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/music-inspired-by-natural-world\n \n \n \n \n \n A painter can create entire worlds on a flat piece of paper. But where is a composer to start when seeking to represent the natural universe through sound? Centuries of exquisite nature-inspired concert works show just how well it can be done through direct imitation\, allegory\, and symbolism. Over time\, composers have fashioned powerful musical vocabularies that guide listeners to see harmony as visual image. \nIn a 4-session course\, popular speaker and concert pianist Rachel Franklin uses her unique live piano demonstrations and fascinating film clips to explore how such masters as Beethoven\, Mahler\, Wagner\, Vivaldi\, Holst\, Vaughan Williams\, Saint-Saëns\, and countless others composed beloved works that conjure the natural world. \nBritish-born Franklin has been a featured speaker for organizations including the Library of Congress and NPR\, exploring intersections among classical and jazz music\, film scores\, and the fine arts. \n——————————————————————————————————————————————— \nThe depiction of living creatures is one of the most delightful but challenging aspects of the composer’s craft. Is it necessary to attempt a literal copy of an animal’s call and\, if not\, what musical device could successfully invoke the sound? Such works as Dvorak’s “American” string quartet\, Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals suite\, Vaughan Williams’ “The Lark Ascending\,” and Rimsky Korsakov’s “Flight of the Bumble Bee” are among many examples in the enchanting menagerie. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/smithsonian-associates-music-inspired-by-the-natural-world-lecture-3-creatures-of-the-earth-sea-and-sky/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NaturalWorld.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T193000 DTSTAMP:20260419T100247 CREATED:20250913T181955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T181958Z UID:4816-1777143600-1777145400@rachelfranklin.com SUMMARY:Rachel Franklin for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Inside the Classics DESCRIPTION:https://www.bsomusic.org/inside-the-classics/\n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Rachel Franklin is delighted to be the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Strathmore Music Scholar-in-Residence. She gives all the BSO’s pre-concert presentations at their Bethesda\, MD venue\, Strathmore Hall as part of their “Inside the Classics” series. URL:https://rachelfranklin.com/event/rachel-franklin-for-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra-inside-the-classics-31/ LOCATION:Music Center at Strathmore\, 5301 Tuckerman Ln\, North Bethesda\, MD\, 20852\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://rachelfranklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/BaltimoreSymphonyOrchestra.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR