The Classical Gabfest

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

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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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

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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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 Spring
Higdon, 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”

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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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
Take the quiz!

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

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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ANDY
Brett Dean, ...the scene of the crime...

WILL
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, “Sans frayeur dans ces bois”
The full concert

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

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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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

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE

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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, Wagnerism
Bryan 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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