The Classical Gabfest

This week, we start out with Classic FM’s “Mozart or Beyoncé” quiz, then we move on to our main topics:

“WEST SIDE STORY” TRAILER DROPS
https://youtu.be/1NVobQjj6uY

COMPOSERS’ ROUTINES
“I Tried 5 Composers’ (Ridiculous) Daily Routines (Van)

STRING STARS AS ADVERTISING GURUS
Strings Magazine Feature

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Kensho
Ilmari Hannikainen, Valse Op. 17 No. 1

Will
CPE Bach, Symphony in D, Wq. 183/1

Tiffany
Kalinnikov, Serenade for Strings

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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:

3D PRINTED VIOLINS
3D-Printed Violins Have Me Hopeful for the Future of Classical Music

“THE ORCHESTRA” 2015 ANIMATED SHORT
Watch it on YouTube 

DARK ACADEMIA CLASSICAL PLAYLISTS
Dark Academia TikTok (NYT)
Dark Academia Guide to Getting into Classical Music

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Will
Glière, Huit morceaux for violin and cello (arr. viola and bass)

Tiffany
Daugherty, Night Owl: 3. “Thunder on Blue Ridge”

Kensho
Marc-André Dalbavie, Flute Concerto 

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

THE 2021 GRAWEMEYER AWARD
The Grawemeyer Prize in Music Composition
Lei Liang’s “A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams”

BELUGA WHALES SAVED BY CLASSICAL MUSIC
Classic FM’s Retelling
The Original NYT Piece

GABRIEL LENA FRANK ON “COMPOSING EARTH”
The GLF Foundation’s “Composing Earth” Program

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Gabby
Frank, The Five Moons of Lorca

Tiffany
De Falla, Nights in the Gardens of Spain

Will
Sondheim, Incidental music from “Invitation to a March”
Will's appearance on "Putting It Together"

Kensho
Frank, Elegia Andina

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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:

UNFINISHED

Orchestra comes back to bargaining table
Met players invited to join Dallas for concerts 

Yo-Yo Ma’s Post-Vaccine Recital

London plans for new concert hall scrapped
Pappano takes LSO

MUSIC FOR 420
Could Weed Be Your Gateway to Classical Music?

LOWELL LIEBERMANN’S “PERSONAL DEMONS”
Listen to the album on Spotify 

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Lowell
Liszt, Totentanz 

Tiffany
Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor

Kensho
Ernst, The Last Rose of Summer

Will
John Eccles, The Mad Lover

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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:

TULSA OPERA “DECOMISSIONS” COMPOSER DANIEL ROUMAIN
Guardian article
Operawire (includes full aria text)
Daniel Roumain’s tweet

MOVIE CLUB: “LE CONCERT”
Watch the film on YouTube!

DOUGLAS SHADLE ON DVORAK’S NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
Antonin Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” (OUP)
Let’s Make the Future That the ‘New World’ Symphony Predicted (NYT)
Douglas Shadle

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Doug
Nkeiru Okoye, Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom: “I am Moses the Liberator”

Kensho
Dvorak, The Golden Spinning Wheel 

Will
Bronislau Kaper, Auntie Mame: Title Sequence

Tiffany
Dvorak, Serenade for Strings

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April Fools! It’s another All-Games Extravaganza!

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CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Tiffany
Janáček, On an Overgrown Path: “They Chattered Like Swallows”

Kensho
Coleridge Taylor, Ballade in A minor 

Will
J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor
Crucifixus
Et resurrexit

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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:

PCMS SUCCEEDS WITH LIVE STREAMS
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Digital shows have brought in 10 times the audience for Philly’s PCMS, real money, and maybe a new business model (Inquirer)

UGEARS’ HURDY GURDY KIT
UGears' Hurdy Gurdy
Hurdy Gurdy demo from the Orch of the Age of Enlightenment
Patty Gurdy (YouTube)

“THE SUN DANCE OPERA” OF ZITKALA-SA
PBS mini-documentary
About the revival
Meg Singer

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Meg
Janelle Monae, “I like that”

Tiffany
Mozart, “Kegelstatt” Trio

Will
Susato, Danserye of 1551: Den Hoboeckendans

Kensho
Susan Botti, EchoTempo: mvmt I. “Spring is Opening” 

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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:

SF SYMPHONY RE-ORG AND RE-BRAND
SFS Collaborative Partners
Can Branding Help Save Classical Music? (Fast Company)
Play with the new SFS dynamic font!

MBC’S VIOLIN METHOD BOOK
Music by Black Composers
Yale Student Creates Project to Integrate Violin Repertoire

NATHALIE STUTZMANN ON “CONTRALTO”
Listen on Spotify
Watch the recording session

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Nathalie
Boccherini, Concerto No. 9, mvmt 2

Tiffany
Victor Herbert, Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor

Kensho
Kevin Puts, If I Were a Swan

Will
Lotti, Crucifixus a 8

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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:

CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD’S IRISH RHAPSODY NO. 1
https://youtu.be/1IYtpAuuMGI

BRIDES.COM’S 65 BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC WEDDING SONGS
https://www.brides.com/best-classical-music-wedding-songs-4774513

MARTIN BERGEE’S MUSIC EDUCATION STUDY
Press release
Dr. Bergee’s bio

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Martin
Beethoven, Quartet No. 14: 6. Adagio quasi un poco andante

Kensho
Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3

Will
Boccherini, Cello Concerto No. 7

Tiffany
C. V. Stanford, Irish Rhapsody No. 6

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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:

ENO “BREATHE”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/16/arts/music/opera-singers-covid-19-treatment-eno-breathe.html

LISTENER FEEDBACK

“5 MINUTES TO LOVE...” WITH ZACH WOOLFE
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/03/insider/five-minutes-love-classical-music.html

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
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Zach
Lou Harrison, Suite for Violin with American Gamelan: V. Chaconne

Tiffany
Shostakovich, String Quartet 3 mvt. 3

Kensho
Mahler, Symphony No. 8 “Alles Vergängliche”

Will
Rued Langgaard, Carl Nielsen vor store componist

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