In this cocktail of an episode, Chris and Sridhar discuss the theme from HBO’s Succession, naming a chamber music group, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, whether or not music theory should be mandatory, and the merits of a theoretical perspective of music. They also get distracted and shop for domain names.

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Useful links:

Succession - theme and opening credits

Nicholas Britell explains the Succession theme

San Francisco Philharmonic

Karl Jenkins - wikipedia

Karl Jenkins - Palladio

Dvořák - Serenade for Strings

Ivry Gitlis plays Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Sergei Nakariakov plays Saint-Saëns on trumpet

Sergei Nakariakov - official website

Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 5

Stirred Not Shaken - jazz ensemble

Stirred, Not Shaken - the podcast about how to drink better

Tony Bennett/Bill Evans: When in Rome

Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic

George Gershwin plays Rhapsody in Blue

United Airlines Rhapsody in Blue Commercial

Woody Allen - Manhattan opening scene

Fantasia 2000 - Rhapsody in Blue

Bernstein/Los Angeles Philharmonic - Rhapsody in Blue

Maja Babyszka - Rhapsody in Blue

Diminished Jazz Theory - Tony Winston

Glenn Gould - Bach Contrapunctus I

Glenn Gould - Bach Contrapunctus IV

Glenn Gould - Bach Contrapunctus XIV