The Classical Gabfest

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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