Superfan Kenneth and I debrief about the past and present weeks of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

I have with me principal Librarian of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert Grossman.

He has served with the orchestra for over 40 years and is in his final season. In addition to his work with the orchestra Robert was a bassoon player and freelanced all over Philadelphia with various groups and occasionally the Philly Pops Orchestra.

Kenneth Hutchins and I sit down and talk about the recent happenings with The Philadelphia Orchestra

- We discuss our children and their learning and practicing instruments

40:00 - 48:10

- Tracy talks about her relationship to music as a listener

- She talks about Miles Davis “58 Sessions”

- We talk about potential music listener fatigue

- Tracy talks about active versus passive listening

- We talk about our musical tastes

In this episode, I have a wonderfully interesting conversation with long time member of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Paul Arnold. Paul and I first debrief about Fantasia and the Orchestra. Paul goes in depth in his thoughts on the Philly Sound and speaks of former Concertmasters as well as other historical reasons for what made the Orchestra's sound.

Philadelphia Orchestra member, Richard Amoroso, 1st Violin debriefs about the Orchestra with behind the scenes stories. Orchestra members as well as other prominent musicians are interviewed.

Philadelphia Orchestra member, Richard Amoroso, 1st Violin debriefs about the Orchestra with behind the scenes stories. Orchestra members as well as other prominent musicians are interviewed.

Philadelphia Orchestra member, Richard Amoroso, 1st Violin debriefs about the Orchestra with behind the scenes stories. Orchestra members as well as other prominent musicians are interviewed.

Philadelphia Orchestra member, Richard Amoroso, 1st Violin debriefs about the Orchestra with behind the scenes stories. Orchestra members as well as other prominent musicians are interviewed.

Philadelphia Orchestra member, Richard Amoroso, 1st Violin debriefs about the Orchestra with behind the scenes stories. Orchestra members as well as other prominent musicians are interviewed.