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

Hi there Classical Gabfest Listeners, this is Will, and I’m afraid we don’t have a regular episode for you this week. Longtime listeners to the show will know that Tiffany and Kensho and I all met at the Pierre Monteux School, which is a summer music institute focused on orchestral conducting and playing. Unfortunately, earlier this week, the school’s director, Michael Jinbo, died suddenly, and as Michael was a beloved teacher, mentor, and friend to all three of us, we decided not to produce an episode this week.As a brief tribute, I wanted to say a few words about our teacher:Maestro Jinbo was only the third-ever music director of the Monteux School in its 79-year history, succeeding his own teacher, Charles Bruck, and before him, Pierre Monteux himself, whom some of you may know was the conductor of the world premieres of The Rite of Spring and Daphnis and Chloé, and who performed Brahms’ string quartets for Brahms himself, among many other accomplishments.Maestro Jinbo was proud of the school’s tradition, but he was very much his own musician and a great musician at that. Maestro Jinbo was not a famous conductor, but he was famous among conductors. We marveled at his crystal-clear technique and his deeply felt, uncomplicated musicality, and I know for a fact that videos of his conducting (which he would never allow to be released) circulated privately among his admirers. In rehearsal, he was totally unfussy and to-the-point. He always preferred to show and rather than to tell, but whenever he did say something about the music, it was invariably insightful, witty, and inspiring.Of course, my co-hosts and I, and many, many others of his students will remember Michael for his abilities as a teacher. He combined uncompromising honesty with a deep care for each of his students as a human being, and he taught to each student individually. He didn’t waste time and he went immediately for your weaknesses, not to demean you, but to strengthen you.Above all, Michael Jinbo taught us to be our true selves, both on and off the podium. He never tried to mold us in his own image, rather he helped us to strip away our excess baggage and taught us to honor the essential core that remained. And that’s just about the greatest gift that any teacher can give you.It’s hard to find recordings of Michael’s work, but I did find a beautiful one on YouTube, in which Michael is leading the Nittany Valley Symphony of Pennsylvania, of which he was also music director for several decades. This is a recording of the “Meditation” from Jules Massenet’s opera Thaïs, featuring violinist Max Zorin, which I offer as this week’s mixtape suggestion. Rest in Peace, Michael.CLASSICAL MIXTAPEMassenet, Thaïs: “Meditation”Nittany Valley Symphony OrchestraMax Zorin, violinMichael Jinbo, conductor

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Two Truths and a Lie and then we move on to our three topics:ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL DOWNSIZESHousing crisis forces Aspen Music Fest to cut Philharmonic (RMPBS)UNFINISHEDClassical Grammy Winners (The Violin Channel)Jon Batiste’s “American Symphony” (Carnegie Hall)Netrebko Faces Backlash in Russia (NYT)ELAM ROTEM ON SALOMONE ROSSISalomone Rossi and His Innovations (YouTube)Profeti della quinta: Il mantovano hebreo (Spotify)Early Music SourcesCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistElamPhilippe Verdelot, Divini occhi sereniWillParry, “I was Glad”TiffanyKurt Weill, “Kiddush”KenshoDavid T. Little Soldier Songs: Two MarinesTHINK 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:LOUISVILLE CREATORS CORPSLO Creators Corps Homepage (LO)Louisville Orchestra Reveals Innovative Creative Program (Billboard)“THE CONDUCTOR”Stream the Documentary on PBSBRIGHT SHENG FIASCO AT UMICHIGANAfter the Sheng Fiasco, Music and Arts Education Can No Longer Profess Colorblindness (Musicology Now)What I See In the Latest Blackface Scandal (NYT) Playing a Blackface Video Isn’t Fireable. It Shouldn’t Be Okay (Sammy Sussman)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyChristopher Cerrone, New AddressesWillVerdi, Otello, Act III: BallabileKenshoLera Auerbach, Frozen DreamsTHINK 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 our 5th All-Games Extravaganza! Happy April!CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoGabriela Lena Frank, Leyendas: “Himno de Zampoñas”TiffanyPoulenc, MelancolieWillRavel, “La parade”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 Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:NEWS!$50m gift to Juilliard (NYT)Dausgaard Resigns (NYT)Missing Contrabassoon Turns Up in Perfect Condition (Buffalo News)Geffen Hall Redesign (NYT)Chopin Foundation (Slipped Disc)Wachner Out at Trinity Wall Street (NYT)Wachner responds, denies allegations Michael Tilson Thomas Retires (NPR)CONCERT CLUB: ORF W/ BARBARA HANNIGANConcert on France MusiqueA HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE CLASSICAL FALLOUT OF UKRAINE“A Putin supporter’s Carnegie Hall appearance was canceled. Should art be separated from politics?” (LAT)Dangerous Melodies: Classical Music in America from the Great War through the Cold WarCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistJonathanShostakovich, Symphony No. 7KenshoAkio Yashiro, Piano ConcertoWillGwyneth Walker, Emily! (from New England): The Frog in the BogTiffanyMozart, Così fan tutte: “Alla bella Despinetta”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 preview our collaboration with the Creative Baggage podcast. Tiffany’s interview drops today, so give the full episode a listen and subscribe to hear Kensho and Will’s interviews in the coming weeks:https://anchor.fm/creative-baggage/ And while we’re at it, Will’s episode of the Moveable Do podcast also dropped this week:https://anchor.fm/moveabledo/ CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistRoyer, “La marche des Scythes”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 Viola Hero and then we move on to our three topics:HEARTBEAT OPERA’S FIDELIOPrison Choirs Sing in a Reboot of Beethoven’s Fidelio (NPR)Fidelio 2022 (Hearbeat Opera)MARCH MADNESS: CANONIC COMPOSER EDITIONFill out your own bracket and post it on social media — be sure to tag us!CLASSICAL GRAMMY DRAMA“How is this classical music?” Composers Fury at Grammys (Guardian)Opinion: How Grammy Nominations Can Be Insulting (NYT)Adam Neely’s Thread (Twitter)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoMason Bates, “B Sides” V. Warehouse MedicineTiffanySondheim, “Goodbye For Now”WillBjörk, BacheloretteTHINK 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:CLASSICAL RESPONSES TO THE RUSSIAN WAR IN UKRAINEGergiev Fired from Munich Phil (NYT)Met Will Cut ties with all Putin-affiliated Artists (NYT)Semyon Bychkov leads Czech Phil in Czech & Ukrainian anthems (YouTube)Several Russian artists’ statements denouncing the attack (VAN Magazine) LA MAESTRA AND AGE LIMITS IN CLASSICAL COMPETITIONSNot Enough Women? (Slipped Disc)THE ZINGLINGS AND FILM COMPOSITIONThe Ugly Truth of How Movie Scores are Made (Vanity Fair)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillBach, Saint Matthew Passion, “Aus Liebe”KenshoValentin Silvestrov, Requiem for UkraineTiffanyBritten, War Requiem: LacrymosaTHINK 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 Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:THE ‘MOVEABLE DO’ PODCASThttps://www.sdcompose.com/moveabledo.html MUSICAL WORDLE VARIANTSByrdleChordleMusicle — created by Listener Adriano!THE NEW YOLA CENTERCommentary: Youth orchestras expose the good and bad karma of the Superbowl (LA Times)Beckman YOLA center (LA Phil)The Judith Thomas L Beckmen Center (Beckmen Vineyards)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistSteveDanielson, Take Me Back (A New American Folk Song)WillSchnittke, String Quartet No. 2TiffanyPercy Grainger, Brigg FairJosephMonteverdi, “Cruda Amarilli”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 Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:RUTH SLENCZYNSKA — RACHMANINOFF’S LAST STUDENTAlbum trailer (YouTube)Ruth Slenczynska: The Pupil of Rachmaninoff Still Releasing Music at 97 (Guardian)CLASSICAL MUSIC AND FIGURE SKATINGJonathan Beyer’s YouTube Channel, The Skating Lesson (YouTube)HANDEL AND THE ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANYThe Unanswered Question: Handel and the Royal African Company (YouTube) CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistJonathanMonteverdi, arr. Henze, Il ritorno di Ulisse: “Dormo ancora”TiffanyPrice, Symphony No. 1, mvmt. 3 “Juba Dance”WillHandel, Zadok the PriestKenshoRachmaninoff, E-flat major preludeTHINK 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 taking Classic FM’s “Personality Test to Reveal Your Deepest Desire” then we move on to our three titillating topics:CLASSIC FM ROMANCEMarian and Paul’s Dating Success Story (Classic FM)MOVIE CLUB: MUSIC OF THE HEART (1999)Trailer (YouTube)COMPOSERS AND VENEREAL DISEASEClassical Composers Unfairly Tainted by STD Rumors, Book Claims (Guardian)Franz Schubert — One Too Many Nights Out (Scandalous Overtures)Music Chat: Why Didn’t Sibelius Die of Syphillis? (YouTube: David Hurwitz)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillRachmaninoff, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 2TiffanyChen Gang and He Zhanhao, Butterfly Lovers Violin ConcertoKenshoJohannes Brahms, Piano Quartet in c minor, mvmt. 3THINK 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:VENUES SACRED AND SECULARA ‘High Priestess of Satanic Art’? (NYT)Priced out of the Market, How Choruses are Responding to the Concert Venue Crunch (The Voice)LISTENER FEEDBACKSALIERI & HISTORICAL GOSSIPThe Salieri Rumor and Why Gossip Matters (Contingent)Dr. Kristin Franseen (Twitter)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKristinSalieri, Prima la musica: “Signor poeta mio”WillRachel Peters, Ethel Smyth Plays Golf in LimboKenshoPorter arr. Merlin: Night Bridge: VI. On "Night and Day"TiffanyPhilip Glass, Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists & OrchestraTHINK 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 welcome Bailey Spiteri and Serena Huang, co-hosts of the Creative Baggage Podcast. We start out with a rousing round of Game of Pairs and then we move on to our three topics:THE CREATIVE BAGGAGE PODCASThttps://www.creativebaggagepodcast.com/ THE GABFEST HOSTS REVEAL THEIR OWN ‘CREATIVE BAGGAGE’Look out for our individual appearances on Creative Baggage in the coming weeks!PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCESCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistBaileyGaubert, Fantaisie for Flute and PianoSerenaSaint-Saëns, Caprice on Danish and Russian AirsTiffanyBenjamin Bagby, BeowulfWillSchubert, Introduction & Variations on “Trockne Blumen”KenshoClara Schumann, Piano Concerto II. RomanceTHINK 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 three topics:COVID CANCELLATIONSSFS Cancels Matinee, Lisiecki Plays Chopin Recital (SFChronicle)How Omicron is Wreaking Havoc on the Arts (DC Metro Arts)MUSIC LIBRARIANSHIPVideo from the Lyric Opera ChicagoJAN SWAFFORD’S “MOZART: THE REIGN OF LOVE”Buy the book (Amazon)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistJanCarissimi, Jephthe: “Plorate filii israel”KenshoPaul Wiancko: Cello Quartet, op. 1 “When the Night:”TiffanyEllen Taaffe Zwilich, JubilationWillMozart, Mitridate, Rè di Ponto, “Se di lauri il crine adorno”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 three topics:A IS FOR OBOEPenguin House SiteFRANKFURT RADIO SYMPHONY CONCERTWagner, Prelude to LohengrinNote: we mistakenly referred to the Parsifal preludeGubaidulina, Dialog: ich und du (violin concerto No. 3) Westhoff, Sonata No. 3Mahler, Symphony No. 1CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER IN THE NYTOctober 20: “Chamber Music Society Returns, Unchanged” (NYT)November 9: “Chamber Music Society’s Leaders on Balancing Old and New” (NYT)December 20: Chamber Music Society’s Leadership Renewed (Twitter)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillLera Auerbach, Dreams and Whispers of PoseidonKenshoSofia Gubaidulina, Dancer on a TightropeTiffanyProkofiev, Sinfonia ConcertanteTHINK 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:NEWS!Isarphilharmonie opens in Munich (NYT)Luthier & daughter tortured and killed over 4 Strads (Daily Beast)Venezuela sets record for largest concert (Le Monde)Turkish donkeys love Beethoven (Al Jazeera) Conductor quits over lack of Covid rules (All The Conducting Masterclasses) Met institutes booster requirement (NYT)BOOK CLUBMadeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing  (Amazon)PUBLIC DOMAIN & COPYRIGHTPublic Domain Day 2022 (Duke Law)‘Winnie the Pooh’ And More Works Will Enter the Public Domain Tomorrow (NPR)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyBright Sheng, Seven Tunes Heard in ChinaWillSulkhan Tsintsadze, ChonguriKenshoJoseph Schwantner, VelocitiesTHINK 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’ve got four musical challenges to start off your new year! Happy 2022!CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillCPE Bach, L’Aly RupalichSunnyPer Nørgård, Voyage into the Golden ScreenTiffanyDvorak, Violin Concerto, mvmt. 3. RondoKenshoGiovanni Bottesini, Gran Duo ConcertanteTHINK 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

Happy Holidays! This week, we start by looking at Classic FM’s list of classical Christmas gifts, then we turn to our three (er... several) subjects:UNFINISHEDFrench stagehand found guiltyKids play recorders with rubber chickensGuitar Center files an IPOSteven Shipps pleads guiltyStutzmann takes AtlantaMorlot takes BarcelonaKaufmann releases super extended double album of “It’s Christmas”THE HOLY TRINITY OF CLASSICAL CHRISTMAS PART DEUXThe Buttcracker​​The Nutcracker Stage Fall Sleigh Ride from the Trombonist’s perspective Young Messiah—The Trumpet Shall SoundTHE NEW WEST SIDE STORY MOVIEFull 2021 movie album (Spotify) Bernstein 1985 opera recording (Documentary)MTT 2014 recording with San Francisco (Spotify) CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoHumperdinck, Hansel & Gretel: Evening Prayer and Dream PantomimeWillHowells, A Spotless RoseTiffanyThe Baltimore Consort, Greensleeves variationsTHINK 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 three topics:Join us for our Book Club of Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Amazon)FAKE VIOLIN BUSKING SWEEPS THE NATIONNBC 4 News StoryProfessional violinist reacts to fake busking (YouTube)Reddit ThreadViolinist.com articleTHE VOICE BREAK CHOIR DOCUMENTARYThe documentary on YouTube Accompanying New Yorker articleCLASSICAL MUSIC’S DRINKING PROBLEMI Care If You Listen’s “Casting Light” Series CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoStenhammar, Serenade in F MajorTiffanyValerie Coleman, Umoja (wind quintet version)WillJ. S. Bach, Magnificat: “Esurientes”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

In today's special episode, William White presents an audio documentary about Stephen Sondheim's work as a composer, a less-discussed aspect of his career than his lyric-writing. Special thanks to Drs. Nathan Beary Blustein, Ashley Pribyl, and Steve Swayne for lending their expertise!Dr. Steve Swayne’s How Sondheim Found His SoundReich and Sondheim in Conversation (YouTube)Sondheim interviewed by Adam Guettel (YouTube)Sondheim and Ned Rorem (YouTube)Phinney’s Rainbow Overture (May 1948) (YouTube)Hangover Square (full movie on YouTube)​​CLASSICAL MIXTAPE, SONDHEIM EDITIONThe full playlistNathan“Could I leave You?” from FolliesAshley“Joanna” from Sweeney ToddSteve“Epiphany” from Sweeney ToddWill“Beautiful” from Sunday in the Park with GeorgeTHINK 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:THE [UNCERTAIN] FOUR SEASONSGlobal map siteYouTube channel of participating ensembles2021 CLASSICAL GRAMMY NOMShttps://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2022-grammys-complete-winners-nominees-nominations-list TODAY IN MUSIC ACADEMIASchemata / PartimentiTopic TheoryEmpirical MethodsCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoIman Habibi, Jeder Baum SprichtJoeyBolcom, Scène d’operaTiffanyRavel, Piano Concerto in G WillGösta Nystroem, Symphony No. 3 “Sinfonia del Mare”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 are joined by guest host Gabriel Lefkowitz, concertmaster of the Louisville Orchestra. We start out with a rousing round of Listening Limbo and then we move on to our three topics:BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S “BUTTERFLY PROCESS”https://blo.org/butterfly-process/ https://operawire.com/boston-lyric-opera-announces-the-butterfly-process/https://operawire.com/boston-lyric-opera-postpones-madama-butterfly-production/ MUSIC FROM THE EPHRATA CLOISTERThe albumNPR storyWILLIAM HENRY FRY’S “A DAY IN THE COUNTRY” SYMPHONYDoug Shadle’s Orchestrating the NationCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistDougJulia Perry, “Stabat Mater”WillSondheim, A Little Night Music: “A Weekend in the Country”GabeLutoslawski, Little Suite for Orchestra TiffanyMargaret Bonds, Montgomery VariationsTHINK 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:SPHINX AWARDS GRANT TO ‘COMPOSING INSPIRATION’ACF, Juilliard, NYP Receive Sphinx Venture Fund (iciyl)DANIIL TRIFONOV’S CONTRAPUNCTUS XIV COMPLETIONOn YouTubeCLASSICAL MUSIC AS A WEAPONPortland Local NewsIs Classical Music Actually Effective at Fighting Crime? (WQXR)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistKenshoTelemann, 12 Fantasias for Solo ViolinWillJohn Alden Carpenter, DiversionsTiffanyDebussy arr. Stokowski, The Sunken CathedralTHINK 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 three topics:LISTENER FEEDBACKBreaking Down the Innovative Deep Learning Behind Google Translate (Medium)Kevin Puts, Symphony No. 2 Video (YouTube)ARE CONDUCTORS NECESSARY?Performing Without a Conductor: Liberation or Illusion?“THE ORATORIO” DOCUMENTARYWatch on PBSCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistWillHersant, Cantique des trois enfants dans la fournaiseTiffanyArvo Part, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin BrittenKenshoRachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2 IV. Allegro vivaceTHINK 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:BEETHOVEN’S AI-COMPLETED 10THArticle in The ConversationWatch the concert on German TelecomSpotify albumOPERALIA 2021Watch the final round concert (YouTube)ELITISM IN CLASSICAL MUSICThe TweetCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTommyVaughan Williams, Scott of the Antarctic TiffanyProkofiev, Cinderella WaltzWillParry, Elegy for BrahmsKenshoColeridge-Taylor Perkinson, "Louisiana Blues Strut"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 by assessing Classic FM’s “21 Petrifying Phrases to Tell a Classical Musician This Halloween” then we present the pilot episode of “Gesualdo: The Podcast” and finally, we talk to YouTuber, author, and deathfluencer Caitlin Doughty about the true crime genre and what it means for classical music and the good death.The Order of the Good Deathhttps://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistCaitlinBerlioz, Symphonie fantastique, movement 5: Songe d’une nuit du SabbatKenshoKaija Saariaho, 7 Papillons WillEduardo Antonello, The Black Plague’s DanceTiffanyJohn Williams, “Hedwig’s Theme”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 Retrogradus ad Parnassum AKA Back to the Future and then we move on to our three topics:SAN ANTONIO LABOR STRIFEThe SAS Story: Trust No One EverJANINE JANSEN’S “12 STRADIVARI”On SpotifyDocumentary TrailerBERNSTEIN BIOPIC SCRIPT LEAKSThe American by Michael MitnickEverything We Know About Bradley Cooper’s New Bernstein BiopicNigel Simeone’s The Leonard Bernstein LettersCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistNigelCopland, Symphony No. 3, mvmt. 2TiffanyBruckner, Ave MariaWillAnonymous, “Où estes vous allé, mes belles”KenshoMason Bates, Alternative Energy, mvmt. 2. “Chicago”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 Who Dis? and then we move on to our three topics:108-KEY ‘BIG BELEURA’ PIANOStuart & SonsSony creates a new microphone for this instrumentYouTuber reviewMANCHESTER CAMERATA’S “UNTOLD” SERIES“Keith” (YouTube)BLUES OPERA WITH JOHN MCWHORTERJohn McWhorter’s NYT NewsletterBlues Opera Suite by John Mauceri (YouTube)CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistJohnStill, Highway One, USAKenshoHaydn, Trumpet Concerto, mvmt. 3TiffanyRamnath, Aalap And TaranaWillDia Succari, La nuit du destinTHINK 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 Stolen Strains and then we move on to our three topics:NFTs HIT CLASSICAL MUSICMason Bates’ Opera as an NFTDallas Symphony Concert as an NFTTim Schneider“AMAZONE“ BY THE JUPITER ENSEMBLEListen on SpotifyTWOSET VIOLIN’S POP V. CLASSICAL VIDCan Classical and Pop Musicians See Eye to Eye?CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyBizet, Symphony in CKenshoRespighi, The Pines of RomeWillAmy Beach, Bal masquéTHINK 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:NIGEL KENNEDY PULLS OUT OF CLASSIC FM CONCERTThe GuardianBLYTHELY ORATONIO’S DEBUT AS DON JOSESchmopera BlogVAN MagazineOratonio’s original cabaret performanceMARGARET HILLIS INTERVIEW RELEASED BY CSOYouTubeCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistTiffanyBeethoven, Violin Sonata No. 8WillQuinn Mason, Toast of the TownKenshoProkofiev, Alexander Nevsky: Alexander’s Entry Into PskovTHINK 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