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Impolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #24: I Love a Piano
Chris and Sridhar discuss big news in the classical music streaming world, Chris' first composition, composition technology, video game music, and the merits of the piano as an instrument.
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...2021-09-0749 minImpolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #23: Off the Record
Chris and Sridhar discuss some behind the scenes for Sridhar's recently released solo flute album, recording techniques, the merits of recording, and solo music in general. They also set "The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith" as homework and finish by veering into a vexillological tangent.
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Useful...2021-08-231h 33Impolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #22: Vinyl Revival
Chris and Sridhar discuss orchestras’ concert programs as America tentatively opens up. Then they pilot a segment, “Vinyl Revival,” in which they each talk about all aspects—music, artwork, liner notes, etc.—of a record that they own. Today’s records are Frank Sinatra’s “Sinatra at the Sands” and Bob Dylan’s “Bringing It All Back Home.”
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In this long awaited return, Chris and Sridhar discuss the ways in which classical music institutions might launch successful digital ventures, the pay what you can model, Steven Spielberg's 2021 remake of West Side Story, realism in musicals, and how La La Land is, surprisingly, a breath of fresh air.
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Useful Links:2021-06-011h 34Impolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #15: Mostly Mozart
Chris and Sridhar discuss the premiere of a newly discovered work by Mozart, the challenges of playing Mozart, some frustrations with Mozart despite his obvious genius, and some of their favorite Mozart interpreters.
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Sp...2021-02-021h 22Impolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #14: The King's Gambit
New year, new ITL: after some light banter about the rebranding, Chris and Sridhar discuss the similarities between music and chess, why it might be that there are so many musicians who are avid chess players, a poster for an old New York Philharmonic concert conducted by none other than Gustav Mahler, Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherezade,” and Leonard Bernstein’s affinity for Mahler.
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Ch...2021-01-191h 36Impolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #13: The Christmas Special
Chris and Sridhar say goodbye to 2020 with an epic Christmas Special. They discuss classic--and Classical--Christmas music, what makes music sound Christmassy, their favorite things to listen to around this time of year, and yes...The Nutcracker.
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Check out the Impolite...2020-12-181h 48Impolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #11: The Vertigo Effect
Chris and Sridhar discuss Keith Jarrett’s retirement, the blurry line between composition and improvisation, late Romantic/early Modern music by Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, and the San Francisco Ballet’s new video with music from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”.
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Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future W...2020-11-161h 01Impolite to Listen: Classical Music ConversationsITL #10: Side Notes
After some John Cage follow up, Chris and Sridhar discuss the Steinway & Sons Spirio player piano, vinyl revival, the concertos of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, and how AI might affect the future of the music industry.
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