Impolite to Listen: Classical Music Conversations

ITL #37: I Used to Think...

Chris and Sridhar discuss the latter's upcoming audition, their dislike of the classical saxophone, and things about which they have changed their minds (including Aaron Copland, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, and Beethoven's even symphonies). Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz [https://twitter.com/Shreggz] and @chris_arkin [https://twitter.com/chris_arkin] Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen [https://www.instagram.com/impolite2listen/] Useful links: Kate Clark - an introduction to the Baroque flute [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrKzMJ60bM] Telemann - Fantasia for Solo Flute in E Minor [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmTJrdpnchQ] Jed Wentz - Blavet Flute Sonatas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7tBjzhZH0E] Saxophone quartet plays Bach's Italian Concerto [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s2XJEg9ILo] Stan Getz - Misty [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3qS363m7-w] Copland: Rodeo - Zubin Mehta conducting the LA Philharmonic [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du4DrdGp9vM] Copland conducts Hoedown from Rodeo [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v40IjawyW2k] Marsalis - Swing Symphony [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLMg1cmLBqM] Marsalis - Haydn Trumpet Concerto [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpFaWJQHwbA] Yo-Yo Ma plays the Bach Cello Suites live at the BBC Proms [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9MDqGhIak] Yo-Yo Ma - NPR Tiny Desk Concert [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uiUHvET_jg] Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncant, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Attaboy from Goat Rodeo Sessions [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-31e8Nlujw] Goat Rodeo Sessians NPR Tiny Desk Concerts [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7EcT5YzKhQ] Yo-Yo Ma on re-recording the Bach Cello Suites [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJ6pzOLzLo] Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax - The Making of Beethoven for Three [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m43tBjMzGEE] Beethoven Symphony No. 6 - Yo-Yo Ma, Beethoven for Three [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyRuiuGzEw] 2001: A Space Odyssey opening [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-QFj59PON4] 2001: A Space Odyssey docking scene [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoSYsNADtY] Schindler's List - black tie Nazi party [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZh_NO5tic] Jordi Savall - Beethoven Symphony No. 6 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn5KPiFWiOo] Beethoven Late Quartets - Quator Mosaïques [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLexwM939sM9bIDKNY48u_4eVg30RK-STw]

ITL #36: Rehearsal Rules

Chris and Sridhar discuss the New York Philharmonic’s new concert hall, TikTok’s influence on the music industry, and rules to make rehearsals run smoothly. Jump in! Tweet us @shreggz [https://twitter.com/Shreggz] and @chris_arkin [https://twitter.com/chris_arkin] Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen [https://www.instagram.com/impolite2listen/] Useful Links: New York Philharmonic's new David Geffen Hall [https://nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/david-geffen-hall] Stella Katherine Cole [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLfNsd-xQ2E] Hank Green - So...TikTok Sucks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAZapFzpP64] Willem de Fesch - wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_de_Fesch] Willem de Fesch: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major - Bremer Barockorchester [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJRj2zSCfKo] Online Tone Generator [https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/] Tuning Drones [https://www.tuningdrones.com/] Just Intonation vs Equal Temperament [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbOimblyW2E] Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano - minutephysics [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hqm0dYKUx4] Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkC3chi_ysw] René Voisin - wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Voisin] Roger Voisin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Voisin]

ITL#35: The Lenny Special

Chris and Sridhar share some thoughts on YouTube Music before discussing the life, art, and legacy of Leonard Bernstein. Then, in true Lenny fashion, they (night)cap it off by naming some of their favorite Bernstein YouTube videos. Jump in! Tweet us @shreggz [https://twitter.com/Shreggz] and @chris_arkin [https://twitter.com/chris_arkin] Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen [https://www.instagram.com/impolite2listen/] Useful Links: YouTube Music - App Store [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/youtube-music/id1017492454] Netherlands Bach Society [https://www.youtube.com/c/bach] Bernstein plays and conducts Rhapsody in Blue [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU] Bernstein - Ravel Piano Concerto [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtQDZaMcl14] Bernstein - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKjp98fPnw] Young People's Concert: What is American Music? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEA8G83g9nw] Young People's Concert: What Does Music Mean? [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y9fHoB4P2g] Photos from the set of "Maestro" [https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/from-the-set-of-maestro] Isaac Stern - Fiddler on the Roof [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PseBnzX4Re8] Alan Menken's Razzie winning song - High Times, Hard Times [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvXhrB47O5o] Jean Ferrandis Flutist - Official Archive [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoUd_9Vuh2LL7orONDe-D7Q] Ferrandis rehearses Mozart with Leonard Bernstein [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXyRm5O2Gmg] Glenn Gould - Bach Keyboard Concerto in D Minor [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZX_XCYokQo] Gould - Brahms D Minor Piano Concerto (Bernstein's speech included) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuxPKikM0NI] The Truth About a Legend - Leonard Bernstein on the Gould "scandal" [https://leonardbernstein.com/lectures/writings/the-truth-about-a-legend-glenn-gould] Bernstein - Beethoven 9 at the fall of the Berlin Wall [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn0IS-vlwCI] Bernstein - "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8NOVGHJmRs] Triangle lessons with Bernstein [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebf6_7nHciw] Bernstein riffing with a tuba player [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmSqKBPuQ0] Best of House Speaker John Bercow [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAM-YW-6vdU] Sridhar's Picks: Bernstein documentary rehearsing Rite of Spring [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kyso5VmZ6g] Bernstein discusses Beethoven's 6th and 7th symphonies [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuYY1gV8jhU] Teachers and Teaching - An Autobiographic Essay by Leonard Bernstein [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lvgPUpaumM] Chris' Picks: Trumpet player disagrees with Bernstein in rehearsal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Zfhk22-_M] Bernstein on Debussy's Faune - Part 1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOlzpfE8bUk] Bernstein on Debussy's Faune - Part 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4L59BT5yeI] The Making of West Side Story documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3SEW63LsaM]

ITL #34: Conservatory Blues

Chris and Sridhar discuss their favorite Victor Borge bits, the ins and outs of concert attire, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's acquisition of the record label Pentatone. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz [https://twitter.com/Shreggz] and @chris_arkin [https://twitter.com/chris_arkin] Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen [https://www.instagram.com/impolite2listen/] Useful links: Victor Borge documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY1u_zdc_8s] Victor Borge performs at the White House [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei9VVDNxCc8] White House Steinway [https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/treasures-of-the-white-house-steinway-grand-piano] Victor Borge & Anton Contra play Monti's Czardas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9UN3xFBCcw] Victor Borge as Franz Liszt [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bWeSr04Wzs] Victor Borge & Michala Petri play Czardas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIFHVuMb4bE] Victor Borge - Inflationary Language [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmpLUezDzoo] Victor Borge - Happy Birthdays [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajg7FlPv0HU] Netflix to Stop Greenlighting Vanity Projects [https://consequence.net/2022/06/netflix-greenlighting-vanity-projects/] Criterion Channel [https://www.criterionchannel.com] First Woman Joins Vienna Philharmonic in 1997 [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-02-28-mn-33433-story.html] Claudio Abbado's suit [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBE4m1aEnqc] Joshua Bell & Jeremy Denk - NPR Tiny Desk Concert [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vArST0dVOl4] Joshua Bell & Yuja Wang play Beethoven Violin Sonata no. 9 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOF_ueaxJ4] Mischa Maisky plays Bruch's Kol Nidrei [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGzOozXt4ek] A New Model for a Music Conservatory by Ted Gioia [https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/a-new-model-for-a-music-conservatory] The Honest Broker - Ted Gioia's substack [https://tedgioia.substack.com] Pentatone Music [https://www.pentatonemusic.com] Reprise Records - wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprise_Records] Samuel Lipman - The House of Music: Art in an Era of Institutions [https://www.amazon.com/House-Music-Art-Era-Institutions/dp/087923475X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=] Natalia Osipova dances Giselle [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLSrI_hXEw] Erich Leinsdorf - The Composer's Advocate: A Radical Orthodoxy for Musicians [https://www.amazon.com/Composers-Advocate-Orthodoxy-Musicans-Musicians/dp/0300028873]

ITL #33: Music of the Plains

Chris and Sridhar discuss session gigs, band education, Chris’ dream of becoming a piano salesman, Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2, Gerard Schwarz, the Seattle Symphony, and the art of conducting. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz [https://twitter.com/Shreggz] and @chris_arkin [https://twitter.com/chris_arkin] Episode clips on Instagram @impolitemedia [https://www.instagram.com/impolitemedia/] Useful links: Pierre Boulez with hula girls [https://twitter.com/Shreggz/status/1531442659524476928] Karajan conducts Sibelius: Finlandia [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJ9PHU8C8g] Karajan conducts Smetana: The Moldau [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWFwtMWFLdc] Karajan conducts Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrBAARn3GoQ] Wayne Bergeron [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvQx1Msy39w∧ab_channel=tedvstudios] Malcolm McNab [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XPyWChpOks∧ab_channel=jazzevans] Movies Jim Walker has played in [http://www.jimwalkerflute.com/motion-picture-recording.html] Ratatouille - Wall Rat (Jim Walker flute solo) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFaffLQGx7k] Alexander Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff - Lilacs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaiAPSBRfdE] Gerard Schwarz conducts Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0QLFVEvsbU] Howard Hanson - wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hanson] Hanson Symphony No. 2 - wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._2_(Hanson)] Gerard Schwarz - wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Schwarz] Bernstein plays Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH2PH0auTUU] Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enrdg_3HXbw] Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdqjcMmjeaA] Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6N-idb1Elc] András Schiff: Schubert documentary [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4R-qf6E7XI] Seattle Symphony on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/c/seattlesymphony/featured] Trumpet player disagrees with Bernstein - BBC Symphony [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Zfhk22-_M] Leonard Bernstein rehearses Elgar's Enigma Variations [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmSqKBPuQ0]