Happy 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: [email protected] Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com  

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: Johann Sebastian Bach  St. Matthew Passion background information  English translation of St. Matthew Passion text  Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church)...

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 Viol  Orlando Gibbons  Plainchant  The “In Nomine” plainchant, which was used as the basis of pieces by many composers throughout...

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:Sigismondo d’India Claudio Monteverdi The story of Dido and Aeneas Francesco Turrisi’s episode, where we talk about Dido’s Lament, by Henry...

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: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:...

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.htmlWonderbound contemporary dance company in Denver, Colorado https://www.wonderbound.comHow scales and keys work in music https://learningmusic.ableton.com/notes-and-scales/keys-and-scales.htmlKey Characteristics table...

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:Modest Mussorgsky Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain  Youtube video of the Night on Bald Mountain bit in the Disney Fantasia movie from 1940Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition  What is a...

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: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 Niobe, regina di Tebe...

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: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 Background...

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 piecesSpotify 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 IVEarly Russian Orthodox choral singing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Bogoroditse...

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...

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 The Early Music Movement in Classical music  The...

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...

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...

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  Handel and Haydn’s “Tuning...

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...

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...

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: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...

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:Tineke’s Spotify playlist Spotify playlist for main pieces from all episodesSpotify playlist for final question pieces from all episodes More useful links:Information on how pipe organs workKing Louis XIV (The Sun King)Arcangelo CorelliBach’s Art of Fugue...

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=16FPqHdDSFCSdta2rGjftwSpotify playlist for main pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYoSpotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Other useful links:Chef’s Table...

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/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYoSpotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQSpotify playlist for this episode:https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HWU1GQHw1vQFi4AxlZxJo?si=Znen4KHjSEW0fbqIIBGbEQ Double bass:...

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/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYoSpotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Further information about Baroque music and Baroque instruments: https://www.baroque.org/baroque/whatisGiovanni Battista Buonamente:...

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/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYoSpotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Synesthesia: https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/basics/synesthesiaViola da gamba: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViolModes described by a sweet British man:...

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/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYoSpotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ1937 recording of Requiem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOtOcDdv6Q&t=586sAmadeus: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/List of all music by Mozart used in films:...