That Classical Podcast

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Kelly, Sascha and Chris talk to you about classical music whilst making you laugh. AND LEARN. www.ThatClassicalPodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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That Classical Podcast episodes:

08.24.2021
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye!
THE END IS NIGH. In fact, it's here. Please do join us for one final round of classical silliness, as we talk about our lives, our classical faves, and how much we're going to miss you. Thank you from the...
05.03.2021
"Murder Clowns and Boffin Cocktails": Leoncavallo & Bellini
ARE YOU SCARED OF CLOWNS? WELL QUITE FRANKLY YOU MIGHT BE AFTER THIS. Yeeeees gird your loins people, because this episode we're talking murderous vengeful clowns, disappointing jazz gondolas, and multiple incomprehensible opera plot-lines. Enjoy! Little bits and pieces you might...
03.29.2021
"Music Shanks and Power Suits": Ethel Smyth & Florence Price
HERE COME THE GIRLS - AND P.S. THEY ARE KICKING BUTTS AND TAKING NAMES. Yeaaas in this episode we discuss two more lovely ladies who shaped the classical music we know and love today, all while takin' care of business...
03.01.2021
"Brown Notes and Musical TMI": Our Non-Faves
BE HONEST: WHO AMONG US DOESN'T ENJOY A GOOD WHINGE? Yeeeeas in this episode of That Classical Podcast we fulfil a listener-request, and openly complain about our LEAST favourite pieces. Warning: may contain sauciness! Little bits and pieces you might want...
12.04.2020
"Festive Prawns and Angel Swarms": Christmas IV
UP-TO-DATE ON YOUR AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS TRIVIA? Well you certainly will be after this festive and VERY educational episode of That Classical Podcast. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy! Little bits and pieces you might want to know about... Here's where...
10.20.2020
"Frog Concertos and Highway Anthems": Villa-Lobos & Ginastera
NEED MORE HARMONICA IN YOUR LIFE? WELL, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. Yes, whether you like it or not, the harmonica makes a very special appearance in this sparkly new episode of That Classical Podcast, starring alongside Australian fables,...
09.14.2020
"Werther's Originals and Musical Gold-Panning": Massenet & Poulenc
JUST TAKE IT FROM US - YOU DON'T WANT TO BORROW ANY MEDITATION TIPS FROM MASSENET. Find out why in this extra hot episode of That Classical Podcast, featuring desert nunneries, creepy opera dudes, and plenty of large juicy musical...
07.15.2020
"Fun Uncles and Dog Defenestration": Boccherini & Rameau
DOES YOUR DOG BARK IN TUNE? BETTER DOUBLE-CHECK BEFORE RAMEAU POPS OVER FOR TEA. Yes today we discuss two legendary Baroque composers - one who threw tone-deaf pooches out the window, and one who... well, didn't. Enjoy! Little bits and pieces...
05.18.2020
That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves #3
YES WE'VE DONE IT AGAIN. We've plugged-in our mics, boosted our wifi and hidden under our chunkiest sound-absorbent blankets to bring you yet ANOTHER social-distancing classical extravaganza, available for a limited time only! Stay safe and enjoy! The article Sascha was...
04.27.2020
That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves #2
YOU ASKED FOR MORE CLASSICAL ISOLATION BANGERS AND WE OBLIGED. Settle down and/or in for another top-class social distancing sesh, featuring two stunning pieces of music, titillating talk of organ shoes and heated twiddly bits debate (available for a limited...
03.30.2020
That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves
RECORDED ACROSS THE WAVELENGTHS OF TIME AND SPACE (AKA LONDON), WE PRESENT A SPECIAL MINI-EPISODE. Yes you guessed it, because we aren't allowed to nerd out about classical music in the same room, we decided to nerd out about it...
03.16.2020
"Chambermaid Bazungas and Ghost Smalltalk": Strauss & Strauss
SO MANY STRAUSSES (STRAUSSI?), SO LITTLE TIME. Yessss in this Strauss-centric episode we discuss the life and times of Johann Strauss II and Richard Strauss - unrelated by blood, but both rather famous for composing some classical bangers. Enjoy! Little bits...
01.14.2020
"Hot Samwise and Classical Rasputin": Wagner & Gesualdo
SURE, THESE COMPOSERS ARE LITERALLY THE WORST... BUT THEY DID WRITE SOME BANGING TUNES. Yes, in this episode of That Classical Podcast we reveal the composers you love to hate, and explore their extra-marital affairs, gruesome double-murders and inexplicable tree-cutting...
11.11.2019
"Young B****** and The Pink Peril": Women Composers Pt. II
THEY CAME, THEY COMPOSED, THEY CONQUERED. Yes, in this INCREDIBLY ladylike episode of That Classical Podcast, we discuss the women who shook-up the classical world, and wrote some extraordinary music. Enjoy! And you can find all of the pieces used in...
10.15.2019
THAT CLASSICAL HANDOVER: New Beginnings
TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN' HERE AT THAT CLASSICAL PODCAST. Find out how, why and who in this freshly-squeezed new episode. Enjoy! Not enough TCP? Go here to find out more... Here's where you can hear all the music from all the episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HxdsK2pKwY2Dt44nvSojl...
05.27.2019
"Full Wangs and Sister-Wife Wonders": Modern Classical Music III
WHOEVER SAID CLASSICAL MUSIC WAS BORING, WE'VE GOT THREE WORDS FOR YOU: NAKED OPERA SINGERS. This episode, we're re-opening our mysterious box of Modern Classical Music, and it's filled with ancient history, rubber duckies, big Gavs and small loin cloths......
03.11.2019
"Foot Tragedies and 'Artistic' Naked Bits": Strozzi & Lully
FOR NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WOE... THAN THIS OF STABBING YOUR FOOT WITH A SHARP STICK, FO SHO. Today we discuss two small but wonderful fish in one of our favourite musical ponds (beginning with "B", and ending...
02.12.2019
"Infant Body-Builders and Lip Baking": Brass
DOOT DOOOOOT yes we're back with another orchestral watcha-ma-call-it, and today it's BRASS. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a one way ticket to brass-town, via dodgy names for the trombone, dancing princesses, and advanced seed-spitting techniques. Not enough TCP? Go...
12.17.2018
"Exiled Bum-Pinchers and Half-Naughty Monks": CHRISTMAS III
CHRISTMAS WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A TRADITIONAL "BUM-PINCH" [AND AN ILLEGAL MINCE PIE] ... YES it's time once again for our annual festive episode, featuring a seasonal smattering of Christmas facts in and amongst some classical yuletide bangers. P.S. Thank you...
12.03.2018
"Football Opera and Century-Straddlers": The Romantic Period
BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF FIFTY SHADES. Yes that is 100% correct and accurate, because it's time for something Romantic with a capital R!! This time we dive into the "wishy-washy" waters of Schumann, Puccini, Richard Strauss and...
11.05.2018
"Opium-Cheese Nightmares and 'Opening-Up' Music": Berlioz & Mendelssohn
DO YOU ENJOY A GENEROUS SLICE OF GOUDA BEFORE BED? If so, you may have something in common with Hector Berlioz, who's life and nightmarish works we'll be discussing in this TRES FANTASTIQUE new episode of That Classical Podcast. We'll...
09.18.2018
"Blatant Child Favouritism and Eagle-Waving": Copland & Korngold
WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? YOU'VE FOUND THE CLASSICAL MUSIC EQUIVALENT OF "ISN'T SHE LOVELY"???! FINALLY! Yes it's true, we've literally found it, it's in this episode and it's PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY. Also included in this episode: ancient Hollywood trivia, oblique...
08.06.2018
"Two-Hit Wonders and Prima Donna Fisticuffs": Pachelbel & Handel
OUT OF THE WAY LADS, THE MOST IMPRESSIVELY BORING MAN IN MUSICAL HISTORY IS COMING THROUGH (BUT WE STILL THINK HE'S A BIT OF ALRIGHT). This time on That Classical Podcast we discuss one (and two) hit wonders, eye doctors...
07.09.2018
"Mantelpiece Modesty and Fingerpendence": Chopin & Liszt
EVER FANCIED SOMEONE YOU ALSO THINK IS A BIT MINGING? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO NOT GET BURIED ALIVE?? SHALL WE COMPARE FINGER-WEBBING??! All these questions are frankly up for debate and discussion in this life-changingly educational episode of That...
06.18.2018
"Tuneful Farts and The Zoomtube": Woodwind
GIRD YOUR LITERAL AND PROVERBIAL LOINS PEOPLE, 'CAUSE IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT SOME TUBES WITH HOLES IN THEM AND ALSO WIND. AND ALSO KENNY G. Yes you heard me right, in this episode we shoot the woodwindy breeze, and...
05.09.2018
"The Catholic Underworld and Economical Plagiarism": Byrd & Monteverdi
CAN A PERSON BE PHYSICALLY ATTRACTED TO AN ANCIENT WOODEN ETCHING? BLINK TWICE IF YES. In this old-skool episode: The Byrd is genuinely the word, we decide to crowdfund a really-quite-terribly-thought-out Hollywood blockbuster, and of course finish up by doing...
04.05.2018
"Patriotic Hamburgers and Bangerception": Elgar & Holst
**SILLY AND RUDE OUTTAKES AT THE END OF THE EPISODE BECAUSE YES OK** COME ON THEN WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE PLANET? (DO ONE, PLUTO.) This time we chat about space-type-things and Bugs Bunny, Harry Styles, Mcdonald's adverts and Tena Ladys. Enjoy! Music...
03.19.2018
"Cousin Love and Tragic Hammers": Smetana & Mahler
INAPPROPRIATE COUSIN CANOODLING! MASSIVE MYSTERY BOXES!! POP GOES THE WEASEL??! All these quite weird things [and more] await your gorgeous ears and fabulous mind-brains in this episode of That Classical Podcast. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Má Vlast, JB1:112 2....
02.05.2018
"Swan Barbies and Seductive Whisks": Ballet
IF YOU THINK YOUR KITCHEN IMPLEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLIRTING WITH YOU - STAY TUNED, YOU'RE PROBABLY CORRECT. In this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious new episode we talk about some ballet, some barbies and one particularly alluring whisk. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Swan...
01.22.2018
"The Medieval Monster Mash and Sad Clouds": Saint-Saëns & Satie
BONJOUR AND TOOT DE LA FRUIT. Mais oui, this time we are discussing not one but TWO French composers who were tres bon at the old musique. Have a nibble on a croissant and settle down for some weird chat...
01.08.2018
"Crazy Old Maurice and Rhythm Orgies": Ravel & Gershwin
IT'S JAZZ O'CLOCK OVER HERE AT THAT CLASSICAL PODCAST AND WE'RE NOT SORRY. It's true, today we're giving you the lowdown on two blokes who loved to spice up their classical compositions with a large zesty dollop of Le Jazz....
12.18.2017
"Six-Day-Chords and Carpent Bros": CHRISTMAS II
DING DONG MERRILY ON HI THERE WE HAVE A NEW EPISODE AND IT IS CHRISTMAS-TASTIC. Grab a mince pie and any beverage that may or may not be mulled and join us for our annual round-up of classical xmas tidbits,...
12.04.2017
"Tsar BO-GO and Gorbachev's Grammy": Mussorgsky & Prokofiev
"YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE CLASSICAL MUSIC INFINITELY BETTER? MIKHAIL GORBACHEV." We know you've been thinking this for ages and quite frankly we agree with you. In this marvellous new episode of That Classical Podcast, we head back over to...
10.23.2017
"Table Wine and Weenie Bassoonists": Telemann & Bach
WEENIE BASSOONIST, WEENIE BASSOONIST, WHEREFORE ART THOU WEENIE BASSOONIST? If thou dost want to know more, verily direct your earholes to this ginormously informative new episode of That Classical Podcast! We'll be discussing why you really shouldn't marry your 16...
09.25.2017
"Disease Cupboards and Cat Role Play": Paganini & Rossini
A WILD NEW EPISODE APPEARED! YOU USED "LISTEN IMMEDIATELY". IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!!! Open up that classical music pokédex please because this time we chat about sexy-emo-goth Paganini catchin' them all (N.B. by "them" we mean a melange of diseases), and...
09.04.2017
"Gary's Peace Pipe and Grimes GCSE": Coleridge-Taylor & Britten
WHO IS GARY WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHERE AM I? All will be revealed in this bombastic episode of That Classical Podcast, in which we talk poetry, peace pipes, epic corn, weird friends who tell you to get on...
08.08.2017
"Vehement Carp and Surface Borscht": Symphonies
I MEAN FOR THE LOVE OF CTHULHU WHAT EVEN IS A SYMPHONY?! Yeah fair play m8, we haven't actually explained it yet and we've been going on about it for YONKS. Well dear listeney friends, this episode we explain the...
07.18.2017
"Death Chocolate and Musical Pizza": Purcell & Vivaldi
IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED HOW A PIZZA CAN BE MADE INTO MUSIC, TODAY'S YOUR LUCKY DAY. Come one, come all, it's time for another dive into the twiddly Baroque waters to find more misshapen weird pearls to give to our...
07.02.2017
"Water Gits and Beard Pranks": Dvořák & Brahms
WOULD YOU MARRY A GOBLIN? FRANKLY OUR ADVICE IS TO STAY AWAY. For more top tips, why not listen to our brand spanking new episode, in which we discuss pigeons, wedding guests made of seafood and absolutely rubbish practical jokes....
05.29.2017
"Wolfgang Bieber and Skull Burglars": Mozart & Haydn
DOWN YOUR TOOLS. STOP THE PRESSES. CEASE PETTING THAT DOG. YES, IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT MOZART. AND HAYDN. We are ginormously excited to bring you this episode, featuring jokes about butts (all courtesy of Wolfgang) and tales of...
05.15.2017
"Top Blokes and Crack Trains": Modern Classical Music II
HOLD YOUR HORSES PAL - A SECOND EPISODE ON MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS. I'll tell you why: because we think modern classical music is tickety-boo that's why. This episode we explore some more classical bangers from...
04.25.2017
"Lobster Debts and Wartime Threesomes": Sibelius & Vaughan Williams
BEHOLD: ANCIENT FINNISH TINDER DATES, BEAUTIFUL SAWMILLS, WW2 EXTRAMARITAL CANOODLING AND THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF THE VILLAGE BICYCLE. All this and more awaits your lovely ears in this episode of That Classical Podcast. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Pohjola's...
04.10.2017
"Bach Fan-girling and O.J. Tartini": Baroque
IF IT'S NOT BAROQUE DON'T FIX IT AMIRITE?! I'll leave. In this episode we shoot the Baroque breeze and tell you all about this trill-riddled, artsy-fartsy, misshapen pearl type period of music time. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Che...
02.21.2017
"Lavish Prisoner Entertainment and Barrel Puberty": Borodin & Rimsky-Korsakov
WHEN I SAY THE WORDS "MIGHTY HANDFUL", WHAT EXACTLY COMES TO MIND? ACTUALLY ON SECOND THOUGHT PLEASE DON'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. To summarise, today we're talking about two prominent members of that mightiest of handfuls - Alexander Borodin and Nikolai...
02.07.2017
"Fiery Cosmic Eggs and Sŷnthéšīśęrs": Female Composers
DID YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WOMEN ALSO WRITE MUSIC AND IT'S EXCELLENT? WELL OK THEN THAT'S GREAT I WAS JUST CHECKING DON'T GIVE ME YOUR SASS. This episode we talk about the female of the species writing some absolute classical...
01.24.2017
"Big Finnish Dogs and Grieg Avenue": Concertos
"CONCERTO? I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR WORD GAMES" is what some people might exclaim when they hear the word "concerto" because a) they don't have time for your word games and b) what actually IS a concerto? Well this...
12.24.2016
"Festive Rap Battles and Massive [Almond] Magnums": CHRISTMAS TIME
"IT'S NOT QUITE WIZZARD BUT IT'S ARGUABLY BETTER THAN WIZZARD" is what you're definitely gonna say after listening to this special festive episode of That Classical Podcast! Please enjoy our xmas offerings, and we'll catch you all in 2017. MEZZA...
12.14.2016
"Uncontrollable Spemming and A Mélange of Shirt Potatoes": Choral Music
SINGING IS, AS THEY SAY IN OLD COUNTRY, "THE NUTS". At least we think it is. That's why this episode we're talking all about choral music and all that not jazz. We also discuss brothels, breasts and Michael Caine. Enjoy!...
11.14.2016
"Haydn Lip-Kits and BRODYQUEST": The Piano
EPISODE 8 RHYMES WITH ONLY ONE THING: "IT'S TIME TO DO PIANO THINGS ABOUT THE... THE PIANO AND THE KEYS WITH THE DOOT DOOT AND PIANO TIME" Yes folks you heard me right, it's time to unveil the secrets of...
09.26.2016
"Ave Goblin and Ludwig Fernandez-Versini": Schubert & Beethoven
"NEEDS MORE GOBLIN." If you've ever thought this about anything at all, then number 7 is the episode for you. We've got goblin grots, STDs, water bucket deafness and more! You are welcome. Music featured in this episode: "Ave Maria"...

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That Classical Podcast episodes:

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye!

"Murder Clowns and Boffin Cocktails": Leoncavallo & Bellini

"Music Shanks and Power Suits": Ethel Smyth & Florence Price

"Brown Notes and Musical TMI": Our Non-Faves

"Festive Prawns and Angel Swarms": Christmas IV

"Frog Concertos and Highway Anthems": Villa-Lobos & Ginastera

"Werther's Originals and Musical Gold-Panning": Massenet & Poulenc

"Fun Uncles and Dog Defenestration": Boccherini & Rameau

That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves #3

That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves #2

That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves

"Chambermaid Bazungas and Ghost Smalltalk": Strauss & Strauss

"Hot Samwise and Classical Rasputin": Wagner & Gesualdo

"Young B****** and The Pink Peril": Women Composers Pt. II

THAT CLASSICAL HANDOVER: New Beginnings

"Full Wangs and Sister-Wife Wonders": Modern Classical Music III

"Foot Tragedies and 'Artistic' Naked Bits": Strozzi & Lully

"Infant Body-Builders and Lip Baking": Brass

"Exiled Bum-Pinchers and Half-Naughty Monks": CHRISTMAS III

"Football Opera and Century-Straddlers": The Romantic Period

"Opium-Cheese Nightmares and 'Opening-Up' Music": Berlioz & Mendelssohn

"Blatant Child Favouritism and Eagle-Waving": Copland & Korngold

"Two-Hit Wonders and Prima Donna Fisticuffs": Pachelbel & Handel

"Mantelpiece Modesty and Fingerpendence": Chopin & Liszt

"Tuneful Farts and The Zoomtube": Woodwind

"The Catholic Underworld and Economical Plagiarism": Byrd & Monteverdi

"Patriotic Hamburgers and Bangerception": Elgar & Holst

"Cousin Love and Tragic Hammers": Smetana & Mahler

"Swan Barbies and Seductive Whisks": Ballet

"The Medieval Monster Mash and Sad Clouds": Saint-Saëns & Satie

"Crazy Old Maurice and Rhythm Orgies": Ravel & Gershwin

"Six-Day-Chords and Carpent Bros": CHRISTMAS II

"Tsar BO-GO and Gorbachev's Grammy": Mussorgsky & Prokofiev

"Table Wine and Weenie Bassoonists": Telemann & Bach

"Disease Cupboards and Cat Role Play": Paganini & Rossini

"Gary's Peace Pipe and Grimes GCSE": Coleridge-Taylor & Britten

"Vehement Carp and Surface Borscht": Symphonies

"Death Chocolate and Musical Pizza": Purcell & Vivaldi

"Water Gits and Beard Pranks": Dvořák & Brahms

"Wolfgang Bieber and Skull Burglars": Mozart & Haydn

"Top Blokes and Crack Trains": Modern Classical Music II

"Lobster Debts and Wartime Threesomes": Sibelius & Vaughan Williams

"Bach Fan-girling and O.J. Tartini": Baroque

"Lavish Prisoner Entertainment and Barrel Puberty": Borodin & Rimsky-Korsakov

"Fiery Cosmic Eggs and Sŷnthéšīśęrs": Female Composers

"Big Finnish Dogs and Grieg Avenue": Concertos

"Festive Rap Battles and Massive [Almond] Magnums": CHRISTMAS TIME

"Uncontrollable Spemming and A Mélange of Shirt Potatoes": Choral Music

"Haydn Lip-Kits and BRODYQUEST": The Piano

"Ave Goblin and Ludwig Fernandez-Versini": Schubert & Beethoven