Outside the MusicBox – Details, episodes & analysis

Australian 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/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ

Other useful links:

Leoš Janáček https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%C5%A1_Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek

Viola d’amore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_d%27amore 

Leoš Janáček’s opera, Cunning Little Vixen ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKkZqQYw5bk&t=1252s 

Introduction video of viola d’amore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzmz8Raeqm8

Video of a hardanger fiddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di1F8GUvEtg

Bulgarian Gadulka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhWUcqaf_g

South Asian sitar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar

Support Katie:

Katie’s website: https://www.katieyap.com/

Katie’s YouTube channel: Katie Yap - viola https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzLZvqChnlkzORwmR9_eWQ 

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra https://www.brandenburg.com.au/our-story/meet-the-orchestra/ 

Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra https://www.arco.org.au/ 

The Muses’ Delight https://www.themusesdelight.com/concerts

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Happy 1 year Outside the MusicBox anniversary! Here is an update about what’s next for this podcast. 

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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:

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 Devo (the choir piece Emma sang in youth choir where everyone took sneaky breaths to keep the phrase going forever) 

Buddy Rich 

Live video of Buddy Rich playing (so you can see his “driving” way of playing the drums)  

Leszek Możdżer 

Frame drums 

Percussionist Zohar Fresco playing frame drums in their traditional Arabic setting 

Portuguese square frame drum 

Bodhran (Irish frame drum) 

Steve Reich  

Short documentary on Steve Reich talking about his music 

Reich’s Clapping Music 

Support Marianna:

Website: mariannasoroka.com 

Instagram: marianna_soroka  

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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 

Arnold Schoenberg 

Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night) background and poem translation 

Twelve-Tone Technique 

Explanation of chromatic scales (by a man who reminds us of that guy in the Princess Bride) 

Support Katarina:

RTS Symphony Orchestra, Serbia 

Holland Baroque 

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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:

Ostinato bassline 

Improvisation in music 

Bebop jazz 

*Correction (23:37): Charlie Parker saxophone solo 

The Early Music Movement in Classical music  

The harpsichord 

The organ 

Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas

The Villancico 

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

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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 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:

Any music for viola da gamba 

Bassoon parts in early French operas such as this one 

Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2

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Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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:

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 Steibelt in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century 

Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony 

NPR article about the Eroica Symphony 

The riot in the audience at the premier of Igor Stravinksy’s Rite of Spring 

Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 

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

Sticky Notes Patreon page 

Get in touch with us!

DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox 

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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:

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 

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

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Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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:

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 

Video of Cathy Berberian performing her Stripsody (showing the score) 

Father of the American folk revival, Pete Seeger’s obituary in the NY Times 

Composer Caroline Shaw 

Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter 

Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 Voices 

Netherlands Dance Theatre trailer for the contemporary dance production of Caroline Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 Voices 

Norman Connors 

Aquarian Dream 

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 

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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 

Serpent instrument 

Ophicleide instrument 

More information on Flow 

Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra 

Rachael’s website 

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

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