The Classical Gabfest

Lovely Listeners, the Classical Gabfest is going on a hiatus as we await the advent of our new co-host as Kensho moves on from the show.But we know you need your weekly dose of classical music news, analysis, and competition, so we’re excited to announce the Classical Gabfest Newsletter, which is now available for subscription:classicalgabfest.substack.comThis is a free newsletter that will hit your inbox every Thursday and will follow the same basic format that you’ve come to expect of the podcast, but the best part is that you’ll be able to play our weekly Name That Tune game, comment on the stories, like, share, and suggest future segment ideas.We greatly appreciate your support and we look forward to the resumption of the podcast, but in the meanwhile, head over to Substack — we can’t wait to see you there!CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:PHILLY’S SCOTTISH COVID FLAPPhiladelphia Orchestra to chorus: Put on masks. Chorus to orchestra: We’re out of here.VIVALDI’S WOMENhttps://open.spotify.com/album/7J5O8SUo6i75aN1ULdK2vQ?si=YNEqjzGBSryWXvLpnUTZKwRADIO QUOTASQuotas Should Be Introduced On Classical Music Radio Stations As Well As Concerts, Says BBC PresenterCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistMaggieAdam Wakeman, A Handful of MemoriesTiffanyDvorak, Symphony No. 6WillHowells, Piano Quartet in A minorTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:PLACIDO DOMINGO LINKED TO INTERNATIONAL CRIME RINGPlacido Domingo’s Name Comes up in Argentina Sex Sect (AP)Audio Tapes Reveal Placido Domingo Linked to the Criminal Sect Villa Crespo (Operawire)Placido Domingo Linked to Criminal Ring in Argentina (NPR)Classical Musicians With Ties to Placido Domingo Arrested in Buenos Aires (NPR)Placido Domingo Breaks His Silence Regarding Escuela de Yoga Sect (Operawire)LORIN MAAZEL’S “THE CONDUCTOR’S WEEK”https://youtu.be/bYRG6YIExGsAUDIENCES ARE SLOW TO COME BACKhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/arts/performing-arts-pandemic-attendance.html CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistColinBrahms, Symphony 3DavidColeman, Afro-Cuban Concerto for Wind QuintetWillVerdi, La forza del destino: “Pace, mio dio”THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie and then we move on to our three topics:NEWSStephen Hough awarded knighthood in honor of Queen’s Birthday (Grammaphone)Villa Verdi put up for sale (The Guardian)Klaus Mäkelä named 8th principal conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra (Concertgebouw) McGill Conservatory to close (CBC)Richard Taruskin dies (NYT) Rimsky-Korsakov house goes up in flames (Classic FM)MAKING A VIOLIN WITH MINIMAL HAND TOOLSasmr only: https://youtu.be/xtD8GL9iFW8 voiceover: https://youtu.be/B9q9jJZvNk8 MAHLER’S RESURRECTION AT THE AIX-EN-PROVENCE FESTIVALhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/arts/music/aix-festival-opera.html (NYT)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyProkofiev, Piano Concerto No. 2DesmondAugusta Holmès, La Nuit et l’AmourWillCPE Bach, Concerto for Harpsichord and FortepianoTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out by revealing the answers to CGF 100’s round of “Listener, Name THY Tune,” and then we move on to our three travelogue segments:CARNEGIE CONCERT CLUBSergei Taneyev, At the Reading of a Psalm (YouTube)PIERRE MONTEUX’S RULES FOR YOUNG CONDUCTORShttps://www.willcwhite.com/2022/08/pierre-monteuxs-rules-for-young-conductors/ LA MAISON-MUSEE MAURICE RAVELhttps://fondationmauriceravel.com/en/come-visit-le-belvedere/CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistRachmaninoff, “These Summer Nights”Dukas, L’apprenti sorcierRavel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, ToccataTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, it’s another All-Games Extravaganza! We’ve got four musical listening challenges for you, followed by our Classical Mixtape.CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyFauré, Nocturne No. 6WillIldebrando Pizzetti, Sinfonia del fuoco (from the film Cabiria) 1914KenshoRodion Shchedrin, Carmen SuiteTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

Piano Bench stuff:Antique Piano BenchHistoric New EnglandKaunus Piano BenchesI liedCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:Facebook TwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie, and then we listen to our interview with Sally McKee from February 22, 2021:THE LIFE OF EDMOND DEDE“The Exile’s Song” by Sally McKeeDr. McKee’s Site at UC-DavisCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Viola Hero and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week: Viola Jokes!WillSchnittke, Concerto for Viola and OrchestraKenshoPaganini: Sonata per la Grand ViolaTiffanyBrahms, Songs, Op 91.2: Geistliches WiegenliedCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump The Hosts and then we move on to discussion topic of the week: Teachers & Teaching!CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoBrahms Symphony No. 4TiffanyChristine Donkin, “Frosted Pane”WillGlazunov, Symphony No. 2 in F-sharp minorTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week: Clothing!CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyMorton Gould, Tap Dance ConcertoWillStrauss, Kaiser-WaltzerKenshoPuccini, La Bohème: “Vecchia Zimarra” THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Match the Interpreter and then we move on to our discussion topic of the week, Programming!CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillHolst, Ode to DeathKenshoTchaikovsky, Iolanta: Robert’s AriaTiffanyBohuslav Martinu, Memorial to LidiceTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with an impromptu round of car radio Name That Tune and then we move on to our three topics:EXILORCHESTER MRIYAExiled Ukrainian Musicians Create Orchestra In GermanyUNFINISHEDSchipps sentenced to 60 months of prison Damien Geter “African-American Requiem” premieres at OSO and Washington DC Ruth Slenczynska receives honorary doctorate from Curtis at 97 Bernstein pics are antisemitic? Anna Netrebko announces her upcoming concert & opera appearances CONCERT REPORTCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyStrauss, MetamorphosenWillMessiaen, O sacrum conviviumTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:NEWS! HeadlinesSteinway IPOs (Fast Company)Missing 100k Violin Found by a Parisian Trash Can (The Strad)Rice Opens New Opera House (FDA Online)St. Paul’s adds girls to chorister program (St. Paul’s)YoYo Ma wins $1m Birgit Nilsson prize (The Strad)Congrats to Tiffany on her appointment as director of orchestras at U-FL! Go Gators!BERNSTEIN BIOPIC PICS DROPBradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein: First Look (Deadline)ALBUM REVIEW: STILL, ORCHESTRAL WORKSListen on SpotifyAlbum info on NaxosCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoMozart, Oboe Quartet in F Major TiffanyWilliam Grant Still, Kaintuck’WillTelemann, Ouverture “Les Nations”: 5. Les MoscovitesTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:SFCM BUYS PENTATONESF Conservatory Acquires Pentatone (SFCV)San Francisco Conservatory Adds A Record Label to its Portfolio (SF Chronicle)A Conservatory with a Record Label and a Management Firm: That’s Weird, or is it? (SF Chronicle)THE WORST CLASSICAL PERFORMANCESYouTubeCAN ORCHESTRAS MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA STARS OF THEIR PLAYERS?The Orchestra of Influence (YouTube)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillRalf Yusuf Gawlick, Kollwitz-Konnex, op. 19KenshoGiacomo Puccini, CrisantemiTiffanyVerdi, Rigoletto: “Bella figlia dell’amore”THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum, and then we move on to our three topics:MUSICIANS FIRED FROM THEIR OWN QUARTETNonprofit board fires DaPonte String Quartet musicians, changes mission (Portland Press Herald)CHINA-NK FRIENDSHIP CONCERTFull Performance of North Korean Artists in Beijing (YouTube)RAVEN CHACON WINS 2022 PULITZER IN MUSICFull performance (Vimeo)Meet Raven Chacon, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for music (NPR)Commentary: Raven Chacon’s ‘Voiceless Mass’ magnifies unsung voices into the realm of the sacred (LAT)The Pulitzer Prize Winner That Emerged Out of a Time of Quietness (NYT)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyFarrenc, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 3WillBloch, Baal ShemGabeBeethoven, arr. Roman Kim: Symphony No. 5THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we’re playing Will’s interview on the Moveable Do podcast, hosted by Steve Danielson. Will joins an illustrious lineup of composers to be interviewed on the show, including Eric Whitacre, Libby Larsen, Rollo Dilworth, and Jake Runestad. Be sure to check out the podcast and subscribe: https://anchor.fm/moveabledoCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistFrom Will’s interview, we’ll add “Acadia Fanfare” to the mixtape as this week’s selection:White, “Acadia Fanfare”THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Name That Tune AKA Stump the Hosts and then we move on to our three topics:YOUTH ORCHESTRA RESPONDS TO OFF-KEY CAR ADN.B. Youth Orchestra posts masterful clapback to car ad that rubbed them the wrong way (CBC)LIZZO ON SNL“Orchestra” (YouTube)JEFFREY EPSTEIN’S MYSTERIOUS CELLOJeffrey Epstein, A Rare Cello, and an Enduring Mystery (NYT)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillSibelius, Piano Sonata in FJoeyStravinsky, Serenade in A**Watch Joey’s recital on May 10 at 1:00 pm EDT!**TiffanyTeresa Carreño, “Venise. Rêverie-barcarolle”THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Classical Chronology and then we move on to our three topics:COVID OUTBREAK AT BSOFollowing first unmasked concert, chorus members share cautionary tale (WBUR)LISTENER FEEDBACKListener JT’s blog:https://namelyjt.com/2022/03/20/the-hours-before/https://namelyjt.com/2022/03/20/the-hours-after/GERGIEV’S WEALTH EXPOSEDThe Maestro’s ATM (Van Magazine)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyPablo de Sarasate, “Zigeunerweisen”KenshoOswaldo Golijov, Last RoundWillBoulanger, D’un matin de printempsTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” You can reach us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram