Superquark Music

Piano and Surroundings

Jul 4, 201854 min

An anthology of portraits, placed inside a new container, also enriched by films of great performers, taken from films and live recordings. Among the names are the violinist Uto Ughi (with his Stradivarius), the cellist Mario Brunello, the

The Arches

Jul 11, 201857 min

The second episode is dedicated to string instruments such as violin, viola, cello, double bass. Also in the studio with Piero Angela for this episode are the two musical historians Adriano Mazzoletti for jazz and Giovanni Bietti for classi

Brass Legends, From Armstrong to Miles Davis

Jul 18, 201857 min

The brass instruments, as we know, are a large family, which includes various types of trumpets, horns, trombones, basses, and which represents the most "shrill" part of music, so to speak. The trumpet, in particular, is one of the musical

The Reed, the Thin Blade That Creates the Notes

Jul 25, 201858 min

The reed is that thin blade that vibrates when a player blows into his instrument, and can produce very different sounds. This is precisely the secret of a large number of instruments: clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons, contrabassoons.

The Strings

Aug 1, 201862 min

The fifth episode of the program on music, visited through instruments. This time we will enter the world of instruments where the vibration of the strings creates the sounds, such as the guitar, the lute, the mandolin and many others. As a