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Classical Gas

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Welcome to Classical Gas, a podcast series of interviews with classical musicians by radio host and producer Gail Wein.”I chose the name ”Classical Gas” because of its multiple implications: Gas could be fuel or fun or a gust of hot air. It’s also a subtle reference to the 1970s guitar earworm by Mason Williams.”

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episode The surprising details of Clara Schumann's life with Sarah Fritz, biographer cover

The surprising details of Clara Schumann's life with Sarah Fritz, biographer

Sarah Fritz is a musicologist who has been obsessed for the better part of the last decade with the life, music and place in history of the composer and pianist Clara Schumann. Her biography, “Madame Composer: The virtuosic genius of Clara Schumann”, will be out in October 2026 on Pegasus Books. “Clara Schumann (nee Wieck) was a prodigy on an epic scale. She was internationally famous by the time she was 18 years old and all the men were jealous of the fame she achieved so young. And so for part of their marriage, Robert was known as the husband of Clara Wieck. But also, the more respectability her husband gained as a composer, Clara’s her own social status would then elevate,” said Fritz.

18. april 2026 - 17 min
episode Joan Tower on grief, procrastination and her papers at Library of Congress cover

Joan Tower on grief, procrastination and her papers at Library of Congress

The composer Joan Tower has won many awards, including the prestigious and lucrative Grawemeyer award in 1990. But for her, the biggest honor came when the Library of Congress announced that they would hold her manuscripts, papers and photos in their archives, in a collection called “The Joan Tower Papers.” She said that was the biggest award she ever got, because it means that her music will have an institutional home, forever. At age 87, Joan Tower is as active and vibrant as ever. In this episode of Classical Gas, Tower talks with podcast host Gail Wein about challenges and rewards of composing, her best piece of advice for composition students and how she worked through her grief on the loss of her husband of 50 years.

30. jan. 2026 - 18 min
episode Claire Chase on Density 2036 - a quarter century of new music for flute cover

Claire Chase on Density 2036 - a quarter century of new music for flute

Flutist Claire Chase [https://www.clairechase.net/] embarked on a herculean project a few years ago – to expand the repertoire for flute by commissioning nearly 100 new works over 24 years. She calls the project Density 2036 [https://www.clairechase.net/density-2036]. It's inspired by a four-minute piece for solo flute by Edgar Varese, Density 21.5, that has fascinated Chase since childhood.   For the project, Chase is determined to create an entirely new program for flute each year, ending in 2036, the centennial of Varese's work. Her intent is to “reimagine solo flute literature over a quarter-century through commissions performances and recordings.” She's at the midpoint of the project, and there are already dozens of new compositions by Terry Riley, Pamela Z, Vijay Iyer, Lisa Lim and others. Chase will perform a world premiere by Annea Lockwood at The Kitchen in New York City in December 2025.   In this conversation, Chase talks with Gail Wein about the special properties of a flute made of platinum, what she still doesn’t know about her own instrument, how she chooses composers to commission for Density 2036, the non-profit organization she created called Density Arts [https://www.densityarts.org/fellows], and more.

29. okt. 2025 - 19 min
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