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| Katie Yap | 23 Oct 2024 | 00:59:28 | |
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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| Update + Happy Anniversary | 31 May 2021 | 00:03:35 | |
Happy 1 year Outside the MusicBox anniversary! Here is an update about what’s next for this podcast.
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| Marianna Soroka | 21 Oct 2020 | 01:04:23 | |
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: 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) Live video of Buddy Rich playing (so you can see his “driving” way of playing the drums) Percussionist Zohar Fresco playing frame drums in their traditional Arabic setting Short documentary on Steve Reich talking about his music
Support Marianna: Website: mariannasoroka.com Instagram: marianna_soroka
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| Katarina Aleksić | 12 Oct 2020 | 00:58:15 | |
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 Schoenberg’s Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night) background and poem translation Explanation of chromatic scales (by a man who reminds us of that guy in the Princess Bride)
Support Katarina: RTS Symphony Orchestra, Serbia
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| Francesco Turrisi | 01 Oct 2020 | 01:05:23 | |
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: *Correction (23:37): Charlie Parker saxophone solo The Early Music Movement in Classical music Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas 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: Listener Questions! | 11 Sep 2020 | 00:35:47 | |
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 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: Bassoon parts in early French operas such as this one
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| Joshua Weilerstein | 04 Sep 2020 | 00:58:56 | |
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: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra performs all of Beethoven’s symphonies Article explaining Beethoven’s challenging of Steibelt to a piano improvisation duel NPR article about the Eroica Symphony The riot in the audience at the premier of Igor Stravinksy’s Rite of Spring 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
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| Guy Fishman | 24 Aug 2020 | 00:44:58 | |
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: Check out our episode with Kati Debretzeni to find out more about Vivaldi! Broekmans & Van Poppel music store in the Netherlands
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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| Lotte Betts-Dean | 09 Aug 2020 | 00:54:04 | |
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: Australian National Academy of Music 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 Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 Voices 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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| Rachael Beesley | 26 Jul 2020 | 00:47:05 | |
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
Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra 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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| Julia Wedman | 19 Jul 2020 | 00:52:47 | |
Canadian violinist Julia Wedman chats about Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, scordatura, and adventures in Salzburg with the help of a janitor named Ziggy.
Useful links: 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 Photo of the crossed middle strings from the Resurrection sonata Pavlo Beznosiuk’s recording, who also has readings of the psalters
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| Tineke Steenbrink | 12 Jul 2020 | 00:54:22 | |
Keyboardist 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: 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 Bach’s Art of Fugue (sometimes uses Corelli’s bassline) Sound pots in churches that enhance acoustics The book about Utrecht that features in Harry Potter movies George Frideric Handel and his link to Corelli Haydn’s “Fifths” String Quartet If you want to watch Tineke play harpsichord
Support Tineke: Support our musicians during the COVID crisis
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| Kristian Bezuidenhout | 02 Apr 2021 | 01:10:47 | |
Keyboardist 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: St. Matthew Passion background information English translation of St. Matthew Passion text Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church) in Leipzig, Germany, where St. Matthew Passion was premiered History of St. Matthew Passion being performed in the Netherlands John Eliot Gardiner’s 1989 recording of St. Matthew Passion Viola da Gamba, or Viol/Gamba for short Basso Continuo, or Continuo for short A discussion on some problematic aspects of the Bach Passions
Support Kristian: Kris Bezuidenhout’s website, where you can purchase CDs: http://kristianbezuidenhout.com/
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| Kati Debretzeni | 05 Jul 2020 | 00:53:17 | |
Violinist 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 Richter’s arrangement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (used in Chef’s Table opening): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYWfJuMGMA Nordic video of 4 seasons from Barokkanerne orchestra: https://vimeo.com/277962133 (Password: 2018) Excerpt of the Four Seasons with dancers from Henri Oguike Dance Company, Queen Elisabeth Hall in London: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bViZG58urQc Al Sharpton’s sermon for George Floyd’s funeral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQw7cMF3Ggs Kati takes us through an in-depth look at Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t_M-fVRnz8&feature=emb_rel_pause Translation of Vivaldi’s sonnets for each season: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_Sonnets Enrico Onofri plays Vivaldi’s fiendishly difficult Violin Concerto nicknamed “Il Grosso Mogul”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDdHsK5y_Fo
Support Kati: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: https://oae.co.uk/ English Baroque Soloists: https://monteverdi.co.uk/about-us/english-baroque-soloists To purchase Kati’s recording of the Four Seasons: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8039280--vivaldi-the-four-seasons
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| Margaret Urquhart | 28 Jun 2020 | 00:52:11 | |
Bassist 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 Violone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violone Bach’s B minor mass structure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_in_B_minor_structure Frans Brüggen: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/17/frans-bruggen Laurence Dreyfus’s book, Bach’s Continuo Line: https://online.ucpress.edu/jams/article/41/2/349/50013/Review-Bach-s-Continuo-Group-Players-and-Practices Philippe Herreweghe B minor mass recording: https://open.spotify.com/album/0uNITDxpMzzTfJGUit6Q1O
Support Margaret: Orchestra of the 18th Century: https://orchestra18c.com/ All of Bach: https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach
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| Anna Jane Lester | 21 Jun 2020 | 00:32:43 | |
American 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 San Marco Cathedral, where lots of echo music was written in the 17th Century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Basilica Wiki link to Italian composer, Dario Castello: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Castello
Support Anna: Butter Quartet: butterquartet.com and @butterquartet on instagram
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| Alice Chance | 14 Jun 2020 | 00:56:41 | |
Australian 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 Australian composers mentioned: Ross Edwards, Paul Stanhope, Elena Kats-Cherinin, Nigel Westlake
Support Alice: Alice’s website: http://alicechance.com/ Contribute to her interactive compositions: http://alicechance.com/infinityfordinner
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| Dominic Giardino | 08 Jun 2020 | 00:45:08 | |
American 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 horn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basset_horn
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| Trailer | 30 May 2020 | 00:02:10 | |
Emma 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!
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| Annette Isserlis | 01 Mar 2021 | 00:59:44 | |
English 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 “In Nomine” plainchant, which was used as the basis of pieces by many composers throughout history False relations (blue notes)
Support Annette: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s video platform, OAE Player Annette’s podcast, Tea With Netty
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| Julie Roset | 09 Feb 2021 | 00:45:38 | |
French 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: The story of Dido and Aeneas Francesco Turrisi’s episode, where we talk about Dido’s Lament, by Henry Purcell 17th-century Spice Trade Routes with map showing the trading route via Sicily Massenet’s opera, Cendrillon (Cinderella) MET Opera, New York City
Support Julie: Julie’s Facebook: @JulieRosetSoprano Julie’s Instagram: @juthyana Watch the livestream of Julie’s debut at the Opéra-Comique, Paris Holland Baroque’s latest CD, Brabant 1653, in which Julie is featured
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| Shaun Lee-Chen | 16 Jan 2021 | 00:40:43 | |
Violinist 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: 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
Support Shaun: Shaun playing *viola* in a duet with Christian Li playing violin Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Shaun’s position as lecturer at the University of Western Australia Shaun playing on the UWA Conservatorium of Music Youtube channel
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| Christmas Special: Listener Questions | 20 Dec 2020 | 00:33:38 | |
Bonus 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 Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/the-halls#laeiszhalle
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| Cris Derksen | 03 Dec 2020 | 00:57:11 | |
Composer 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: 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
Support Cris: Cris’s website: https://www.crisderksen.com/ Facebook: @cris.derksen Instagram: @cris_derksen
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| Rob Nairn | 13 Nov 2020 | 00:49:48 | |
Double 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: Schumann’s Scenes from Goethe’s Faust The story of Niobe in Greek Mythology Agostino Steffani’s opera Niobe, regina di Tebe Jazz bass clarinetist and saxophonist, Eric Dolphy
Support Rob: Email: rnairn03@gmail.com Ironwood’s latest CD: Romantic Dreams: Quintets for Piano and Strings Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Brandenburg One
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| Max Mandel | 02 Nov 2020 | 00:58:33 | |
Violist 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: Guy Fishman’s episode (where we talk about cadenzas) Info on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Background on Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra Julia Wedman’s episode (where we talk about scordatura tuning)
Support Max: OAE Players digital concert platform Max’s Twitter: @MaxTMandel
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