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Outside the MusicBoxKatie YapAustralian violist, Katie Yap, talks about Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’, the influence of Eastern European folk music on Janacek’s composing, and the supportive role of the violist and how this metaphor can help us be better humans. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Katie’s pieces https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ilPPDYJ1WGGgEuffxiZbf?si=iEWFqBznSbiKtFJX-4dyug&pi=e-fHeHIxBOSFSY Spotify playlist for main pieces https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo Spotify playlist for final question pieces https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQd...2024-10-2359 min

Outside the MusicBoxUpdate + Happy AnniversaryHappy 1 year Outside the MusicBox anniversary! Here is an update about what’s next for this podcast. Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts Instagram: @musicboxconcerts Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com 2021-05-3103 min

Outside the MusicBoxKristian BezuidenhoutKeyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout talks about Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, obsessing over recordings as a teenager, and the dichotomy of Bach as both a total genius and also just a working guy. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Kristian’s pieces Spotify playlist for main pieces Spotify playlist for final question pieces Other useful links: Johann Sebastian Bach St. Matthew Passion background information English translation of St. Matthew Passion text Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church) in Leipzig, Germany, where St. Matthew...2021-04-021h 10

Outside the MusicBoxAnnette IsserlisEnglish violist Annette Isserlis talks about 17th-century music by Orlando Gibbons and Henry Purcell, starting out as a ballet dancer, and being swept up in the experience of collective music making. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Annette’s pieces Spotify playlist for main pieces Spotify playlist for final question pieces Other useful links: The Viol Orlando Gibbons Plainchant The “In Nomine” plainchant, which was used as the basis of pieces by many composers throughout history Henry Purcell 2021-03-0159 min

Outside the MusicBoxJulie RosetFrench soprano, Julie Roset, talks about Sigismondo d’India’s Infelice Didone and Jules Massenet’s Ah! Douce enfant, how singers’ voices change as they age, and what it’s like pretending to be a fairy. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Julie’s pieces Spotify playlist for main pieces Spotify playlist for final question pieces Other useful links: Sigismondo d’India Claudio Monteverdi The story of Dido and Aeneas Francesco Turrisi’s episode, where we talk about Dido’s Lament, by Henry...2021-02-0945 min

Outside the MusicBoxShaun Lee-ChenViolinist Shaun Lee-Chen talks about Chausson’s Poeme, the original cycling hipsters, and old recordings. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Shaun’s pieces Spotify playlist for main pieces Spotify playlist for final question pieces Other useful links: Ernest Chausson’s Poeme Violinist, Eugene Ysaye Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane Violinist, Jascha Heifetz For a deep dive nerd out on 19th-century ways of performing, you can check out Emma’s Masters thesis here: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/561381/563632 ...2021-01-1640 min

Outside the MusicBoxChristmas Special: Listener QuestionsBonus Christmas Special! Emma and Chloe answer more listener questions and wrap up 2020. Stay tuned for more fun times in 2021 Outside the MusicBox! Rachael Beesley’s work on Flow http://www.rachaelbeesley.com/flow.html Wonderbound contemporary dance company in Denver, Colorado https://www.wonderbound.com How scales and keys work in music https://learningmusic.ableton.com/notes-and-scales/keys-and-scales.html Key Characteristics table https://4c07335b-13d6-47c3-8533-90b0d4feca97.filesusr.com/ugd/bbfdbb_ec35d032a55b44e299fb83b49b349944.pdf Elb...2020-12-2033 min

Outside the MusicBoxCris DerksenComposer and cellist Cris Derksen talks about Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, braiding her Cree and Mennonite ancestry, and how her dog might be a witch. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Cris’s pieces Spotify playlist for main pieces Spotify playlist for final question pieces Other useful links: Modest Mussorgsky Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain Youtube video of the Night on Bald Mountain bit in the Disney Fantasia movie from 1940 Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition ...2020-12-0357 min

Outside the MusicBoxRob NairnDouble bassist Rob Nairn talks about arias by Robert Schumann and Agostino Steffani, his love of opera, and secret bass bonding activities. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Rob’s pieces Spotify playlist for main pieces Spotify playlist for final question pieces Other useful links: Robert Schumann Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust Violone Richard Wagner Bayreuth Wagner Festival Agostino Steffani The story of Niobe in Greek Mythology Agostino Steffani’s opera N...2020-11-1349 min

Outside the MusicBoxMax MandelViolist Max Mandel talks about Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola, making music with friends, and some viola jokes for good measure. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Max’s pieces Spotify playlist for main pieces Spotify playlist for final question pieces Other useful links: Violin vs viola String Quartet description Symphony description Concerto description Cadenza description Guy Fishman’s episode (where we talk about cadenzas) Info on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Bac...2020-11-0258 min

Outside the MusicBoxMarianna SorokaPercussionist 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: Modest Mussorgsky Boris Godunov full opera on Youtube: Acts I and II , Acts III and IV Early Russian Orthodox choral singing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Bogoroditse D...2020-10-211h 04

Outside the MusicBoxKatarina AleksićViolinist 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 Arnold Schoenberg Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night) background and poem translation Twelve-Tone Technique Explanation of chromatic scales...2020-10-1258 min

Outside the MusicBoxFrancesco TurrisiItalian 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: Ostinato bassline Improvisation in music Bebop jazz *Correction (23:37): Charlie Parker saxophone solo The Early Music Movement in Classical music The harps...2020-10-011h 05

Outside the MusicBoxBONUS: Listener Questions!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 Mozart’s Requiem Schubert’s Rosamunde string quartet Biber’s Myster...2020-09-1135 min

Outside the MusicBoxJoshua WeilersteinConductor 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: Ludwig van Beethoven Lausanne Chamber Orchestra performs all of Beethoven’s symphonies Article explaining Beethoven’s challenging of Steibelt to a piano improvisation duel Reenactment of a piano improvisation duel of Beethoven vs Stei...2020-09-0458 min

Outside the MusicBoxGuy FishmanCellist 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: Antonio Vivaldi Check out our episode with Kati Debretzeni to find out more about Vivaldi! Broekmans & Van Poppel music store in the Netherlands Antonín Dvořák Suppo...2020-08-2444 min

Outside the MusicBoxLotte Betts-DeanMezzo-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: Composer Luciano Berio Australian National Academy of Music Ensemble Q Mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian Luciano Berio’s Sequenza III for solo female voice, premiered by Berio’s wife, Cathy Berberian Vid...2020-08-0954 min

Outside the MusicBoxRachael BeesleyViolinist 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 wit...2020-07-2647 min

Outside the MusicBoxJulia WedmanCanadian violinist Julia Wedman chats about Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, scordatura, and adventures in Salzburg with the help of a janitor named Ziggy. Useful links: Julia’s Spotify playlist 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 Scordatura Photo of the crossed middle strings from the Resurrection sonata Pavlo Beznosiuk’s recording, who also has readings of the psalters Julia Wedman 2020-07-1952 min

Outside the MusicBoxTineke SteenbrinkKeyboardist 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: Tineke’s Spotify playlist 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 King Louis XIV (The Sun King) Arcangelo Corelli Bach’s Art of Fugue (sometim...2020-07-1254 min

Outside the MusicBoxKati DebretzeniViolinist Kati Debretzeni chats about Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the different stages of drunkenness, and collaborating with dancers and actors. Useful links: Spotify playlist for Kati’s pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0DcKrpZrmvPaIgHfKb7jAE?si=16FPqHdDSFCSdta2rGjftw Spotify playlist for main pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo Spotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Other useful links: Chef’s Table (Vivaldi intro in opening credits): https://www.netflix.com/title/80007945 Max...2020-07-0553 min

Outside the MusicBoxMargaret UrquhartBassist Margaret Urquhart chats about Bach’s B minor mass, different types of Violones, and touring in the 80's through the East and West of Europe. Useful links: Spotify playlist for main pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo Spotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HWU1GQHw1vQFi4AxlZxJo?si=Znen4KHjSEW0fbqIIBGbEQ Double bass: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass...2020-06-2852 min

Outside the MusicBoxAnna Jane LesterAmerican violinist Anna Jane Lester chats about Buonamente’s Sonata Seconda for 3 Violins, ornamentation, and Beyonce. Useful links: Spotify playlist for main pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo Spotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Further information about Baroque music and Baroque instruments: https://www.baroque.org/baroque/whatis Giovanni Battista Buonamente: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110810104528259 Claudio Monteverdi: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claudio-Monteverdi Wiki link to S...2020-06-2132 min

Outside the MusicBoxAlice ChanceAustralian composer Alice Chance chats about various pieces that shaped her identity as a composer, synesthesia, and viola da gamba. Useful links: Spotify playlist for main pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo Spotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Synesthesia: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/synesthesia Viola da gamba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viol Modes described by a sweet British man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMftXzZrv3g...2020-06-1456 min

Outside the MusicBoxDominic GiardinoAmerican clarinettist Dominic Giardino chats about Mozart’s Requiem, the film Amadeus, and the basset horn. Useful links: Spotify playlist for main pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo Spotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ 1937 recording of Requiem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOtOcDdv6Q&t=586s Amadeus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/ List of all music by Mozart used in films: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003665/ Basset hor...2020-06-0845 min

Outside the MusicBoxTrailerEmma and Chloe, from MusicBox, explain what this podcast is about. Each episode we interview a professional musician about a piece they love. Come explore with us - we can't wait to get started! Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com 2020-05-3002 min