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The Classical Gabfest A weekly discussion about the ever-changing world of classical music.

With the podcast on hiatus, we've launched the Classical Gabfest newsletter!The first edition is already available and t...
14/09/2022

With the podcast on hiatus, we've launched the Classical Gabfest newsletter!

The first edition is already available and the second will hit inboxes tomorrow morning.

And just like the podcast, it's totally free!

Check our new link for all of our social media links and email address!



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An Oregon bar for classical hipsters; Placido Domingo's walk of shame; Cate Blanchett takes the baton

This week on the Gabfest:♪ A transatlantic Covid flareup♪ Album review: Vivaldi's Women♪ Should classical radio institut...
01/09/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ A transatlantic Covid flareup
♪ Album review: Vivaldi's Women
♪ Should classical radio institute quotas?

Plus an all-American round of Game of Pairs!

This week on the Gabfest:♪ Placido Domingo tied to international crime ring♪ Lorin Maazel's bizarre "The Conductor's Wee...
25/08/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ Placido Domingo tied to international crime ring
♪ Lorin Maazel's bizarre "The Conductor's Week"
♪ Are audiences ever coming back?

Plus our guest hosts are en pointe in a round of Classical Chronology!

This week on the Gabfest:♪ Classical NEWS! headlines♪ Amateur violin-making videos♪ Dead bodies accompany Mahler's “Resu...
18/08/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ Classical NEWS! headlines
♪ Amateur violin-making videos
♪ Dead bodies accompany Mahler's “Resurrection”

Plus a round of everyone's favorite game Two Truths and a Lie!

The gang is all here! Through summer travels, the team coordinated as many meetups as possible… listen to this week’s po...
13/08/2022

The gang is all here! Through summer travels, the team coordinated as many meetups as possible… listen to this week’s podcast for stories and memories of the summer!

This week on the Gabfest, we present a roundup of our summer travels, with stops in New York City, rural Maine, and Pari...
11/08/2022

This week on the Gabfest, we present a roundup of our summer travels, with stops in New York City, rural Maine, and Paris France.

Plus, we reveal the answers to episode 100's round of everyone's favorite game, “Listener, Name THY Tune!”

This week, it's another Classical Gabfest All-Games Extravaganza! Pit your wits against four of our listening challenges...
04/08/2022

This week, it's another Classical Gabfest All-Games Extravaganza! Pit your wits against four of our listening challenges and hope your wits aren't quite as pitiful as ours! 😉

This week, it’s another All-Games Extravaganza! We’ve got four musical listening challenges for you, followed by our Classical Mixtape.CLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe f...

This week, Will rants about piano benches. That's literally the whole show.
21/07/2022

This week, Will rants about piano benches. That's literally the whole show.

This week for Bastille Day 🇫🇷 we revisit the story of Édmond Dédé, the expatriate American composer who made his life an...
14/07/2022

This week for Bastille Day 🇫🇷 we revisit the story of Édmond Dédé, the expatriate American composer who made his life and career in Bordeaux FR in the late 19th century.

We dig even deeper into the archive for our prélude segment, 2 vérités et 1 mensonge

This week's minisode topic is – by popular demand – viola jokes!What's your favorite? We want to know!Suitably, we start...
07/07/2022

This week's minisode topic is – by popular demand – viola jokes!

What's your favorite? We want to know!

Suitably, we start off with a round of viola hero. 🎻🦸‍♂️

On this week's minisode, we talk about Teachers & Teaching. But can we teach ourselves to Name that Tune? Listen to find...
30/06/2022

On this week's minisode, we talk about Teachers & Teaching.

But can we teach ourselves to Name that Tune? Listen to find out!

On this week's Gabfest minisode, we discuss matters sartorial. Should classical music embrace its fancy past or look tow...
23/06/2022

On this week's Gabfest minisode, we discuss matters sartorial. Should classical music embrace its fancy past or look towards a more casual future? We've got ~opinions~

Plus, a rousing round of Listening Limbo!

This week on the Gabfest:♪ Musicians fired from their own quartet♪ NK-China friendship concert♪ A groundbreaking Pulitze...
19/05/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ Musicians fired from their own quartet
♪ NK-China friendship concert
♪ A groundbreaking Pulitzer winner

Plus a record-setting round of Back to the Future AKA Retrogradus ad Parnassum!

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10642296-90-friends-like-these

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 ...

This week on the Gabfest:♪ A youth orchestra's smart response to a dumb car ad♪ Lizzo does an orchestra audition on SNL♪...
05/05/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ A youth orchestra's smart response to a dumb car ad
♪ Lizzo does an orchestra audition on SNL
♪ Jeffrey Epstein & a mysterious cello

Plus a round of everyone's favorite game, Name that Tune. Will the hosts be stumped?

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10559882-88-putting-in-the-twerk

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...

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