The Classical Gabfest

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

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN’S RACIST MASTERCLASS COMMENTS
Violinist.com 

ORLINSKI’S STABAT MATER VIDEO
https://youtu.be/8gRBeWCqthc

LOC’S BRAHMS PORTAL
https://guides.loc.gov/johannes-brahms 

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Paul
Peggy Glanville Hicks, “Etruscan” Concerto

Kensho
Korngold, “Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen”

Will
José White, Violin Concerto

Tiffany
Kosaku Yamada, Song of Aiyan: IV. Amaryllises

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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:

FRENCH CULTURAL HIGHS AND LOWS
€300 Culture Passes for Teens
Pretty Yende Strip-Searched in Paris 

OUTLANDISH FRENCH ENSEMBLE NAMES

LUDOVIC MORLOT ON FRENCH MUSIC

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Ludovic
Dalbavie, La source d’un regard

Will
Stravinsky, Fantaisie sur Petrouchka

Tiffany
Vincent d’Indy, Symphony on a French Mountain Air

Kensho
Florent Schmitt, La Tragédie de Salomé

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we respond to your feedback!

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Billy Strayhorn, Valse

Tiffany
Alan Hovhaness, Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”

Kensho
Samuel Barber Medea’s Dance of Vengeance

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This week, we present a redux of three of our favorite prelude segments!

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we proudly present Kensho’s interview on the Podium Time podcast with host Jeremy D. Cuebas.

PODIUM TIME
Kensho’s Episode
PT on Apple Podcasts

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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:

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AT EL SISTEMA
Washington Post Opinion
All That Matters is How Good It Sounds (VAN)

NEW SIBELIUS OVERTURE DROPS
Lost Sibelius Work Re-Premiered After 120 Years
The Premiere Performance

NON-IDIOMATIC BLACK CHORAL MUSIC
Dr. Marques L.A. Garrett’s Research

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Marques
Adolphus Hailstork, Nocturne

Will
Sibelius, Karelia Overture

Tiffany
Sibelius, En Saga, Op. 7

Kensho
Stewart Goodyear, Callaloo

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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 projects:

KENSHO’S WORKSHOP OF KEVIN PUTS’ “THE HOURS”
https://hub.americanorchestras.org/2020/08/03/philadelphia-orchestra-and-metropolitan-opera-co-commission-the-hours-by-kevin-puts/ 

TIFFANY’S DISSERTATION
https://www.proquest.com/docview/2288107693 

WILL PIANO SONATA FOR JOEY
https://youtu.be/5ttbiqxyPk0 

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Glazunov, Theme and Variations for String Orchestra, Op. 97

Joey
Ed Bland, Chaconne in Blue No. 1

Will
Debussy, Images Book I: Reflets dans l’eau

Kensho
Philip Glass, “The Hours” main titles

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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:

STAR CONDUCTOR REAPS CORONA WINDFALL
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000126652835/corona-hilfe-fuer-den-stardirigenten 

“THE GREEN” AT LINCOLN CENTER
https://www.lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/the-green-521

THE 2021 MENUHIN COMPETITION
https://www.youtube.com/c/MenuhinCompetition/featured

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Grieg, Two Elegiac Melodies: “The Last Spring”

Kensho
Handel, Ariodante: “Dover, giustizia, amor”

Will
Clara Schumann, Romance No. 1 for violin

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This week, we‘re joined by guest host Olivia Giovetti (https://twitter.com/ogiovetti). We start out with a rousing round of Stolen Strains and then we move on to our three topics:

LOUIS FARRAKHAN’S PLAYS THE BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO
https://youtu.be/l-iE9uNKwU0

IN DEFENSE OF THE 1812 OVERTURE
https://van-magazine.com/mag/1812-overture/

IS OXFORD UNIV CANCELLING SHEET MUSIC?
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9947592002 

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Francesca da Rimini 

Olivia
Beethoven, String Quartet op. 131, mvmt 4

Will
Luís de Freitas Branco, Symphony No. 1, mvmt. 2

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This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum with Jeremy D. Cuebas of the Podium Time podcast, and then we move on to our three topics:

CURTIS WADES INTO THE ARTIST MANAGEMENT GAME
Facebook announcement

GLENN GOULD’S “HOW MOZART BECAME A BAD COMPOSER”
https://youtu.be/1pR74rorRxs 

DALE TRUMBORE ON “STAYING COMPOSED”
Dale Trumbore
Buy the book

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Dale
Reena Esmail, Piano Trio, mvmt. 3

Will
Schnittke, Concerto for Mixed Chorus, mvmt. 1

Kensho
Haydn, String Quartet in D major, No.5, mvmt. 4. Finale

Tiffany
Liszt, “Consolation” No. 3

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