Outside the MusicBox

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

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 Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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

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 1940 Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition What is a Powwow Eybler String Quartet Support Cris: Cris’s website: https://www.crisderksen.com/ Facebook: @cris.derksen Instagram: @cris_derksen Cris Derksen on Spotify Cris Derksen on Youtube Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts Instagram: @musicboxconcerts Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 Philippe Jarrousky Boston Early Music Festival Opera singer, Maria Callas Jazz bass clarinetist and saxophonist, Eric Dolphy Support Rob: Email: rnairn03@gmail.com Ironwood’s latest CD: Romantic Dreams: Quintets for Piano and Strings Australian Brandenburg Orchestra’s Brandenburg One Adelaide Baroque Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 on Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra The Mannheim Rocket Julia Wedman’s episode (where we talk about scordatura tuning) Haydn’s “Joke” string quartet Viola jokes Support Max: OAE Players digital concert platform Flux Quartet Spunicunifait Max’s Twitter: @MaxTMandel Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts Instagram: @musicboxconcerts Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 pieces Spotify 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 IV Early Russian Orthodox choral singing Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Bogoroditse Devo (the choir piece Emma sang in youth choir where everyone took sneaky breaths to keep the phrase going forever) Buddy Rich Live video of Buddy Rich playing (so you can see his “driving” way of playing the drums) Leszek Możdżer Frame drums Percussionist Zohar Fresco playing frame drums in their traditional Arabic setting Portuguese square frame drum Bodhran (Irish frame drum) Steve Reich Short documentary on Steve Reich talking about his music Reich’s Clapping Music Support Marianna: Website: mariannasoroka.com Instagram: marianna_soroka Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @MusicBoxConcerts Instagram: @musicboxconcerts Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 translation Twelve-Tone Technique Explanation of chromatic scales (by a man who reminds us of that guy in the Princess Bride) Support Katarina: RTS Symphony Orchestra, Serbia Holland Baroque Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 *Correction (23:37): Charlie Parker saxophone solo The Early Music Movement in Classical music The harpsichord The organ Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas The Villancico Video featuring Rhiannon Giddens talking about the history of the minstrel banjo Support Francesco: Website: https://www.francescoturrisi.com/ Patreon for Francesco and his partner, Rhiannon Giddens: https://www.patreon.com/rhiannongiddens Bandcamp: https://francescoturrisi.bandcamp.com/ Buy Francesco’s album based on 17th-century music: https://diatriberecords.bandcamp.com/album/si-dolce-il-tormento Buy Francesco’s solo piano album: https://francescoturrisi.bandcamp.com/album/northern-migrations Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 quartet Biber’s Mystery Sonatas (with organ accompaniment) Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 1in G minor Power posing TED Talk by Dr Amy Cuddy We are jealous of: Any music for viola da gamba Bassoon parts in early French operas such as this one Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Get in touch with us! *DONATE*: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 of a piano improvisation duel of Beethoven vs Steibelt in Vienna at the turn of the 19th century Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony NPR article about the Eroica Symphony The riot in the audience at the premier of Igor Stravinksy’s Rite of Spring Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 Jan Swafford’s book on Beethoven Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 conducted by Leonard Bernstein Support Joshua: Website: https://joshuaweilerstein.com/ Facebook: @joshuaweilerstein Instagram: @joshuaweilerstein Twitter: @joshweilerstein Sticky Notes podcast hosted by Joshua Sticky Notes Patreon page Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 Support Guy: Handel and Haydn’s “Tuning In” podcast hosted by Guy The best way to order Guy’s CDs is by emailing him at: gfishman@handelandhaydn.org Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 Cathy Berberian performing her Stripsody (showing the score) Father of the American folk revival, Pete Seeger’s obituary in the NY Times Composer Caroline Shaw Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 Voices Netherlands Dance Theatre trailer for the contemporary dance production of Caroline Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 Voices Norman Connors Aquarian Dream Bela Bartok’s Piano Sonata, Sz. 80 Support Lotte: Lotte performs online concert through the Tait Memorial Trust Lotte’s website https://www.lottebettsdean.com/ Lotte’s social media: Facebook , Instagram, & Twitter Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 for each movement Berlioz’s text translated to English PBS article with background information on the piece Guardian article on Symphonie Fantastique with lots of interesting quotes from Berlioz’s letters Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts: Berlioz Takes a Trip Serpent instrument Ophicleide instrument More information on Flow Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra Rachael’s website Ironwood’s latest album of Louise Farrenc & Camille Saint-Saëns Badass 19th- and 20th-century female violinists and composers to check out: Maud Powell, Louise Farrenc, Ginette Neveu, Marie Soldat-Roeger, Renée Chemet Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 psalters Julia Wedman Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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 episodes Spotify playlist for final question pieces from all episodes More useful links: Information on how pipe organs work King Louis XIV (The Sun King) Arcangelo Corelli Bach’s Art of Fugue (sometimes uses Corelli’s bassline) Schnitger organ catalogue Sound pots in churches that enhance acoustics The book about Utrecht that features in Harry Potter movies George Frideric Handel and his link to Corelli Schubert’s Trout Quintet Haydn’s “Fifths” String Quartet If you want to watch Tineke play harpsichord Support Tineke: Holland Baroque Support our musicians during the COVID crisis Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com

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=16FPqHdDSFCSdta2rGjftw Spotify playlist for main pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo Spotify playlist for final question pieces: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ Other useful links: Chef’s Table (Vivaldi intro in opening credits): https://www.netflix.com/title/80007945 Max Richter’s arrangement of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (used in Chef’s Table opening): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYWfJuMGMA Nordic video of 4 seasons from Barokkanerne orchestra: https://vimeo.com/277962133 (Password: 2018) Excerpt of the Four Seasons with dancers from Henri Oguike Dance Company, Queen Elisabeth Hall in London: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bViZG58urQc Al Sharpton’s sermon for George Floyd’s funeral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQw7cMF3Ggs Kati takes us through an in-depth look at Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3t_M-fVRnz8&feature=emb_rel_pause Translation of Vivaldi’s sonnets for each season: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_Sonnets Enrico Onofri plays Vivaldi’s fiendishly difficult Violin Concerto nicknamed “Il Grosso Mogul”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDdHsK5y_Fo Support Kati: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: https://oae.co.uk/ English Baroque Soloists: https://monteverdi.co.uk/about-us/english-baroque-soloists To purchase Kati’s recording of the Four Seasons: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8039280--vivaldi-the-four-seasons Get in touch with us! DONATE: PayPal.Me/OutsideMusicBox Facebook: @OutsidetheMusicBox Instagram: @outsidethemusicbox Twitter: @OutsideMusicBox Email: concerts.musicbox@gmail.com Website: www.musicboxconcerts.com