The Classical Gabfest

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:

ETO DROPS MUSICIANS CITING ‘DIVERSITY’
Classic FM 

MOVIE CLUB: UN COEUR EN HIVER (1992)
Full movie streaming free on YouTube

WHY ARE THERE NO WOMEN AT THE HELM OF TOP US ORCHESTRAS?
Is Change Coming? (NYT)
Marin Alsop on her departure from the BSO (Baltimore Sun)

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Lina
Piazzola, Las 4 Estaciones Porteñas 

Kensho
Ravel, Sonata for Violin and Cello

Tiffany
Brahms, Ballade Op. 10 No. 4

Will
Ligeti, Mysteries of the Macabre

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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:

NEWS ROUNDUP

Stradivarius Chemical Compounds Identified

SFS Chorus Director Resigns Over Vaccine Mandate 

Eva Wagner-Pasquier Found Lifeless in the Isar River

An Operatic Marriage Proposal

Berlin Phil Raises Money for Afghan Refugees

The Met Orchestra is Back

CARNEGIE HALL’S NEW LOGO
Carnegie Hall’s Media Kit

RICHARD BRATBY ON THE MUSIC OF SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD
RB’s 2019 Spectator column on Sir MA

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Richard
Arnold, Symphony No. 2, mvmt 1

Will
Schnittke, The Story of an Unknown Actor: Agitato I

Kensho
Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arr. Ricci)

Tiffany
Dobrinka Tabakova, Suite in Old Style

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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:

APPLE BUYS PRIMEPHONIC
The Verge

CLASSICAL FOUR-WORD HORROR STORIES
ClassicFM

PHILIP GLASS AND OPEN AI
“Audrey’s” Post

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Rautavaara, Deux Sérénades: No. 1. Sérénade pour mon amour

Will
Purcell, “The Sparrow and the Gentle Dove”

Kensho
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4: I. Sehr langsam

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name that Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then it’s on to our 1-year anniversary Q&A!

Check out conductor/artist Andrew Crust's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stick.and.brush/

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Joey
Enesco, Violin Sonata 3

Will
Paul Juon, Concerto for Piano Trio, Op. 45 (1910)

Tiffany
Sibelius, Symphony No. 2, I.

Kensho
Mikhail Zlatopolsky, Prayer for the Dead

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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:

ORCHESTRAL SEATING IN A COVID WORLD
Musical Chairs? Swapping Seats Could Reduce Orchestra Aerosols (NYT)
18 Orchestra Seating Plans from the 19th Century

CONCERT CLUB: HANDEL’S OUTDOOR WORKS
Hervé Nicquet and Le Concert Spirituel

THE TRY GUYS’ KEITH LEARNS THE TROMBONE
https://youtu.be/JngOMNHInC8 

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Kensho
Missy Mazzoli "Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

Tiffany
Volker Bertelmann aka Hauschka, Improvisation

Will
Arvo Pärt, Berliner Messe: Credo

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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:

CONCERTS V. COVID
League of American Orchestras Survey
Lakes Area Music Festival Cancels Half of Season

THE URGE TO DESTROY A VIOLIN
Violin Torture Instagram
New Yorker Cultural Comment

BSO FLUTIST FIRED
Baltimore Sun
“Exit Interview” on Slipped Disc

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Mark O’Connor, “Butterfly’s Day Out”

Kensho
Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations (arr. for flugelhorn)

Will
Carlos Garcia, Íslandia for string quartet

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It’s another All-Games Extravaganza!

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CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Nikolai Medtner, Piano Concerto No. 1

Will
Bach, Cantata No. 140 “Wachet Auf!”

Tiffany
Chausson, Poème

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum, and then we move on to our three topics:

UNFINISHED

Beethoven didn’t know how to read a metronome

Are there snakes in the Alps

The New York Metropolitan Opera
Union negotiations
Dallas SO / NFTs
No kids at the MET this fall

Competition judges only watch 22 seconds of online video

Jarod Impichchaachaaha Tate named US Cultural Ambassador

Will’s new group name!
www.harmoniaseattle.org 

CHICAGO SYMPHONY SEASON (P)REVIEW
https://order.cso.org/events?view=listing&startdate=2021-09-01

JOHN WILLIAMS’ NEW VIOLIN CONCERTO
https://youtu.be/fl_-JKB21b0 

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Kensho
Augusta Holmès - La Nuit et l'amour (1888)

Tiffany
Franck, “Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne"

Will
Schnittke, Movement 1 Cadenza for the Beethoven Violin Concerto

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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:

CHORAL COMPOSER CANCELLED FOR BAD POST
Reason Magazine article

CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE OLYMPICS
List of pieces performed at the 2020 opening ceremony (Classic FM)
1984 Rhapsody in Blue

THE DARK SIDE OF NADIA BOULANGER
Mademoiselle Myths (Kendra Leonard)
The Conservatoire Américain: A History (free ebook)
Louise Talma: A Life in Composition (Amazon)

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Kendra
Louise Talma, Piano Sonata No. 2

Tiffany
Spyridon Samaras, Serenade Française

Will
Lili Boulanger, Psalm 24

Kensho
George Gershwin, An American in Paris

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This week, we’re joined by guest host Jeff Arlo Brown of VAN Magazine, and we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie, then we move on to our three topics:

TANIA LEON WINS THE PULITZER FOR “STRIDE”
A short rehearsal clip
The full score
The Pulitzer site

JUSTIN BIEBER’S “CONDUCTING AND COMPOSING”
https://youtu.be/uCkhtp4H9rI

HOW BAD IS DANIEL BARENBOIM?
Interview in the Telegraph
The Titan’s Shadow (VAN Magazine)

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Jeff
Yair Klartag, Con forza di gravità

Tiffany
Bartok, The Miraculous Mandarin Suite

Will
Elisabetta Brusa, Symphony No. 2

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