The Classical Gabfest

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 Lohengrin
Note: we mistakenly referred to the Parsifal prelude
Gubaidulina, 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
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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
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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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