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A podcast with chats about classical music featuring interviews with guest musicians about music they love. Come hang out with Emma and Chloe, creators of MusicBox, while they explore a new piece each episode.
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Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Percussionist Marianna Soroka talks about four different pieces that helped shape her life, sharing the stage with live horses in a 90’s Polish opera house, and the history of the frame drum.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Marianna’s pieces
Spotify playlist for main pieces
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
Other useful links:
Boris Godunov full opera on Youtube: Acts I and II , Acts III and IV
Early Russian Orthodox choral singing
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Bogoroditse Devo (the choir piece Emma sang in youth choir where everyone took sneaky breaths to keep the phrase going forever)
Live video of Buddy Rich playing (so you can see his “driving” way of playing the drums)
Percussionist Zohar Fresco playing frame drums in their traditional Arabic setting
Short documentary on Steve Reich talking about his music
Support Marianna:
Website: mariannasoroka.com
Instagram: marianna_soroka
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Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Violinist Katarina Aleksić talks about Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night), growing up in former Yugoslavia, and the magic of communicating with people on an unspoken level.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Katarina’s pieces
Spotify playlist for main pieces
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
Other useful links:
Traditional Serbian song Katarina was taught as a child
Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night) background and poem translation
Explanation of chromatic scales (by a man who reminds us of that guy in the Princess Bride)
Support Katarina:
RTS Symphony Orchestra, Serbia
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi talks about ostinato basslines, the similarities between language and musical improvisation, and how the basslines used in Radiohead and My Funny Valentine are a lot older than we think.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Francesco’s pieces
Spotify playlist for main pieces
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
More useful links:
*Correction (23:37): Charlie Parker saxophone solo
The Early Music Movement in Classical music
Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas
Video featuring Rhiannon Giddens talking about the history of the minstrel banjo
Support Francesco:
Website: https://www.francescoturrisi.com/
Patreon for Francesco and his partner, Rhiannon Giddens: https://www.patreon.com/rhiannongiddens
Bandcamp: https://francescoturrisi.bandcamp.com/
Buy Francesco’s album based on 17th-century music: https://diatriberecords.bandcamp.com/album/si-dolce-il-tormento
Buy Francesco’s solo piano album: https://francescoturrisi.bandcamp.com/album/northern-migrations
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
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Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Friday Sep 11, 2020
Bonus episode! Join us this episode as we answer some great questions from our listeners and announce our NEW PayPal link where you can donate. It’s really easy to donate to keep this podcast going! Just head to PayPal.me/MusicBoxConcerts and choose the currency and amount you want to donate.
Useful links:
Opening music that we recorded with Holland Baroque. Highly recommend checking out the whole album!
Mozart’s music in films and TV shows
Schubert’s Rosamunde string quartet
Biber’s Mystery Sonatas (with organ accompaniment)
Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 1in G minor
Power posing TED Talk by Dr Amy Cuddy
We are jealous of:
Bassoon parts in early French operas such as this one
Get in touch with us!
*DONATE*: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox
Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Conductor Joshua Weilerstein chats about Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, nerdy piano improvisation duels, and how cultural identity shapes our way of listening to music.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Joshua’s pieces
Spotify playlist for main pieces
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
Other useful links:
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra performs all of Beethoven’s symphonies
Article explaining Beethoven’s challenging of Steibelt to a piano improvisation duel
NPR article about the Eroica Symphony
The riot in the audience at the premier of Igor Stravinksy’s Rite of Spring
Jan Swafford’s book on Beethoven
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 conducted by Leonard Bernstein
Support Joshua:
Website: https://joshuaweilerstein.com/
Facebook: @joshuaweilerstein
Instagram: @joshuaweilerstein
Twitter: @joshweilerstein
Sticky Notes podcast hosted by Joshua
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
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Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Cellist Guy Fishman chats about Vivaldi’s Cello Concerto in C minor, his introduction to classical music in Texas, and the joys of exploring sheet music stores.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Guy’s pieces
Spotify playlist for main pieces
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
Other useful links:
Check out our episode with Kati Debretzeni to find out more about Vivaldi!
Broekmans & Van Poppel music store in the Netherlands
Support Guy:
Handel and Haydn’s “Tuning In” podcast hosted by Guy
The best way to order Guy’s CDs is by emailing him at: gfishman@handelandhaydn.org
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox
Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean chats about Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs, Caroline Shaw’s Cant voi l’aube, and how 70s disco shaped her musical taste.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Lotte’s pieces
Spotify playlist for main pieces
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
Other useful links:
Australian National Academy of Music
Luciano Berio’s Sequenza III for solo female voice, premiered by Berio’s wife, Cathy Berberian
Video of Cathy Berberian performing her Stripsody (showing the score)
Father of the American folk revival, Pete Seeger’s obituary in the NY Times
Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter
Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 Voices
Bela Bartok’s Piano Sonata, Sz. 80
Support Lotte:
Lotte performs online concert through the Tait Memorial Trust
Lotte’s website https://www.lottebettsdean.com/
Lotte’s social media: Facebook , Instagram, & Twitter
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox
Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Violinist Rachael Beesley talks us through Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, deranged opium nightmares, and whether the violin or the french horn is the most difficult instrument.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for Rachael’s pieces
Spotify playlist for main pieces
Spotify playlist for final question pieces
Aurora Orchestra performing a staged version of Symphonie Fantastique from memory (watch from 23:00 for the symphony)
Original Symphonie Fantastique score with Berlioz’s descriptions for each movement
Berlioz’s text translated to English
PBS article with background information on the piece
Guardian article on Symphonie Fantastique with lots of interesting quotes from Berlioz’s letters
Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts: Berlioz Takes a Trip
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra
Ironwood’s latest album of Louise Farrenc & Camille Saint-Saëns
Badass 19th- and 20th-century female violinists and composers to check out: Maud Powell, Louise Farrenc, Ginette Neveu, Marie Soldat-Roeger, Renée Chemet
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox
Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Canadian violinist Julia Wedman chats about Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, scordatura, and adventures in Salzburg with the help of a janitor named Ziggy.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for main pieces from all episodes
Spotify playlist for final question pieces from all episodes
More useful links:
Heinrich Iganz Franz von Biber
Photo of the crossed middle strings from the Resurrection sonata
Pavlo Beznosiuk’s recording, who also has readings of the psalters
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox
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Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Keyboardist Tineke Steenbrink talks us through Corelli’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 11 in B-flat Major, acoustic pots hidden in medieval churches, and her realisation that Harry Potter’s library doesn’t actually exist.
Useful links:
Spotify playlist for main pieces from all episodes
Spotify playlist for final question pieces from all episodes
More useful links:
Information on how pipe organs work
Bach’s Art of Fugue (sometimes uses Corelli’s bassline)
Sound pots in churches that enhance acoustics
The book about Utrecht that features in Harry Potter movies
George Frideric Handel and his link to Corelli
Haydn’s “Fifths” String Quartet
If you want to watch Tineke play harpsichord
Support Tineke:
Support our musicians during the COVID crisis
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox
Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com