Richard Atkinson
Video analyses of classical music with an emphasis on counterpoint and craftsmanship. Richard Atkinson lives/works in Boston, Massachusetts as a medical doctor and has a BA in music from Stony Brook University and an MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Two Spectacular Final "Stretto" Passages by Mozart
I Nicknamed a Haydn String Quartet! (Exciting Update)
Architectural Perfection: Bach’s “Deathbed Chorale (Prelude),” BWV 668, “Vor deinen Thron”
Mind-boggling Complexity: Bach’s BWV 14 Cantata Chorus (Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit)
Mozart's Most Contrapuntally Complex Minuet and Trio (from K. 388 Serenade for Winds in C minor)
Favorite Orchestral Moments for Big Drums (Timpani and Bass Drum) - Part Four
Favorite Orchestral Moments for Big Drums (Timpani and Bass Drum) - Part Three
Favorite Orchestral Moments for Big Drums (Timpani and Bass Drum) - Part Two
Favorite Orchestral Moments for Big Drums (Timpani and Bass Drum) - Part One
Schubert's Most Sublime Melody (from C major String Quintet)
One-time-only Countermelodies: Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven
One Passacaglia to Rule them All: The Finale of Brahms's 4th Symphony
Brahms's Greatest Symphonic Scherzo: Symphony No. 4, Movement 3
Haydn String Quartet Nicknames
Funniest Haydn Joke? The Spectacular Finale of the Op. 76 No. 1 Quartet in G
Brahms's Most Sublime Slow Movement: Symphony No. 4, Movement 2
Crazy Chromatic, Insane Inversion Fugue in Bach's BWV 179 Cantata
Bruckner’s Inversion Obsession: The Prodigious 6th Symphony
Mozart’s Most Motivically Masterful Minuet: K. 464 String Quartet in A, Mvt. 2
Devilishly Difficult Counterpoint: Bach's BWV 40 Cantata (Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes)
Exquisitely Beautiful Moments from Mozart Piano Concertos (#27, 23, and 12)
Most Apocalyptic Plagal Cadence: Brahms Symphony No. 4, Mvt. 1
Overwhelming Whirlwind of Counterpoint: Bach’s BWV 79 Cantata (Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild)
Demystifying Beethoven's Große Fuge (music only - commentary removed)
Magnificent Counterpoint in Mozart's Prague Symphony (Mvt. 1)
The Sublime "Fantasia" from Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 6 Quartet in E-flat (tonal meandering and fugue!)
Amazing Counterpoint: Bach’s BWV 635 Chorale Prelude (“Dies Sind die Heil’gen Zehn Gebot”)