Toledo SymphonyLAB™

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Toledo SymphonyLAB™ episodes

April 06, 2022 Brahms and Bernadette
We welcome special guest Megan Amos, principal horn of the Toledo Symphony. Megan is playing Johannes Brahms' horn trio in the TSO's chamber concert Brahms Trios. We not only launch into a detailed discussion of Brahms and his remarkable music, but we tip our collective hats to the great Bernadette Peters, who comes to the Peristyle this weekend.
45 min
April 06, 2022 Brahms and Bernadette
We welcome special guest Megan Amos, principal horn of the Toledo Symphony. Megan is playing Johannes Brahms' horn trio in the TSO's chamber concert Brahms Trios. We not only launch into a detailed discussion of Brahms and his remarkable music, but we tip our collective hats to the great Bernadette Peters, who comes to the Peristyle this weekend.
45 min
March 30, 2022 Talking Bartók
Taking our cue from the upcoming Bartók and Brahms program, we focus on the extraordinary music of Béla Bartók – especially his spooky and tension-filled Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, which has been sampled in TV and film ranging from "Dr. Who" to Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." As a sidebar (no pun intended), we test our "bar talk" (pun intended) IQ in our quiz of the day!
52 min
March 30, 2022 Talking Bartók
Taking our cue from the upcoming Bartók and Brahms program, we focus on the extraordinary music of Béla Bartók – especially his spooky and tension-filled Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, which has been sampled in TV and film ranging from "Dr. Who" to Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." As a sidebar (no pun intended), we test our "bar talk" (pun intended) IQ in our quiz of the day!
52 min
March 23, 2022 A Stravinsky Tale
It's an Igor Stravinsky extravaganza for this episode of TSLAB, inspired by the TSO's A Soldier's Tale concert. Music Director Alain Trudel and Principal Second Violin Merwin Siu come together to talk about Stravinsky's chamber masterpiece, which involves a septet of musicians as well as actors. A Soldier's Tale isn't the only piece on the program, however – we also hear about American musician, author, and educator David N. Baker's jazz-infused Hommage a l'histoire, which counted Alain Trudel as the trombonist for its premiere.
41 min
March 23, 2022 A Stravinsky Tale
It's an Igor Stravinsky extravaganza for this episode of TSLAB, inspired by the TSO's A Soldier's Tale concert. Music Director Alain Trudel and Principal Second Violin Merwin Siu come together to talk about Stravinsky's chamber masterpiece, which involves a septet of musicians as well as actors. A Soldier's Tale isn't the only piece on the program, however – we also hear about American musician, author, and educator David N. Baker's jazz-infused Hommage a l'histoire, which counted Alain Trudel as the trombonist for its premiere.
41 min
March 16, 2022 A Date with Judy
We welcome the celebrated vocalist Joan Ellison to the show, who presents an evening hit parade of Judy Garland songs in the TSO's A Date with Judy Garland program. Also joining us are two guest panelists from the TSO marketing department: Allie Dresser, and TSLAB "newbie" Natalie Conklin. Join us as we put our guests through their paces and test their Judy 101 knowledge with our Wizard of Oz trivia quiz (spoiler alert: Joan wins!).
49 min
March 16, 2022 A Date with Judy
We welcome the celebrated vocalist Joan Ellison to the show, who presents an evening hit parade of Judy Garland songs in the TSO's A Date with Judy Garland program. Also joining us are two guest panelists from the TSO marketing department: Allie Dresser, and TSLAB "newbie" Natalie Conklin. Join us as we put our guests through their paces and test their Judy 101 knowledge with our Wizard of Oz trivia quiz (spoiler alert: Joan wins!).
49 min
March 09, 2022 Composer Readings
We get a backstage glimpse at what it takes to make a piece of symphonic music in this episode. Every year, the Toledo Symphony does a series of readings of new works by young composers from Bowling Green State University, and two of them join us today: Corey Brodack and Connor Gibbs. We're also joined by the composer Christopher Dietz, who is also on faculty at BGSU and runs the readings program. Rounding out the panel are the TSO's Merwin Siu and Alain Trudel, who conducts the TSO in the readings. And as an added bonus, see if you can identify the Mad Composers in our quiz of the day!
52 min
March 09, 2022 Composer Readings
We get a backstage glimpse at what it takes to make a piece of symphonic music in this episode. Every year, the Toledo Symphony does a series of readings of new works by young composers from Bowling Green State University, and two of them join us today: Corey Brodack and Connor Gibbs. We're also joined by the composer Christopher Dietz, who is also on faculty at BGSU and runs the readings program. Rounding out the panel are the TSO's Merwin Siu and Alain Trudel, who conducts the TSO in the readings. And as an added bonus, see if you can identify the Mad Composers in our quiz of the day!
52 min

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Touchstone Award Winner - Best Single Radio Report 2022, Best Radio Show 2020, Best Radio Show 2019, Best Broadcast Radio 2018 Toledo SymphonyLAB™ is an award-winning radio podcast series from WGTE…