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Outside the MusicBox musicboxconcerts
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A podcast about classical music featuring interviews with guest musicians about music they love. Come hang out with Emma and Chloe, creators of MusicBox, while they explore a new piece episode.
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Update + Happy Anniversary
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: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
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Kristian Bezuidenhout
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) in Leipzig, Germany, where St. Matthew Passion was premiered
History of St. Matthew Passion being performed in the Netherlands
John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner’s 1989 recording of St. Matthew Passion
Recitative
Aria
Arioso
Chorale
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/
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts
Instagram: @musicboxconcerts
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
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Annette Isserlis
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 history
Henry Purcell
False relations (blue notes)
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Rameau’s Les Boreades
Support Annette:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s video platform, OAE Player
Annette’s podcast, Tea With Netty
English Baroque Soloists
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts
Instagram: @musicboxconcerts
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
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Julie Roset
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 Purcell
Recitativo vs aria
17th-century Spice Trade Routes with map showing the trading route via Sicily
Jules Massenet
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
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts
Instagram: @musicboxconcerts
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
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Shaun Lee-Chen
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: 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
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts
Instagram: @musicboxconcerts
Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
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Christmas Special: Listener Questions
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
Get in touch with us!
DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicBoxConcerts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicboxconcerts/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OutsideMusicBox
Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com
Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com
Customer Reviews
Delightful and informative
This podcast is always a treat. Fascinating background and insights on music and musicians with the technical bit carefully explained. The hosts are charming and do a great job balancing fun and information. Almost every show I learn just the best new things about music I know and music new to me. Highly recommended!
Fun and Informative!
It’s so fun to listen to people who are knowledgeable and down to earth talk about music that they love! Learn more about music, listen to some beautiful music snippets, and make some new friends! ❤️
Fantastical Musical Wanderings From Past To Present.
I love this podcast because it gives insight on the lives of classical musicians, all the while recognising how interconnected we are: that one can speak about the rhetorical devices in Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and the rhetorical devices of Revered Al Sharpton at the funeral of George Floyd in the same podcast is extremely grounding during such a disjointed time in history. To connect the classical arts to everyday life and that, in fact, it is not inaccessible in our current society. If you want to learn about historically informed performance practise, HIP, and still get a bit of Beyonce this is what to put in your ears! I use it in my teaching for developing students critical thinking about musical and cultural relevance in our historical art form.