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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!

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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...

This week on the Gabfest:♪ A Covid outbreak at the BSO♪ Listener Feedback♪ Valery Gergiev's wealth revealedAll that plus...
28/04/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ A Covid outbreak at the BSO
♪ Listener Feedback
♪ Valery Gergiev's wealth revealed

All that plus a round of Classical Chronology that finishes the job.

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10518678-87-the-ut-of-h

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:http...

The Gabfest does not have a regular episode this week in light of the passing of Michael Jinbo. We offer this brief trib...
21/04/2022

The Gabfest does not have a regular episode this week in light of the passing of Michael Jinbo. We offer this brief tribute to our teacher.

Peace
-Tiffany, Kensho, and Will

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10468392-86-michael-jinbo-teacher

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 mu...

Check out our latest collaboration with Creative Baggage! No. 69: Navigating Uncertainty (ft. Kensho Watanabe, conductor...
16/04/2022

Check out our latest collaboration with Creative Baggage!

No. 69: Navigating Uncertainty (ft. Kensho Watanabe, conductor) is available now on your favorite podcasting platform!

https://anchor.fm/creative-baggage/episodes/No--68-Conducting--Composing---Podcasting-Deep-Dive-ft--William-White-e1gdt6s

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Emerging onto the international stage, Kensho Watanabe is fast becoming one of the most exciting and versatile young conductors to come out of the United States. Recently recognized as a recipient of a Career Assistance Award by the Solti Foundation U.S, Kensho will make his Metropolitan Opera debut next season, conducting Kevin Puts’ The Hours. Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2016 to 2019, Kensho made his critically acclaimed subscription debut with the Orchestra and pianist, Daniil Trifonov, taking over from his mentor Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He would continue on to conduct four subscription concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2019, in addition to debuts at the Bravo! Vail Festival and numerous concerts at the Mann and Saratoga Performing Arts Centres. (Read more about Kensho at www.creativebaggagepodcast.com/kensho-watanabe)
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This week on the Gabfest:♪ Aspen Festival downsizes due to housing constraints♪ Unfinished: follow-up on past stories♪ T...
14/04/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ Aspen Festival downsizes due to housing constraints
♪ Unfinished: follow-up on past stories
♪ The music of Salamone Rossi with Elam Rotem of http://EarlyMusicSources.com

Plus a duplicitous round of Two Truths and a Lie!

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10432690-85-song-of-salomone

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 Vi...

This week on the Gabfest:♪ The Louisville Orchestra Creators Corps♪ The Conductor Documentary on PBS♪ The Bright Sheng f...
07/04/2022

This week on the Gabfest:
♪ The Louisville Orchestra Creators Corps
♪ The Conductor Documentary on PBS
♪ The Bright Sheng fiasco at UMichigan
Plus we head back to the future for a round of Retrogradus ad Parnassum!

https://youtu.be/yM2SEFRwBWw

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 C...

This week on the   it's another All-Games Extravaganza!Will the hosts be stumped? Will the interpreters be matched? Will...
31/03/2022

This week on the it's another All-Games Extravaganza!
Will the hosts be stumped? Will the interpreters be matched? Will the strains be stolen? Will the pairs be gamed??
Only one way to find out...

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10347647-83-all-games-extravaganza-v

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 Fo...

Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to trigger responses unprecedented in the musical world. We had the pleasure of welcom...
27/03/2022

Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to trigger responses unprecedented in the musical world. We had the pleasure of welcoming Jonathan Rosenberg back on the pod this week to discuss this poignant moment in history. Take a listen!

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10298548-82-miaou-mix

This week on the Gabfest:♪ News! headlines♪ A zoological concert from France Musique and Barbara Hannigan♪ What history ...
24/03/2022

This week on the Gabfest:

♪ News! headlines
♪ A zoological concert from France Musique and Barbara Hannigan
♪ What history can teach us about the classical response to Ukraine

Plus we dip back into the YouTube comments for a round of Who Dis?

https://cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/10298548-82-miaou-mix

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)Ch...

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