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Classical music taken out of the ivory tower and into the town square. Hosted by Chris Arkin (trumpet, piano) and Sridhar Bhagavathula (flute).
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Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Chris and Sridhar discuss whether or not Bach is beyond criticism, the comparisons between Bach and Shakespeare, Bach's pedagogical importance, and his influence on popular music. They then wade into the period instruments debate, and finish off by talking about performance spaces that aren't concert halls.
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Leonard Bernstein: The Creative Performer
Ira Glass thinks Shakespeare sucks
Jacques Bono plays Bach on electric bass
Elton John: Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, 1st movement
Penny Lane - hilarious music video
David Mason - Penny Lane trumpeter
Penny Lane - Canadian Brass Ensemble
Penny Lane - Anthology version without piccolo trumpet solo
What the hell is a piccolo trumpet?
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
Bach's magnum opus: St. Matthew Passion
András Schiff prefers Bach to "silly" piano exercises
Historically informed performance - wikipedia
Shunske Sato plays Bach Chaconne on violin
Chris Thile plays Bach Chaconne on mandolin
Shunske Sato talks about the baroque violin and bow
Chopin played on Chopin's piano
Beethoven played on Beethoven's piano
A brief history of the modern piano
All of Bach - Violin Concerto in D Minor in the Rijksmuseum
Rembrandt - The Sampling Officials
Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite (ft. Young Miles Davis)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, 1st movement
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Chris and Sridhar honor the passing of the legendary composer Ennio Morricone. They discuss the iconic status of his film scores, his gifts as a melodist, his use of non-orchestral instruments, his role in the evolution of Hollywood music, and his passion for chess.
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Watch "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" on Netflix
Watch "Cinema Paradiso" on Amazon
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" soundtrack
"The Hateful Eight" soundtrack
"The Battle of Algiers" soundtrack
Morricone receiving an Honorary Oscar
Morricone wins Best Original Score for "The Hateful Eight"
"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" standoff
"Ecstasy of Gold" on theremin & voice
Vladimir Nabokov's index cards
Tom Hanks does a Clint Eastwood impression
Il Gruppo (Morricone's avant-garde composers collective)
"If This is a Man": Holocaust memoir by Primo Levi
"If This is a Man" music by Morricone
Yo-Yo Ma's tribute to Morricone
"Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone" album
Morricone's Paris Review interview about chess
Janos Starker: Cellist, Artist, Teacher
What the Heck is Neo-Riemannian Analysis? - video explanation by 12tone
Saturday Jul 04, 2020
Saturday Jul 04, 2020
Chris and Sridhar celebrate the Fourth of July by asking: what makes American music American? They discuss 19th century American music, jazz as the quintessential American art form, George Gershwin, the universality of West Side Story, Dvořák in the New World, the American landscape reflected in its music, California as the creative capital of the world, and (regrettably) John Philip S***a.
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Leonard Bernstein: What is American Music?
George "Jazz in a Tux" Gershwin
Nadia Boulanger: teacher extraordinaire
Gershwin plays his Three Preludes
LA Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel: Gershwin's Cuban Overture & An American in Paris
Leonard Bernstein plays & conducts Rhapsody in Blue
West Side Story movie on Amazon
Verdi: Bella figlia dell'amore from Rigoletto
Benjamin Britten: Storm Interlude from Peter Grimes
Jerry Robbins behind the scenes of West Side Story
The Making of West Side Story documentary
Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland: Duo for Flute & Piano
Ken Burns: The National Parks - America's Best Idea
Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed
Arnold Schoenberg's Los Angeles
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Chris and Sridhar discuss their favorite classical music YouTube videos.
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YouTube Top 5 Showdown playlist
Jacques Bono plays Bach on electric bass
Benjamin Zander: The Transformative Power of Classical Music
Gilles Apap's cadenza to Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Danse Bacchanale by Camille Saint-Saëns
Jameson Whiskey Ad - "The Hawk of Achill"
Jean-Pierre Rampal plays Bolling Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
Mnozil Brass: Hungarian Schnapsodie ft. Zoltan
Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler 9 in Lucerne
Gustav "Buried in Vienna" Mahler
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Bernstein conducts Beethoven 9 to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall
Friedrich Schiller: Ode to Joy
"Knowledge is the Beginning" - documentary with Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said
Glenn Gould plays Bach Contrapunctus XIV
Bernstein conducts Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony at Tanglewood
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
After doing some housekeeping, Chris and Sridhar discuss the digital world of classical music before veering off into a conversation about The Nutcracker's various innovations and difficulties, eventually finding their way back on topic by talking about Spotify, YouTube, and the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall.
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Overcast - our recommended free podcast player for iOS
Impolite to Listen playlist on Spotify
Russian roulette, Nutcracker Edition
List of compositions by Tchaikovsky
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Berlin Philharmonic in The Nutcracker
Sir Simon Rattle interview about The Nutcracker
New York City Ballet, The Nutcracker, 2011
Gustavo Dudamel conducts LA Philharmonic in The Nutcracker
San Francisco Symphony's YouTube channel
Netherlands Bach Society YouTube channel
Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts: The Creative Performer
Leonard Bernstein's Norton Lectures at Harvard
Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall
Claudio Abbado's Farewell Concert in Palermo
Some of Sridhar's favorite Digital Concert Hall performances
Digital Concert Hall social distancing
Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
Chris and Sridhar discuss whether or not film music counts as classical music, the relationship between opera and film, "silent" films, iconic scores, what we can learn about film as a novel art form, composers who straddle the classical and film worlds, great director/composer collaborations, "the greatest ghost story ever told", and they both watch the documentary "Score".
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Richard Thompson in "Grizzly Man" recording session
The Lumière Brothers: first films
"2001: A Space Odyssey" opening
Nino Rota: "The Godfather" composer
"The Godfather" opening trumpet solo
Godfather music machine at House on the Rock
Rota's Sonata for Flute & Harp
Paramount Studio Map of Potential Film Shooting Locations in California
"Blue Skies" from "The Jazz Singer"
Max Steiner: "Casablanca" composer
Korngold's Piano Sonata No. 2 in E Major
Korngold's Violin Concerto in D Major played by Gil Shaham
Franz Waxman: "Rebecca" composer
A scene from Rebecca showcasing Waxman's score
Korngold: "The Sea Hawk" Overture
John Williams: "Star Wars" Main Theme
Philip Glass: "Koyaanisqatsi" -- The Pulse
"E.T." bike chase scene w/John Williams' iconic music
Danny Elfman's band Oingo Boingo
"Rebecca" Suite played by City of Prague Philharmonic
"Rebecca" full movie (shh...don't tell anyone)
"The Terminal": Dinner with Amelia scene w/John Williams' score
Glenn Gould plays Bach Contrapunctus I-IV (the soul of Bach)
John Barry: "James Bond" composer
James Bond Suite played by Royal Philharmonic
Bernard Hermann's "Psycho" Suite
Ligeti's "Lontano": classic horror music used in "The Shining" and "Shutter Island"
Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Penderecki interview: turning history into avant-garde
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" Theremin studio session
Ennio Morricone: The Ecstasy of Gold from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
The Ecstasy of Gold: theremin & voice
"Psycho" shower scene with and without music
"Score: A Film Music Documentary" on Amazon
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Friday Apr 17, 2020
Chris and Sridhar discuss the (de)merits of applause, the effects of applause on repertoire and interpretive choices, Glenn Gould’s recording of Beethoven’s 6th Symphony on piano, how recording technology affects concert expectations, the Netherlands Bach Society’s “All of Bach” project, and musicians/human beings extraordinaire.
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Claudio Abbado booed at Vienna State Opera
Gould plays Beethoven's 6th Symphony on piano
Bird call
cadenza in Beethoven's 6th Symphony
Netherlands Bach Society - All of Bach
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Sato plays Bach Partita No. 2 in D Minor for Solo Violin
Sato plays Bach Sonata in E Major for Violin & Harpsichord
Netherlands Bach Society plays Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
Gabriele Cassone plays Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major on natural trumpet
Keith Jarrett: jazz/classical pianist
András Schiff plays Bach English Suites in marathon concert
Joshua Bell plays Brahms Trios
Yo-Yo Ma's NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Yehudi Menuhin with Ravi Shankar
Leonard Bernstein - Beethoven's 9th to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall
András Schiff - "Boogie Woogie"