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The Classical Gabfest
A weekly discussion about the ever-changing world of classical music. Hosts: Tiffany Lu, Kensho Watanabe, and William White. Contact us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com. New listener tip: start with the most recent episode! :)
Lovely Listeners, the Classical Gabfest is going on a hiatus as we await the advent of our new co-host as Kensho moves on from the show.
But we know you need your weekly dose of classical music news, analysis, and competition, so we’re excited to announce the Classical Gabfest Newsletter, which is now available for subscription:
classicalgabfest.substack.com
This is a free newsletter that will hit your inbox every Thursday and will follow the same basic format that you’ve come to expect of the podcast, but the best part is that you’ll be able to play our weekly Name That Tune game, comment on the stories, like, share, and suggest future segment ideas.
We greatly appreciate your support and we look forward to the resumption of the podcast, but in the meanwhile, head over to Substack — we can’t wait to see you there!
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
PHILLY’S SCOTTISH COVID FLAP
Philadelphia Orchestra to chorus: Put on masks. Chorus to orchestra: We’re out of here.
VIVALDI’S WOMEN
https://open.spotify.com/album/7J5O8SUo6i75aN1ULdK2vQ?si=YNEqjzGBSryWXvLpnUTZKw
RADIO QUOTAS
Quotas Should Be Introduced On Classical Music Radio Stations As Well As Concerts, Says BBC Presenter
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Maggie
Adam Wakeman, A Handful of Memories
Tiffany
Dvorak, Symphony No. 6
Will
Howells, Piano Quartet in A minor
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:
PLACIDO DOMINGO LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL CRIME RING
Placido Domingo’s Name Comes up in Argentina Sex Sect (AP)
Audio Tapes Reveal Placido Domingo Linked to the Criminal Sect Villa Crespo (Operawire)
Placido Domingo Linked to Criminal Ring in Argentina (NPR)
Classical Musicians With Ties to Placido Domingo Arrested in Buenos Aires (NPR)
Placido Domingo Breaks His Silence Regarding Escuela de Yoga Sect (Operawire)
LORIN MAAZEL’S “THE CONDUCTOR’S WEEK”
https://youtu.be/bYRG6YIExGs
AUDIENCES ARE SLOW TO COME BACK
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/performing-arts-pandemic-attendance.html
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Colin
Brahms, Symphony 3
David
Coleman, Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind Quintet
Will
Verdi, La forza del destino: “Pace, mio dio”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie and then we move on to our three topics:
NEWS
Stephen Hough awarded knighthood in honor of Queen’s Birthday (Grammaphone)
Villa Verdi put up for sale (The Guardian)
Klaus Mäkelä named 8th principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra (Concertgebouw)
McGill Conservatory to close (CBC)
Richard Taruskin dies (NYT)
Rimsky-Korsakov house goes up in flames (Classic FM)
MAKING A VIOLIN WITH MINIMAL HAND TOOLS
asmr only: https://youtu.be/xtD8GL9iFW8
voiceover: https://youtu.be/B9q9jJZvNk8
MAHLER’S RESURRECTION AT THE AIX-EN-PROVENCE FESTIVAL
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/music/aix-festival-opera.html (NYT)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2
Desmond
Augusta Holmès, La Nuit et l’Amour
Will
CPE Bach, Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano
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This week, we start out by revealing the answers to CGF 100’s round of “Listener, Name THY Tune,” and then we move on to our three travelogue segments:
CARNEGIE CONCERT CLUB
Sergei Taneyev, At the Reading of a Psalm (YouTube)
PIERRE MONTEUX’S RULES FOR YOUNG CONDUCTORS
https://www.willcwhite.com/2022/08/pierre-monteuxs-rules-for-young-conductors/
LA MAISON-MUSEE MAURICE RAVEL
https://fondationmauriceravel.com/en/come-visit-le-belvedere/
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Rachmaninoff, “These Summer Nights”
Dukas, L’apprenti sorcier
Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, Toccata
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This week, it’s another All-Games Extravaganza! We’ve got four musical listening challenges for you, followed by our Classical Mixtape.
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Fauré, Nocturne No. 6
Will
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Sinfonia del fuoco (from the film Cabiria) 1914
Kensho
Rodion Shchedrin, Carmen Suite
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Piano Bench stuff:
Antique Piano Bench
Historic New England
Kaunus Piano Benches
I lied
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie, and then we listen to our interview with Sally McKee from February 22, 2021:
THE LIFE OF EDMOND DEDE
“The Exile’s Song” by Sally McKee
Dr. McKee’s Site at UC-Davis
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week: Viola Jokes!
Will
Schnittke, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Kensho
Paganini: Sonata per la Grand Viola
Tiffany
Brahms, Songs, Op 91.2: Geistliches Wiegenlied
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump The Hosts and then we move on to discussion topic of the week: Teachers & Teaching!
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Tiffany
Christine Donkin, “Frosted Pane”
Will
Glazunov, Symphony No. 2 in F-sharp minor
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week: Clothing!
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Morton Gould, Tap Dance Concerto
Will
Strauss, Kaiser-Waltzer
Kensho
Puccini, La Bohème: “Vecchia Zimarra”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Match the Interpreter and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week, Programming!
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Holst, Ode to Death
Kensho
Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: Robert’s Aria
Tiffany
Bohuslav Martinu, Memorial to Lidice
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This week, we start out with an impromptu round of car radio Name That Tune and then we move on to our three topics:
EXILORCHESTER MRIYA
Exiled Ukrainian Musicians Create Orchestra In Germany
UNFINISHED
Schipps sentenced to 60 months of prison
Damien Geter “African-American Requiem” premieres at OSO and Washington DC
Ruth Slenczynska receives honorary doctorate from Curtis at 97
Bernstein pics are antisemitic?
Anna Netrebko announces her upcoming concert & opera appearances
CONCERT REPORT
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Strauss, Metamorphosen
Will
Messiaen, O sacrum convivium
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
NEWS! Headlines
Steinway IPOs (Fast Company)
Missing 100k Violin Found by a Parisian Trash Can (The Strad)
Rice Opens New Opera House (FDA Online)
St. Paul’s adds girls to chorister program (St. Paul’s)
YoYo Ma wins $1m Birgit Nilsson prize (The Strad)
Congrats to Tiffany on her appointment as director of orchestras at U-FL! Go Gators!
BERNSTEIN BIOPIC PICS DROP
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein: First Look (Deadline)
ALBUM REVIEW: STILL, ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Listen on Spotify
Album info on Naxos
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Mozart, Oboe Quartet in F Major
Tiffany
William Grant Still, Kaintuck’
Will
Telemann, Ouverture “Les Nations”: 5. Les Moscovites
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:
SFCM BUYS PENTATONE
SF Conservatory Acquires Pentatone (SFCV)
San Francisco Conservatory Adds A Record Label to its Portfolio (SF Chronicle)
A Conservatory with a Record Label and a Management Firm: That’s Weird, or is it? (SF Chronicle)
THE WORST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES
YouTube
CAN ORCHESTRAS MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA STARS OF THEIR PLAYERS?
The Orchestra of Influence (YouTube)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Ralf Yusuf Gawlick, Kollwitz-Konnex, op. 19
Kensho
Giacomo Puccini, Crisantemi
Tiffany
Verdi, Rigoletto: “Bella figlia dell’amore”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum, and then we move on to our three topics:
MUSICIANS FIRED FROM THEIR OWN QUARTET
Nonprofit board fires DaPonte String Quartet musicians, changes mission (Portland Press Herald)
CHINA-NK FRIENDSHIP CONCERT
Full Performance of North Korean Artists in Beijing (YouTube)
RAVEN CHACON WINS 2022 PULITZER IN MUSIC
Full performance (Vimeo)
Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music (NPR)
Commentary: Raven Chacon’s ‘Voiceless Mass’ magnifies unsung voices into the realm of the sacred (LAT)
The Pulitzer Prize Winner That Emerged Out of a Time of Quietness (NYT)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Farrenc, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 3
Will
Bloch, Baal Shem
Gabe
Beethoven, arr. Roman Kim: Symphony No. 5
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This week, we’re playing Will’s interview on the Moveable Do podcast, hosted by Steve Danielson.
Will joins an illustrious lineup of composers to be interviewed on the show, including Eric Whitacre, Libby Larsen, Rollo Dilworth, and Jake Runestad. Be sure to check out the podcast and subscribe:
https://anchor.fm/moveabledo
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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From Will’s interview, we’ll add “Acadia Fanfare” to the mixtape as this week’s selection:
White, “Acadia Fanfare”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
YOUTH ORCHESTRA RESPONDS TO OFF-KEY CAR AD
N.B. Youth Orchestra posts masterful clapback to car ad that rubbed them the wrong way (CBC)
LIZZO ON SNL
“Orchestra” (YouTube)
JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S MYSTERIOUS CELLO
Jeffrey Epstein, A Rare Cello, and an Enduring Mystery (NYT)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Sibelius, Piano Sonata in F
Joey
Stravinsky, Serenade in A
Watch Joey’s recital on May 10 at 1:00 pm EDT!
Tiffany
Teresa Carreño, “Venise. Rêverie-barcarolle”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:
COVID OUTBREAK AT BSO
Following first unmasked concert, chorus members share cautionary tale (WBUR)
LISTENER FEEDBACK
Listener JT’s blog:
https://namelyjt.com/2022/03/20/the-hours-before/
https://namelyjt.com/2022/03/20/the-hours-after/
GERGIEV’S WEALTH EXPOSED
The Maestro’s ATM (Van Magazine)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Pablo de Sarasate, “Zigeunerweisen”
Kensho
Oswaldo Golijov, Last Round
Will
Boulanger, D’un matin de printemps
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Hi there Classical Gabfest Listeners, this is Will, and I’m afraid we don’t have a regular episode for you this week. Longtime listeners to the show will know that Tiffany and Kensho and I all met at the Pierre Monteux School, which is a summer music institute focused on orchestral conducting and playing. Unfortunately, earlier this week, the school’s director, Michael Jinbo, died suddenly, and as Michael was a beloved teacher, mentor, and friend to all three of us, we decided not to produce an episode this week.
As a brief tribute, I wanted to say a few words about our teacher:
Maestro Jinbo was only the third-ever music director of the Monteux School in its 79-year history, succeeding his own teacher, Charles Bruck, and before him, Pierre Monteux himself, whom some of you may know was the conductor of the world premieres of The Rite of Spring and Daphnis and Chloé, and who performed Brahms’ string quartets for Brahms himself, among many other accomplishments.
Maestro Jinbo was proud of the school’s tradition, but he was very much his own musician and a great musician at that. Maestro Jinbo was not a famous conductor, but he was famous among conductors. We marveled at his crystal-clear technique and his deeply felt, uncomplicated musicality, and I know for a fact that videos of his conducting (which he would never allow to be released) circulated privately among his admirers. In rehearsal, he was totally unfussy and to-the-point. He always preferred to show and rather than to tell, but whenever he did say something about the music, it was invariably insightful, witty, and inspiring.
Of course, my co-hosts and I, and many, many others of his students will remember Michael for his abilities as a teacher. He combined uncompromising honesty with a deep care for each of his students as a human being, and he taught to each student individually. He didn’t waste time and he went immediately for your weaknesses, not to demean you, but to strengthen you.
Above all, Michael Jinbo taught us to be our true selves, both on and off the podium. He never tried to mold us in his own image, rather he helped us to strip away our excess baggage and taught us to honor the essential core that remained. And that’s just about the greatest gift that any teacher can give you.
It’s hard to find recordings of Michael’s work, but I did find a beautiful one on YouTube, in which Michael is leading the Nittany Valley Symphony of Pennsylvania, of which he was also music director for several decades. This is a recording of the “Meditation” from Jules Massenet’s opera Thaïs, featuring violinist Max Zorin, which I offer as this week’s mixtape suggestion.
Rest in Peace, Michael.
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
Massenet, Thaïs: “Meditation”
Nittany Valley Symphony Orchestra
Max Zorin, violin
Michael Jinbo, conductor
This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie and then we move on to our three topics:
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL DOWNSIZES
Housing crisis forces Aspen Music Fest to cut Philharmonic (RMPBS)
UNFINISHED
Classical Grammy Winners (The Violin Channel)
Jon Batiste’s “American Symphony” (Carnegie Hall)
Netrebko Faces Backlash in Russia (NYT)
ELAM ROTEM ON SALOMONE ROSSI
Salomone Rossi and His Innovations (YouTube)
Profeti della quinta: Il mantovano hebreo (Spotify)
Early Music Sources
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Elam
Philippe Verdelot, Divini occhi sereni
Will
Parry, “I was Glad”
Tiffany
Kurt Weill, “Kiddush”
Kensho
David T. Little Soldier Songs: Two Marines
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum and then we move on to our three topics:
LOUISVILLE CREATORS CORPS
LO Creators Corps Homepage (LO)
Louisville Orchestra Reveals Innovative Creative Program (Billboard)
“THE CONDUCTOR”
Stream the Documentary on PBS
BRIGHT SHENG FIASCO AT UMICHIGAN
After the Sheng Fiasco, Music and Arts Education Can No Longer Profess Colorblindness (Musicology Now)
What I See In the Latest Blackface Scandal (NYT)
Playing a Blackface Video Isn’t Fireable. It Shouldn’t Be Okay (Sammy Sussman)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Christopher Cerrone, New Addresses
Will
Verdi, Otello, Act III: Ballabile
Kensho
Lera Auerbach, Frozen Dreams
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This week it’s our 5th All-Games Extravaganza! Happy April!
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Gabriela Lena Frank, Leyendas: “Himno de Zampoñas”
Tiffany
Poulenc, Melancolie
Will
Ravel, “La parade”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:
NEWS!
$50m gift to Juilliard (NYT)
Dausgaard Resigns (NYT)
Missing Contrabassoon Turns Up in Perfect Condition (Buffalo News)
Geffen Hall Redesign (NYT)
Chopin Foundation (Slipped Disc)
Wachner Out at Trinity Wall Street (NYT)
Wachner responds, denies allegations
Michael Tilson Thomas Retires (NPR)
CONCERT CLUB: ORF W/ BARBARA HANNIGAN
Concert on France Musique
A HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE CLASSICAL FALLOUT OF UKRAINE
“A Putin supporter’s Carnegie Hall appearance was canceled. Should art be separated from politics?” (LAT)
Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Jonathan
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 7
Kensho
Akio Yashiro, Piano Concerto
Will
Gwyneth Walker, Emily! (from New England): The Frog in the Bog
Tiffany
Mozart, Così fan tutte: “Alla bella Despinetta”
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This week, we preview our collaboration with the Creative Baggage podcast. Tiffany’s interview drops today, so give the full episode a listen and subscribe to hear Kensho and Will’s interviews in the coming weeks:
https://anchor.fm/creative-baggage/
And while we’re at it, Will’s episode of the Moveable Do podcast also dropped this week:
https://anchor.fm/moveabledo/
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Royer, “La marche des Scythes”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our three topics:
HEARTBEAT OPERA’S FIDELIOPrison Choirs Sing in a Reboot of Beethoven’s Fidelio (NPR)
Fidelio 2022 (Hearbeat Opera)
MARCH MADNESS: CANONIC COMPOSER EDITION
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CLASSICAL GRAMMY DRAMA
“How is this classical music?” Composers Fury at Grammys (Guardian)
Opinion: How Grammy Nominations Can Be Insulting (NYT)
Adam Neely’s Thread (Twitter)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Mason Bates, “B Sides” V. Warehouse Medicine
Tiffany
Sondheim, “Goodbye For Now”
Will
Björk, Bachelorette
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
CLASSICAL RESPONSES TO THE RUSSIAN WAR IN UKRAINE
Gergiev Fired from Munich Phil (NYT)
Met Will Cut ties with all Putin-affiliated Artists (NYT)
Semyon Bychkov leads Czech Phil in Czech & Ukrainian anthems (YouTube)
Several Russian artists’ statements denouncing the attack (VAN Magazine)
LA MAESTRA AND AGE LIMITS IN CLASSICAL COMPETITIONS
Not Enough Women? (Slipped Disc)
THE ZINGLINGS AND FILM COMPOSITION
The Ugly Truth of How Movie Scores are Made (Vanity Fair)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Bach, Saint Matthew Passion, “Aus Liebe”
Kensho
Valentin Silvestrov, Requiem for Ukraine
Tiffany
Britten, War Requiem: Lacrymosa
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
THE ‘MOVEABLE DO’ PODCAST
https://www.sdcompose.com/moveabledo.html
MUSICAL WORDLE VARIANTS
Byrdle
Chordle
Musicle — created by Listener Adriano!
THE NEW YOLA CENTER
Commentary: Youth orchestras expose the good and bad karma of the Superbowl (LA Times)
Beckman YOLA center (LA Phil)
The Judith Thomas L Beckmen Center (Beckmen Vineyards)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Steve
Danielson, Take Me Back (A New American Folk Song)
Will
Schnittke, String Quartet No. 2
Tiffany
Percy Grainger, Brigg Fair
Joseph
Monteverdi, “Cruda Amarilli”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
RUTH SLENCZYNSKA — RACHMANINOFF’S LAST STUDENT
Album trailer (YouTube)
Ruth Slenczynska: The Pupil of Rachmaninoff Still Releasing Music at 97 (Guardian)
CLASSICAL MUSIC AND FIGURE SKATING
Jonathan Beyer’s YouTube Channel, The Skating Lesson (YouTube)
HANDEL AND THE ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY
The Unanswered Question: Handel and the Royal African Company (YouTube)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Jonathan
Monteverdi, arr. Henze, Il ritorno di Ulisse: “Dormo ancora”
Tiffany
Price, Symphony No. 1, mvmt. 3 “Juba Dance”
Will
Handel, Zadok the Priest
Kensho
Rachmaninoff, E-flat major prelude
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This week, we start out by taking Classic FM’s “Personality Test to Reveal Your Deepest Desire” then we move on to our three titillating topics:
CLASSIC FM ROMANCE
Marian and Paul’s Dating Success Story (Classic FM)
MOVIE CLUB: MUSIC OF THE HEART (1999)
Trailer (YouTube)
COMPOSERS AND VENEREAL DISEASE
Classical Composers Unfairly Tainted by STD Rumors, Book Claims (Guardian)
Franz Schubert — One Too Many Nights Out (Scandalous Overtures)
Music Chat: Why Didn’t Sibelius Die of Syphillis? (YouTube: David Hurwitz)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 2
Tiffany
Chen Gang and He Zhanhao, Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
Kensho
Johannes Brahms, Piano Quartet in c minor, mvmt. 3
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
VENUES SACRED AND SECULAR
A ‘High Priestess of Satanic Art’? (NYT)
Priced out of the Market, How Choruses are Responding to the Concert Venue Crunch (The Voice)
LISTENER FEEDBACK
SALIERI & HISTORICAL GOSSIP
The Salieri Rumor and Why Gossip Matters (Contingent)
Dr. Kristin Franseen (Twitter)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kristin
Salieri, Prima la musica: “Signor poeta mio”
Will
Rachel Peters, Ethel Smyth Plays Golf in Limbo
Kensho
Porter arr. Merlin: Night Bridge: VI. On "Night and Day"
Tiffany
Philip Glass, Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists & Orchestra
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This week, we welcome Bailey Spiteri and Serena Huang, co-hosts of the Creative Baggage Podcast. We start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
THE CREATIVE BAGGAGE PODCAST
https://www.creativebaggagepodcast.com/
THE GABFEST HOSTS REVEAL THEIR OWN ‘CREATIVE BAGGAGE’
Look out for our individual appearances on Creative Baggage in the coming weeks!
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Bailey
Gaubert, Fantaisie for Flute and Piano
Serena
Saint-Saëns, Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs
Tiffany
Benjamin Bagby, Beowulf
Will
Schubert, Introduction & Variations on “Trockne Blumen”
Kensho
Clara Schumann, Piano Concerto II. Romance
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
COVID CANCELLATIONS
SFS Cancels Matinee, Lisiecki Plays Chopin Recital (SFChronicle)
How Omicron is Wreaking Havoc on the Arts (DC Metro Arts)
MUSIC LIBRARIANSHIP
Video from the Lyric Opera Chicago
JAN SWAFFORD’S “MOZART: THE REIGN OF LOVE”
Buy the book (Amazon)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Jan
Carissimi, Jephthe: “Plorate filii israel”
Kensho
Paul Wiancko: Cello Quartet, op. 1 “When the Night:”
Tiffany
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Jubilation
Will
Mozart, Mitridate, Rè di Ponto, “Se di lauri il crine adorno”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Match the Interpreter and then we move on to our three topics:
A IS FOR OBOE
Penguin House Site
FRANKFURT RADIO SYMPHONY CONCERT
Wagner, Prelude to LohengrinNote: we mistakenly referred to the Parsifal preludeGubaidulina, Dialog: ich und du (violin concerto No. 3)
Westhoff, Sonata No. 3
Mahler, Symphony No. 1
CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER IN THE NYT
October 20: “Chamber Music Society Returns, Unchanged” (NYT)
November 9: “Chamber Music Society’s Leaders on Balancing Old and New” (NYT)
December 20: Chamber Music Society’s Leadership Renewed (Twitter)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Will
Lera Auerbach, Dreams and Whispers of Poseidon
Kensho
Sofia Gubaidulina, Dancer on a Tightrope
Tiffany
Prokofiev, Sinfonia Concertante
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:
NEWS!
Isarphilharmonie opens in Munich (NYT)
Luthier & daughter tortured and killed over 4 Strads (Daily Beast)
Venezuela sets record for largest concert (Le Monde)
Turkish donkeys love Beethoven (Al Jazeera)
Conductor quits over lack of Covid rules (All The Conducting Masterclasses)
Met institutes booster requirement (NYT)
BOOK CLUB
Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Amazon)
PUBLIC DOMAIN & COPYRIGHT
Public Domain Day 2022 (Duke Law)
‘Winnie the Pooh’ And More Works Will Enter the Public Domain Tomorrow (NPR)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Tiffany
Bright Sheng, Seven Tunes Heard in China
Will
Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Chonguri
Kensho
Joseph Schwantner, Velocities
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This week, we’ve got four musical challenges to start off your new year! Happy 2022!
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
CPE Bach, L’Aly Rupalich
Sunny
Per Nørgård, Voyage into the Golden Screen
Tiffany
Dvorak, Violin Concerto, mvmt. 3. Rondo
Kensho
Giovanni Bottesini, Gran Duo Concertante
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Happy Holidays! This week, we start by looking at Classic FM’s list of classical Christmas gifts, then we turn to our three (er... several) subjects:
UNFINISHED
French stagehand found guilty
Kids play recorders with rubber chickens
Guitar Center files an IPO
Steven Shipps pleads guilty
Stutzmann takes Atlanta
Morlot takes Barcelona
Kaufmann releases super extended double album of “It’s Christmas”
THE HOLY TRINITY OF CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS PART DEUX
The Buttcracker
The Nutcracker Stage Fall
Sleigh Ride from the Trombonist’s perspective
Young Messiah
—The Trumpet Shall Sound
THE NEW WEST SIDE STORY MOVIE
Full 2021 movie album (Spotify)
Bernstein 1985 opera recording (Documentary)
MTT 2014 recording with San Francisco (Spotify)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Humperdinck, Hansel & Gretel: Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime
Will
Howells, A Spotless Rose
Tiffany
The Baltimore Consort, Greensleeves variations
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
Join us for our Book Club of Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Amazon)
FAKE VIOLIN BUSKING SWEEPS THE NATION
NBC 4 News Story
Professional violinist reacts to fake busking (YouTube)
Reddit Thread
Violinist.com article
THE VOICE BREAK CHOIR DOCUMENTARY
The documentary on YouTube
Accompanying New Yorker article
CLASSICAL MUSIC’S DRINKING PROBLEM
I Care If You Listen’s “Casting Light” Series
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Stenhammar, Serenade in F Major
Tiffany
Valerie Coleman, Umoja (wind quintet version)
Will
J. S. Bach, Magnificat: “Esurientes”
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In today's special episode, William White presents an audio documentary about Stephen Sondheim's work as a composer, a less-discussed aspect of his career than his lyric-writing.
Special thanks to Drs. Nathan Beary Blustein, Ashley Pribyl, and Steve Swayne for lending their expertise!
Dr. Steve Swayne’s How Sondheim Found His Sound
Reich and Sondheim in Conversation (YouTube)
Sondheim interviewed by Adam Guettel (YouTube)
Sondheim and Ned Rorem (YouTube)
Phinney’s Rainbow Overture (May 1948) (YouTube)
Hangover Square (full movie on YouTube)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE, SONDHEIM EDITION
The full playlist
Nathan
“Could I leave You?” from Follies
Ashley
“Joanna” from Sweeney Todd
Steve
“Epiphany” from Sweeney Todd
Will
“Beautiful” from Sunday in the Park with George
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump The Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
THE [UNCERTAIN] FOUR SEASONS
Global map site
YouTube channel of participating ensembles
2021 CLASSICAL GRAMMY NOMS
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list
TODAY IN MUSIC ACADEMIA
Schemata / Partimenti
Topic Theory
Empirical Methods
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Iman Habibi, Jeder Baum Spricht
Joey
Bolcom, Scène d’opera
Tiffany
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G
Will
Gösta Nystroem, Symphony No. 3 “Sinfonia del Mare”
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This week, we are joined by guest host Gabriel Lefkowitz, concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra. We start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S “BUTTERFLY PROCESS”
https://blo.org/butterfly-process/
https://operawire.com/boston-lyric-opera-announces-the-butterfly-process/
https://operawire.com/boston-lyric-opera-postpones-madama-butterfly-production/
MUSIC FROM THE EPHRATA CLOISTER
The album
NPR story
WILLIAM HENRY FRY’S “A DAY IN THE COUNTRY” SYMPHONY
Doug Shadle’s Orchestrating the Nation
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Doug
Julia Perry, “Stabat Mater”
Will
Sondheim, A Little Night Music: “A Weekend in the Country”
Gabe
Lutoslawski, Little Suite for Orchestra
Tiffany
Margaret Bonds, Montgomery Variations
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
SPHINX AWARDS GRANT TO ‘COMPOSING INSPIRATION’
ACF, Juilliard, NYP Receive Sphinx Venture Fund (iciyl)
DANIIL TRIFONOV’S CONTRAPUNCTUS XIV COMPLETION
On YouTube
CLASSICAL MUSIC AS A WEAPON
Portland Local News
Is Classical Music Actually Effective at Fighting Crime? (WQXR)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Telemann, 12 Fantasias for Solo Violin
Will
John Alden Carpenter, Diversions
Tiffany
Debussy arr. Stokowski, The Sunken Cathedral
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our three topics:
LISTENER FEEDBACK
Breaking Down the Innovative Deep Learning Behind Google Translate (Medium)
Kevin Puts, Symphony No. 2 Video (YouTube)
ARE CONDUCTORS NECESSARY?
Performing Without a Conductor: Liberation or Illusion?
“THE ORATORIO” DOCUMENTARY
Watch on PBS
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Hersant, Cantique des trois enfants dans la fournaise
Tiffany
Arvo Part, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Kensho
Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2 IV. Allegro vivace
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump The Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
BEETHOVEN’S AI-COMPLETED 10TH
Article in The Conversation
Watch the concert on German Telecom
Spotify album
OPERALIA 2021
Watch the final round concert (YouTube)
ELITISM IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
The Tweet
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tommy
Vaughan Williams, Scott of the Antarctic
Tiffany
Prokofiev, Cinderella Waltz
Will
Parry, Elegy for Brahms
Kensho
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, "Louisiana Blues Strut"
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This week, we start by assessing Classic FM’s “21 Petrifying Phrases to Tell a Classical Musician This Halloween” then we present the pilot episode of “Gesualdo: The Podcast” and finally, we talk to YouTuber, author, and deathfluencer Caitlin Doughty about the true crime genre and what it means for classical music and the good death.
The Order of the Good Death
https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Caitlin
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, movement 5: Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat
Kensho
Kaija Saariaho, 7 Papillons
Will
Eduardo Antonello, The Black Plague’s Dance
Tiffany
John Williams, “Hedwig’s Theme”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Retrogradus ad Parnassum AKA Back to the Future and then we move on to our three topics:
SAN ANTONIO LABOR STRIFE
The SAS Story: Trust No One Ever
JANINE JANSEN’S “12 STRADIVARI”
On Spotify
Documentary Trailer
BERNSTEIN BIOPIC SCRIPT LEAKS
The American by Michael Mitnick
Everything We Know About Bradley Cooper’s New Bernstein Biopic
Nigel Simeone’s The Leonard Bernstein Letters
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Nigel
Copland, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 2
Tiffany
Bruckner, Ave Maria
Will
Anonymous, “Où estes vous allé, mes belles”
Kensho
Mason Bates, Alternative Energy, mvmt. 2. “Chicago”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:
108-KEY ‘BIG BELEURA’ PIANO
Stuart & Sons
Sony creates a new microphone for this instrument
YouTuber review
MANCHESTER CAMERATA’S “UNTOLD” SERIES
“Keith” (YouTube)
BLUES OPERA WITH JOHN MCWHORTER
John McWhorter’s NYT Newsletter
Blues Opera Suite by John Mauceri (YouTube)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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John
Still, Highway One, USA
Kensho
Haydn, Trumpet Concerto, mvmt. 3
Tiffany
Ramnath, Aalap And Tarana
Will
Dia Succari, La nuit du destin
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Stolen Strains and then we move on to our three topics:
NFTs HIT CLASSICAL MUSIC
Mason Bates’ Opera as an NFT
Dallas Symphony Concert as an NFT
Tim Schneider
“AMAZONE“ BY THE JUPITER ENSEMBLE
Listen on Spotify
TWOSET VIOLIN’S POP V. CLASSICAL VID
Can Classical and Pop Musicians See Eye to Eye?
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Bizet, Symphony in C
Kensho
Respighi, The Pines of Rome
Will
Amy Beach, Bal masqué
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
NIGEL KENNEDY PULLS OUT OF CLASSIC FM CONCERT
The Guardian
BLYTHELY ORATONIO’S DEBUT AS DON JOSE
Schmopera Blog
VAN Magazine
Oratonio’s original cabaret performance
MARGARET HILLIS INTERVIEW RELEASED BY CSO
YouTube
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Beethoven, Violin Sonata No. 8
Will
Quinn Mason, Toast of the Town
Kensho
Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky: Alexander’s Entry Into Pskov
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
ETO DROPS MUSICIANS CITING ‘DIVERSITY’
Classic FM
MOVIE CLUB: UN COEUR EN HIVER (1992)
Full movie streaming free on YouTube
WHY ARE THERE NO WOMEN AT THE HELM OF TOP US ORCHESTRAS?
Is Change Coming? (NYT)
Marin Alsop on her departure from the BSO (Baltimore Sun)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Lina
Piazzola, Las 4 Estaciones Porteñas
Kensho
Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello
Tiffany
Brahms, Ballade Op. 10 No. 4
Will
Ligeti, Mysteries of the Macabre
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
NEWS ROUNDUP
Stradivarius Chemical Compounds Identified
SFS Chorus Director Resigns Over Vaccine Mandate
Eva Wagner-Pasquier Found Lifeless in the Isar River
An Operatic Marriage Proposal
Berlin Phil Raises Money for Afghan Refugees
The Met Orchestra is Back
CARNEGIE HALL’S NEW LOGO
Carnegie Hall’s Media Kit
RICHARD BRATBY ON THE MUSIC OF SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD
RB’s 2019 Spectator column on Sir MA
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Richard
Arnold, Symphony No. 2, mvmt 1
Will
Schnittke, The Story of an Unknown Actor: Agitato I
Kensho
Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. Ricci)
Tiffany
Dobrinka Tabakova, Suite in Old Style
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our three topics:
APPLE BUYS PRIMEPHONIC
The Verge
CLASSICAL FOUR-WORD HORROR STORIES
ClassicFM
PHILIP GLASS AND OPEN AI
“Audrey’s” Post
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Rautavaara, Deux Sérénades: No. 1. Sérénade pour mon amour
Will
Purcell, “The Sparrow and the Gentle Dove”
Kensho
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4: I. Sehr langsam
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name that Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then it’s on to our 1-year anniversary Q&A!
Check out conductor/artist Andrew Crust's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stick.and.brush/
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Joey
Enesco, Violin Sonata 3
Will
Paul Juon, Concerto for Piano Trio, Op. 45 (1910)
Tiffany
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, I.
Kensho
Mikhail Zlatopolsky, Prayer for the Dead
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:
ORCHESTRAL SEATING IN A COVID WORLD
Musical Chairs? Swapping Seats Could Reduce Orchestra Aerosols (NYT)
18 Orchestra Seating Plans from the 19th Century
CONCERT CLUB: HANDEL’S OUTDOOR WORKS
Hervé Nicquet and Le Concert Spirituel
THE TRY GUYS’ KEITH LEARNS THE TROMBONE
https://youtu.be/JngOMNHInC8
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Missy Mazzoli "Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Tiffany
Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka, Improvisation
Will
Arvo Pärt, Berliner Messe: Credo
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
CONCERTS V. COVID
League of American Orchestras Survey
Lakes Area Music Festival Cancels Half of Season
THE URGE TO DESTROY A VIOLIN
Violin Torture Instagram
New Yorker Cultural Comment
BSO FLUTIST FIRED
Baltimore Sun
“Exit Interview” on Slipped Disc
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Mark O’Connor, “Butterfly’s Day Out”
Kensho
Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations (arr. for flugelhorn)
Will
Carlos Garcia, Íslandia for string quartet
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It’s another All-Games Extravaganza!
Want to join us on the podcast to play a game? Just email your friends (cc’ing us) about our podcast or post about us on social media (tagging us) and you’ll be entered for a chance to come on the show and test your knowledge!
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CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Nikolai Medtner, Piano Concerto No. 1
Will
Bach, Cantata No. 140 “Wachet Auf!”
Tiffany
Chausson, Poème
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum, and then we move on to our three topics:
UNFINISHED
Beethoven didn’t know how to read a metronome
Are there snakes in the Alps
The New York Metropolitan Opera
Union negotiations
Dallas SO / NFTs
No kids at the MET this fall
Competition judges only watch 22 seconds of online video
Jarod Impichchaachaaha Tate named US Cultural Ambassador
Will’s new group name!
www.harmoniaseattle.org
CHICAGO SYMPHONY SEASON (P)REVIEW
https://order.cso.org/events?view=listing&startdate=2021-09-01
JOHN WILLIAMS’ NEW VIOLIN CONCERTO
https://youtu.be/fl_-JKB21b0
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Augusta Holmès - La Nuit et l'amour (1888)
Tiffany
Franck, “Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne"
Will
Schnittke, Movement 1 Cadenza for the Beethoven Violin Concerto
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name that Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
CHORAL COMPOSER CANCELLED FOR BAD POST
Reason Magazine article
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE OLYMPICS
List of pieces performed at the 2020 opening ceremony (Classic FM)
1984 Rhapsody in Blue
THE DARK SIDE OF NADIA BOULANGER
Mademoiselle Myths (Kendra Leonard)
The Conservatoire Américain: A History(free ebook)
Louise Talma: A Life in Composition (Amazon)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kendra
Louise Talma, Piano Sonata No. 2
Tiffany
Spyridon Samaras, Serenade Française
Will
Lili Boulanger, Psalm 24
Kensho
George Gershwin, An American in Paris
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This week, we’re joined by guest host Jeff Arlo Brown of VAN Magazine, and we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie, then we move on to our three topics:
TANIA LEON WINS THE PULITZER FOR “STRIDE”
A short rehearsal clip
The full score
The Pulitzer site
JUSTIN BIEBER’S “CONDUCTING AND COMPOSING”
https://youtu.be/uCkhtp4H9rI
HOW BAD IS DANIEL BARENBOIM?
Interview in the Telegraph
The Titan’s Shadow (VAN Magazine)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Jeff
Yair Klartag, Con forza di gravità
Tiffany
Bartok, The Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Will
Elisabetta Brusa, Symphony No. 2
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN’S RACIST MASTERCLASS COMMENTS
Violinist.com
ORLINSKI’S STABAT MATER VIDEO
https://youtu.be/8gRBeWCqthc
LOC’S BRAHMS PORTAL
https://guides.loc.gov/johannes-brahms
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Paul
Peggy Glanville Hicks, “Etruscan” Concerto
Kensho
Korngold, “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen”
Will
José White, Violin Concerto
Tiffany
Kosaku Yamada, Song of Aiyan: IV. Amaryllises
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie and then we move on to our three topics:
FRENCH CULTURAL HIGHS AND LOWS
€300 Culture Passes for Teens
Pretty Yende Strip-Searched in Paris
OUTLANDISH FRENCH ENSEMBLE NAMES
LUDOVIC MORLOT ON FRENCH MUSIC
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Ludovic
Dalbavie, La source d’un regard
Will
Stravinsky, Fantaisie sur Petrouchka
Tiffany
Vincent d’Indy, Symphony on a French Mountain Air
Kensho
Florent Schmitt, La Tragédie de Salomé
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we respond to your feedback!
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Will
Billy Strayhorn, Valse
Tiffany
Alan Hovhaness, Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”
Kensho
Samuel Barber Medea’s Dance of Vengeance
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This week, we present a redux of three of our favorite prelude segments!
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we proudly present Kensho’s interview on the Podium Time podcast with host Jeremy D. Cuebas.
PODIUM TIME
Kensho’s Episode
PT on Apple Podcasts
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AT EL SISTEMA
Washington Post Opinion
All That Matters is How Good It Sounds (VAN)
NEW SIBELIUS OVERTURE DROPS
Lost Sibelius Work Re-Premiered After 120 Years
The Premiere Performance
NON-IDIOMATIC BLACK CHORAL MUSIC
Dr. Marques L.A. Garrett’s Research
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Marques
Adolphus Hailstork, Nocturne
Will
Sibelius, Karelia Overture
Tiffany
Sibelius, En Saga, Op. 7
Kensho
Stewart Goodyear, Callaloo
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name that Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three projects:
KENSHO’S WORKSHOP OF KEVIN PUTS’ “THE HOURS”
https://hub.americanorchestras.org/2020/08/03/philadelphia-orchestra-and-metropolitan-opera-co-commission-the-hours-by-kevin-puts/
TIFFANY’S DISSERTATION
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2288107693
WILL PIANO SONATA FOR JOEY
https://youtu.be/5ttbiqxyPk0
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Glazunov, Theme and Variations for String Orchestra, Op. 97
Joey
Ed Bland, Chaconne in Blue No. 1
Will
Debussy, Images Book I: Reflets dans l’eau
Kensho
Philip Glass, “The Hours” main titles
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
STAR CONDUCTOR REAPS CORONA WINDFALL
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000126652835/corona-hilfe-fuer-den-stardirigenten
“THE GREEN” AT LINCOLN CENTER
https://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/the-green-521
THE 2021 MENUHIN COMPETITION
https://www.youtube.com/c/MenuhinCompetition/featured
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Grieg, Two Elegiac Melodies: “The Last Spring”
Kensho
Handel, Ariodante: “Dover, giustizia, amor”
Will
Clara Schumann, Romance No. 1 for violin
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This week, we‘re joined by guest host Olivia Giovetti (https://twitter.com/ogiovetti). We start out with a rousing round of Stolen Strains and then we move on to our three topics:
LOUIS FARRAKHAN’S PLAYS THE BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO
https://youtu.be/l-iE9uNKwU0
IN DEFENSE OF THE 1812 OVERTURE
https://van-magazine.com/mag/1812-overture/
IS OXFORD UNIV CANCELLING SHEET MUSIC?
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9947592002
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Francesca da Rimini
Olivia
Beethoven, String Quartet op. 131, mvmt 4
Will
Luís de Freitas Branco, Symphony No. 1, mvmt. 2
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum with Jeremy D. Cuebas of the Podium Time podcast, and then we move on to our three topics:
CURTIS WADES INTO THE ARTIST MANAGEMENT GAME
Facebook announcement
GLENN GOULD’S “HOW MOZART BECAME A BAD COMPOSER”
https://youtu.be/1pR74rorRxs
DALE TRUMBORE ON “STAYING COMPOSED”
Dale Trumbore
Buy the book
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Dale
Reena Esmail, Piano Trio, mvmt. 3
Will
Schnittke, Concerto for Mixed Chorus, mvmt. 1
Kensho
Haydn, String Quartet in D major, No.5, mvmt. 4. Finale
Tiffany
Liszt, “Consolation” No. 3
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This week, we start out with Classic FM’s “Mozart or Beyoncé” quiz, then we move on to our main topics:
“WEST SIDE STORY” TRAILER DROPS
https://youtu.be/1NVobQjj6uY
COMPOSERS’ ROUTINES
“I Tried 5 Composers’ (Ridiculous) Daily Routines (Van)
STRING STARS AS ADVERTISING GURUS
Strings Magazine Feature
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Kensho
Ilmari Hannikainen, Valse Op. 17 No. 1
Will
CPE Bach, Symphony in D, Wq. 183/1
Tiffany
Kalinnikov, Serenade for Strings
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name that Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
3D PRINTED VIOLINS
3D-Printed Violins Have Me Hopeful for the Future of Classical Music
“THE ORCHESTRA” 2015 ANIMATED SHORT
Watch it on YouTube
DARK ACADEMIA CLASSICAL PLAYLISTS
Dark Academia TikTok (NYT)
Dark Academia Guide to Getting into Classical Music
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Will
Glière, Huit morceaux for violin and cello (arr. viola and bass)
Tiffany
Daugherty, Night Owl: 3. “Thunder on Blue Ridge”
Kensho
Marc-André Dalbavie, Flute Concerto
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of the Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
THE 2021 GRAWEMEYER AWARD
The Grawemeyer Prize in Music Composition
Lei Liang’s “A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams”
BELUGA WHALES SAVED BY CLASSICAL MUSIC
Classic FM’s Retelling
The Original NYT Piece
GABRIEL LENA FRANK ON “COMPOSING EARTH”
The GLF Foundation’s “Composing Earth” Program
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Gabby
Frank, The Five Moons of Lorca
Tiffany
De Falla, Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Will
Sondheim, Incidental music from “Invitation to a March”
Will's appearance on "Putting It Together"
Kensho
Frank, Elegia Andina
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:
UNFINISHED
Orchestra comes back to bargaining table
Met players invited to join Dallas for concerts
Yo-Yo Ma’s Post-Vaccine Recital
London plans for new concert hall scrapped
Pappano takes LSO
MUSIC FOR 420
Could Weed Be Your Gateway to Classical Music?
LOWELL LIEBERMANN’S “PERSONAL DEMONS”
Listen to the album on Spotify
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Lowell
Liszt, Totentanz
Tiffany
Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor
Kensho
Ernst, The Last Rose of Summer
Will
John Eccles, The Mad Lover
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum and then we move on to our three topics:
TULSA OPERA “DECOMISSIONS” COMPOSER DANIEL ROUMAIN
Guardian article
Operawire (includes full aria text)
Daniel Roumain’s tweet
MOVIE CLUB: “LE CONCERT”
Watch the film on YouTube!
DOUGLAS SHADLE ON DVORAK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Antonin Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” (OUP)
Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted (NYT)
Douglas Shadle
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Doug
Nkeiru Okoye, Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom: “I am Moses the Liberator”
Kensho
Dvorak, The Golden Spinning Wheel
Will
Bronislau Kaper, Auntie Mame: Title Sequence
Tiffany
Dvorak, Serenade for Strings
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April Fools! It’s another All-Games Extravaganza!
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Tiffany
Janáček, On an Overgrown Path: “They Chattered Like Swallows”
Kensho
Coleridge Taylor, Ballade in A minor
Will
J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor
Crucifixus
Et resurrexit
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our three topics:
PCMS SUCCEEDS WITH LIVE STREAMS
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Digital shows have brought in 10 times the audience for Philly’s PCMS, real money, and maybe a new business model (Inquirer)
UGEARS’ HURDY GURDY KIT
UGears' Hurdy Gurdy
Hurdy Gurdy demo from the Orch of the Age of Enlightenment
Patty Gurdy (YouTube)
“THE SUN DANCE OPERA” OF ZITKALA-SA
PBS mini-documentary
About the revival
Meg Singer
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Meg
Janelle Monae, “I like that”
Tiffany
Mozart, “Kegelstatt” Trio
Will
Susato, Danserye of 1551: Den Hoboeckendans
Kensho
Susan Botti, EchoTempo:mvmt I. “Spring is Opening”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Match the Interpreter and then we move on to our three topics:
SF SYMPHONY RE-ORG AND RE-BRAND
SFS Collaborative Partners
Can Branding Help Save Classical Music? (Fast Company)
Play with the new SFS dynamic font!
MBC’S VIOLIN METHOD BOOK
Music by Black Composers
Yale Student Creates Project to Integrate Violin Repertoire
NATHALIE STUTZMANN ON “CONTRALTO”
Listen on Spotify
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CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Nathalie
Boccherini, Concerto No. 9, mvmt 2
Tiffany
Victor Herbert, Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor
Kensho
Kevin Puts, If I Were a Swan
Will
Lotti, Crucifixus a 8
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD’S IRISH RHAPSODY NO. 1
https://youtu.be/1IYtpAuuMGI
BRIDES.COM’S 65 BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC WEDDING SONGS
https://www.brides.com/best-classical-music-wedding-songs-4774513
MARTIN BERGEE’S MUSIC EDUCATION STUDY
Press release
Dr. Bergee’s bio
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Martin
Beethoven, Quartet No. 14: 6. Adagio quasi un poco andante
Kensho
Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3
Will
Boccherini, Cello Concerto No. 7
Tiffany
C. V. Stanford, Irish Rhapsody No. 6
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:
ENO “BREATHE”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/arts/music/opera-singers-covid-19-treatment-eno-breathe.html
LISTENER FEEDBACK
“5 MINUTES TO LOVE...” WITH ZACH WOOLFE
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/insider/five-minutes-love-classical-music.html
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Zach
Lou Harrison, Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: V. Chaconne
Tiffany
Shostakovich, String Quartet 3 mvt. 3
Kensho
Mahler, Symphony No. 8 “Alles Vergängliche”
Will
Rued Langgaard, Carl Nielsen vor store componist
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:
LES VICTOIRES DE LA MUSIQUE CLASSIQUE
2021 Overview (France TV Info.fr)
2021 Nominations
“ICONS ON INSPIRATION” BY THE LA PHIL
https://youtu.be/yF0hSoeRD_k
THE LIFE OF ÉDMOND DÉDÉ
“The Exile’s Song” by Sally McKee
Dr. McKee’s Site at UC-Davis
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Sally
Halévy, La Juive: “Rachel! Quand du seigneur”
Tiffany
Couperin, Les Barricades Mystérieuses
Will
Rossini, Kyrie from Petite Messe Solennelle
Kensho
Dédé, “Chicago,” Grande valse à l'Américaine
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of the Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
NEWS!
Tampa Bay Soprano at Capitol Insurrection
Organ Music Underscores Covid Jabs in Salisbury
Mirga Departs CBSO
Putin’s Mega-Palace
French Stagehand Saboteur
The Met’s Vienna Recital
The Met Orchestra’s Streaming Recital; Feb 21
NEW MOZART PIANO PIECE
Mini-documentary and Premiere Performance
TANTACRUL ON HIS NEW MUSIC FONT
YouTube explainer
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CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Martin
Frank Martin, Petite symphonie concertante
Will
Reza Vali, Folk Songs: 1. Longing
Kensho
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 (original 1915 version)
Tiffany
Elgar, Mina
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Ravish / Wed / Vanquish, and then we move on to our three topics:
CLASSIC FM’S VALENTINE’S QUIZ
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/occasions/valentines-day/how-to-spend-based-on-music-taste-quiz/
ALL THE ROMEOS AND JULIETS
JEFF BROWN ON RANKING ALL THE SCHUBERT LIEDER
Every Schubert Song, Ranked (VAN)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Jeff
William Dougherty, soft brown wax
Tiffany
Johan Svendsen - Romeo and Juliet, Op. 18, fantasy for orchestra
Kensho
Viktor Ullmann, Fünf Liebeslieder II. Am Klavier
Will
Brahms, Liebeslieder Waltzes op. 53
“Putting It Together” Podcast
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum, and then we move on to our three topics:
MUSIC AT THE BIDEN INAUGURATION WITH COL. JASON FETTIG
The US Marine Band “Inaugural Soundtrack” (YouTube)
TIKTOK SEA SHANTIES
Sea Shanties Like “The Wellerman Song” Are Trending on TikTok (Vox)
Adam Neely’s Sea Shanty Explainer
THE STATE OF THE NEA WITH PROF. MICHAEL SY UY
Trump Tried to End Federal Arts Funding; It Grew (NYT)
Ask The Experts
Michael Sy Uy
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Michael
Vijay Iyer, “A Song for Flint”
Will
Purcell, Dido & Aeneas: “Come away fellow sailors”
Kensho
Grieg, Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Major, mvmt. 1
Tiffany
Barber, Second Essay for Orchestra
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name that Tune AKA Stump the Hosts, and then we move on to our three topics:
UNT MUSIC THEORY PROFESSOR SUES HIS OWN STUDENT
Background Article (Denton Record-Chronicle)
The Court Documents (Google Drive)
BOOK CLUB: THE CLASSICAL REVOLUTION
Get the book here (Amazon)
GRACE MEADOWS ON MUSIC AND DEMENTIA
The “Swan Lake” Ballerina Video (YouTube)
Guardian Article
Music for Dementia (UK)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Grace
Errollyn Wallen, “More Light”
Will
Georgs Pelecis, “New Year’s Music”
Kensho
Bruckner, Symphony No. 7, mvmt. 1
Tiffany
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 1, mvmt. 1
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our three topics:
SIR SIMON RATTLE TO THE BRSO
Simon Rattle to Leave the London Symphony for Munich
Simon Rattle Decries Brexit as He Applies for German Citizenship (Guardian)
MOVIE CLUB: OZAWA (1985)
On YouTube
THE STATUS OF EAST ASIANS IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Kate Wagner, “The Meritocratic Failures of Classical Music”
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist
Will
Ryuichi Sakamoto, M.A.Y. in the Backyard
Kensho
Francis Poulenc Sinfonietta pour Orchestre
Tiffany
Ravel, Daphnis & Chloé Suite No. 2
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GET A COPY OF JOHN BORSTLAP’S “THE CLASSICAL REVOLUTION” FOR OUR BOOK CLUB
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073BKG4J9
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of “2 Truths and a Lie” and then we move on to our three topics:
MET OPERA NYE BROADCAST FROM GERMANY
AFM Lambasts Metropolitan Opera (Operawire)
Donate at: https://www.metorchestramusicians.org/
FULL-NAMING CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Chris White in Slate
THE INSTITUTE FOR COMPOSER DIVERSITY WITH JOHN HONG
John Hong’s article in I Care If You Listen
John Hong's Web Site
John Hong on Twitter
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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John
Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B
Tiffany
Stella Sung, Dance of the White Lotus Under the Silver Moon
Kensho
Mozart, Quartet No.15 in D minor, mvmt. 2. Andante
Will
Mozart, “Contessa perdono” from Le nozze di Figaro
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology with listener Ted Fishman. Want to join us for a prelude segment? Post about the Gabfest on social media and tag us to be entered for a chance to come on the show.
Then we move on to our three topics:
ROBERT F. SMITH’S TAX FRAUD REVELATIONS
Carnegie Hall Stands by its Chairman Despite Tax Violations (NYT)
“LOUIS VAN BEETHOVEN” ON AMAZON
Trailer (YouTube)
SFS ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL HORN AND COVID RESEARCHER MARK ALMOND
Profile in the San Francisco Classical Voice
Profile in the San Francisco Chronicle
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Mark
Walton, Crown Imperial
Kensho
Vaughan-Williams, Flos Campi
Will
Sibelius, Morceau romantique sur un motif de monsieur Jakob de Julin
Tiffany
Gershwin, Piano Concerto in F
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Happy New Year! Enjoy our all-games extravaganza, and if you think you can stump us, go ahead and try!
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Will
Kevin Volans, White Man Sleeps, mvmt 4 (quartet version)
Kevin Volans, White Man Sleeps, mvmt 3 (original version)
Tiffany
Anna Clyne, Rewind
Kensho
Richard Strauss, Til Eulenspiegel
Celibidache Rehearses Til Eulenspiegel
This week, we start out playing along with David Bruce’s fantastic “12 Days of Christmas but each verse is more ATONAL”Then we move on to our three topics:
THE HOLY TRINITY OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC
UNFINISHED
Scholarly article on Beethoven’s metronome
Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony at the Houston SO
Stagehands Union Locked Out at the Met
Stephen Schipps trial date set
CLASSICAL CRINGERS WITH RICHARD BRATBY
Jonas Kaufmann’s “It’s Christmas” (Spotify)
Richard Bratby’s review in The Spectator
Kaufmann sings “All I want for Christmas is You"
Last Christmas in Vienna
The Three Tenors “Sleigh Ride”
Classical Top 5 Podcast
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Richard
Hely-Hutchinson, Carol symphony
Will
Elizabeth Poston, “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree”
Tiffany
Vince Guaraldi, “Greensleeves”
Kensho
Pierpont arr. Tovey, “Jingle Bells Overture”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:
FORT WAYNE PHIL MUSICIANS ON STRIKE
Musicians of the FWP Press Release
FWP Musicians Fail to Respond to Repeated Requests to Negotiate (WANE)
WAGNERISM BOOK CLUB 3
Alex Ross on Wagner in Film (NYr)
THE “1 TRACK PODCAST” WITH ANTHONY JOSEPH LANMAN
Anthony’s Web Site
The 1 Track Podcast
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Anthony
Steve Mackey, Tuck and Roll
Tiffany
Kodaly, Duo for Violin and Cello
Kensho
Schubert, Winterreise: 24. “Der Leiermann”
Will
arr. Beethoven, “On the Massacre of Glencoe”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
GUITAR CENTER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
NYT
LISTENER FEEDBACK
Adam Neely’s “The ****ed up legacy of the arrest of Miles Davis”
JEWISH CLASSICAL MUSIC
Hazzan David F. Tilman
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HAZZAN TILMAN
Bernstein, Bernstein Chichester Psalms
TIFFANY
Ravel, Tzigane
KENSHO
Edgar Meyer, Concert Duo, mvmt. 4 Finale
Will
Shulamit Ran, String Quartet No. 3 “Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory”, mvmt. 2 “Menace”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune and then we move on to our three topics:
MET OPERA OFFERS PAYCHECKS FOR PAY CUTS
New York Times
CLASSICAL GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
Grammy official site
Farinelli Music Video (MUST WATCH)
JONATHAN ROSENBERG “DANGEROUS MELODIES”
Dr. Rosenberg
Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold War
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Jonathan
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 (Van Cliburn)
Will
Jake Heggie, The Work at Hand (The Slow Seconds)
Tiffany
John Adams, The Chairman Dances
Kensho
Schumann String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, mvmt. 4
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie and then we move on to our three interviews, all probing the same topic: what is American Classical Music?
We asked each of our guests to select two works to frame our discussions: one from music history and one of their own composition.
JENNIFER HIGDON
http://jenniferhigdon.com/
Copland, Appalachian SpringHigdon, blue cathedral
DAMIEN GETER
https://www.damiengetermusic.com/
Gershwin, Porgy & Bess, Opening of Act III
Geter, String Quartet No. 1 “Neo-Soul”
JEROD IMPICHCHAACHAAHA’ TATE
http://jerodtate.com/
Erb, “Ritual Thunder”
Tate, “Clans”
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KENSHO
Christopher Rouse, Iscariot
WILL
Bernstein, West Side Story: “Dance at the Gym”
TIFFANY
William Grant Still, Wood Notes
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:
CLASSICAL FM’S CLASSICAL PERSONALITY QUIZ
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WAGNERISM BOOK CLUB PART 2
Get the book!
POST-COVID MUSIC LIFE IN EAST ASIA
Ultra Music Festival Taiwan
The Vienna Philharmonic Tours Japan
China Beijing Music Festival
Post-Festival Report
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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WILL
Timo Andres, “Three Suns”
TIFFANY
Brahms String Quintet in G major, Op. 111
KENSHO
Meyerbeer, Les Huguenots: “O beau pays de la Touraine”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our three topics:
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PROFESSOR INDICTED ON CHILD TRAFFICKING CHARGES
Former UM Violin Professor Arrested (Michigan Radio)
2018 Michigan Daily Article by Sammy Sussman
Sammy Sussman
https://sammysussman.com/
https://twitter.com/Sammy_Sussman
THE PBS AMERICAN MASTERS DOCUMENTARY ON MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS
Streaming on PBS.org
SPOTIFY’S REDUCED-RATES-FOR-ALGORITHMIC-BOOST PROGRAM
As covered by The Fader
Andy Doe
https://andydoe.com/
https://twitter.com/andy_doe
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ANDY
Brett Dean, ...the scene of the crime...
WILL
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, “Sans frayeur dans ces bois”
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TIFFANY
Gorecki, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 3
KENSHO
Josef Suk, Serenade for Strings, mvmt. 1
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Match the Interpreter and then we move on to our three topics:
SFCM ACQUIRES OPUS 3
SF Conservatory Engineers a Deal to Acquire Arts Management Firm
WEDDING MUSIC
Kensho’s service music reveal:
Strauss, Capriccio: Prelude
Morricone, Gabriel’s Oboe
Wuorinen, Josquiniana
SLAVE ORCHESTRAS
Jon Silpayamanant, “Classical Music and its Slave Orchestras”
Twitter unroll
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JON
Frank Raden, Concerto for Indonesian National Orchestra
WILL
Danish String Quartet, Sonderho Bridal Trilogy Part II
TIFFANY
Shostakovich, The Gadfly: Romance
KENSHO
Johann Pachelbel, Vespers: “Gloria Patri, Sicut Erat”
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This week, we start out with a spellbinding round of Classical Chronology focused on that deadly medieval tune, the Dies Irae. Hear more about that on the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast.
Then we head down to the lab for a dissection of Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre.
Then a free-flowing conversation with author, vlogger, and deathfluencer Caitlin Doughty about Haydn’s head, Lully’s foot, and a composer who came back from the dead to write his 9th symphony.
Caitlin's video on Haydn's head
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CAITLIN
Mahler, Kindertotenlieder: “Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein”
WILL
Veljo Tormis, Curse Upon Iron
The most intense performance of all time:
The most insane music video of all time
TIFFANY
Liszt, Totentanz
KENSHO
Toshio Hoskawa, Voyage X - Nozarashi
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Stump the Hosts (aka Name That Tune) and then we move on to our three topics:
COVID-ERA CLASSICAL SUCCESS STORIES
Heartbeat Opera’s “Lady M”
GroupMuse
Arwen Myers' livestream recital (FB)
Pavement Concert
BOOK CLUB: WAGNERISM
Alex Ross, WagnerismBryan Magee, The Tristan Chord
THE BLIND AUDITION DEBATE
To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions (NYT)
Musicians on How to Bring Racial Equity to Orchestras (NYT)
Titus Underwood on The Upbeat Podcast
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Schubert Andante in C Major
Tiffany
Faure Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, mvmt. 3
Will
Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem: “Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie and then we move on to our three topics:
THE EASTERN EUROPEAN RECORDING INDUSTRY AND FAR RIGHT POLITICS
The trailer to Dinesh D’Souza’s “Trump Card: The Movie” featuring Debbie D’Souza and the Budapest Scoring Orchestra
Will’s blog post about recording in Ostrava
Will’s vlog about the same
LISTENER FEEDBACK
Music Suggestions for Kensho’s Wedding
The Lark Ascending
Make Our Garden Grow
Knee Play 5
Will orchestras keep the pace of change?
Jessie Montgomery in the NYT
THE COVID OUTBREAK AT THE MARIINSKY THEATER
Russian Ballet Returned to the Stage. Then a Covid Outbreak Hit. (NYT)
Valery Gergiev Wants to Make Music, But the West Brings Up Putin (LAT)
CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Anatoly Lyadov, Kikimora
Will
Boris Lyatoshynsky, Piano Trio No. 2
Kensho
Dohnányi, Piano Quintet, mvmt. 3
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We start with the Prelude, and Chapters 1 & 2 next week
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of the Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:
YOUNG AUDIENCE RECRUITMENT AND AGEISM IN THE CLASSICAL INDUSTRY
Classical Music Attracts Older Audiences. Good. (NYT)
Aging of the Orchestra Audience Is a Function of Demographic Evolution
THE AURORA ORCHESTRA PLAYS SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
Watch the concert on YouTube
Berlioz’s Memoirs
INTERVIEW WITH NAHRE SOL
Listen to Alice in Wonderland on Spotify
Watch Nahre on YouTube
Nahre’s Web Site (sheet music available!)
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NAHRE
Julia Wolfe, “Reeling”
WILL
Mozart, Requiem: “Lacrimosa” (on theremin)
TIFFANY
Viet Cuong, Re(new)al: Percussion Quartet Concerto
KENSHO
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Stolen Strains and then we move on to our three topics:
JAMES LEVINE’S $3.5M SETTLEMENT AND ZUBIN MEHTA’S COMMENTS
The Terms of Levine’s Met Settlement Revealed (NYT)
Cancellation of the Met’s season (NYT)
The original interview with Mehta in the Corriere della Sera
Will’s translation of the Corriere della Sera article
THE RISE OF INSTAGRAM PRACTICE ACCOUNTS
Jacob Sweet’s post on the New Yorker Culture Desk blog
Morgan Davison’s bassoon practice insta
IS A SOCIALLY DISTANCED MUSIC DEGREE WORTH THE PRICE TAG?
“An Impossible Choice: Music Majors, COVID-19, and an Uncertain Future”
by Zack Finkelstein and Dana Lynne Vargas
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ZACH
Dowland, “Come Again, Sweet Love”
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WILL
Vivaldi, Juditha triumphans, “Armatae face et anguibus”
TIFFANY
Mason Bates, Ford’s Farm
KENSHO
Charles Wuorinen, Josquiniana
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This week, we start off with a rousing game of Listening Limbo, then we dive into our three topics:
THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MARCHING BAND
Part 1 in the Columbia Spectator Article
Part 2
The band’s statement on Medium
NORMAN LEBRECHT’S ZERO-STAR REVIEW OF “JOHN WILLIAMS IN VIENNA”
The album on Spotify
The review
THE DISMISSAL OF GARRETT MCQUEEN FROM AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA
Garrett’s statement on Opus 66 of TRILLOQUY (begins at 16:16)
MPR News story
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GARRETT
Celso Garrido-Lecca, Andean Folk Dances: 3. Ritmico
WILL
Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro “Porgi amor”
TIFFANY
Britten, Billy Budd “Blow Her Away” Chorus
KENSHO
Beethoven, Fidelio: “Komm, Hoffnung”
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This week we start out with a riotous round of “Who Dis?” and then we discuss our three topics:
The centuries-long performance of “Organ^2/ASLSP” in Halberstadt GermanyNew York Times article
The moment of the chord change on the archived YouTube livestream
“The Bowmakers” documentary by Ward SerrillGet your tickets through September 20, 2020
“Music Theory and White Supremacy” by Adam NeelyThe original video
David Bruce’s “The Map of Music”
CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlist
WillCharles-Marie Widor, Organ Symphony No. 5: Toccata
TiffanyOrlando di Lassus, “In monte Oliveti”
KenshoAnton Bruckner, Mass No. 3 in F Minor VI. Benedictus
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This week, we start off with a round of “Two Truths and a Lie” featuring the piano music of Claude Debussy, after which we launch into our three topics:
The Closure of Columbia Artist ManagementAs reported by The Violin Channel
Novelist Dan Brown’s new musical children’s book and album Wild SymphonyPreview in the New York Times
Dan Brown’s trailer video
Will’s “The Itsy Bitsy Spider and His Great Singalong Adventure”
“The Curious Case of Keiko Yamada"Jennifer Jolley's Article on NewMusicBox
CLASSICAL MIXTAPEFull Playlist
WillAlice B. Dearden, “How Do I Love Thee?”
KenshoRene Orth, “Forgiveness is Hard for the Living” from Empty the HouseTiffanyKaren Tanaka, “Enchanted forest”
—bonus:
Karen Tanaka, “Invisible Curve” feat. Tiffany Lu!
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In this début episode of the Classical Gabfest, hosts Kensho Watanabe, Tiffany Lu, and William White play a round of "Game of Pairs" featuring Haydn and Mozart, and then tackle three topics:
Gabby Gifford's Appearance Playing Horn at the DNC Convention
Gifford's DNC video The Internet Controversy Over the "Double Beat" Metronome TheoryWim Winters' "It is not 'Half Tempo'"A response from "Piano Pat" Does a Beethoven Celebration Have a Place in the Year 2020?Andrea Moore's commentary in the Chicago Tribune
Will's planned 2020-21 Beethoven season, cancelled due to Covid
and we finish up with our Classical Mixtape:
Tiffany: Vaughan Williams, Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
—bonus: the "Dives and Lazarus" folk song
Will: Beethoven, Contredanses WoO 14
Kensho: Hindemith, The Flying Dutchman Overture as Sightread by a Bad Spa Orchestra at 7 am by the Well
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