ITL #34: Conservatory Blues

Chris and Sridhar discuss the latter's upcoming audition, their dislike of the classical saxophone, and things about which they have changed their minds (including Aaron Copland, Wynton Marsalis, Yo-Yo Ma, and Beethoven's even symphonies). Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen Useful links: Kate Clark - an introduction to the Baroque flute Telemann - Fantasia for Solo Flute in E Minor Jed Wentz - Blavet Flute Sonatas Saxophone quartet plays Bach's Italian Concerto Stan Getz - Misty Copland: Rodeo - Zubin Mehta conducting the LA Philharmonic Copland conducts Hoedown from Rodeo Marsalis - Swing Symphony Marsalis - Haydn Trumpet Concerto Yo-Yo Ma plays the Bach Cello Suites live at the BBC Proms Yo-Yo Ma - NPR Tiny Desk Concert Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncant, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile - Attaboy from Goat Rodeo Sessions Goat Rodeo Sessians NPR Tiny Desk Concerts Yo-Yo Ma on re-recording the Bach Cello Suites Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax - The Making of Beethoven for Three Beethoven Symphony No. 6 - Yo-Yo Ma, Beethoven for Three 2001: A Space Odyssey opening 2001: A Space Odyssey docking scene Schindler's List - black tie Nazi party Jordi Savall - Beethoven Symphony No. 6 Beethoven Late Quartets - Quator Mosaïques

Chris and Sridhar discuss the New York Philharmonic’s new concert hall, TikTok’s influence on the music industry, and rules to make rehearsals run smoothly. Jump in! Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen Useful Links: New York Philharmonic's new David Geffen Hall Stella Katherine Cole Hank Green - So...TikTok Sucks Willem de Fesch - wikipedia Willem de Fesch: Concerto Grosso in B-Flat Major - Bremer Barockorchester Online Tone Generator Tuning Drones Just Intonation vs Equal Temperament Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano - minutephysics Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Berlin Philharmonic/Karajan René Voisin - wikipedia Roger Voisin

Chris and Sridhar share some thoughts on YouTube Music before discussing the life, art, and legacy of Leonard Bernstein. Then, in true Lenny fashion, they (night)cap it off by naming some of their favorite Bernstein YouTube videos. Jump in! Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen Useful Links: YouTube Music - App Store Netherlands Bach Society Bernstein plays and conducts Rhapsody in Blue Bernstein - Ravel Piano Concerto Bernstein - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Young People's Concert: What is American Music? Young People's Concert: What Does Music Mean? Photos from the set of "Maestro" Isaac Stern - Fiddler on the Roof Alan Menken's Razzie winning song - High Times, Hard Times Jean Ferrandis Flutist - Official Archive Ferrandis rehearses Mozart with Leonard Bernstein Glenn Gould - Bach Keyboard Concerto in D Minor Gould - Brahms D Minor Piano Concerto (Bernstein's speech included) The Truth About a Legend - Leonard Bernstein on the Gould "scandal" Bernstein - Beethoven 9 at the fall of the Berlin Wall Bernstein - "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations Triangle lessons with Bernstein Bernstein riffing with a tuba player Best of House Speaker John Bercow Sridhar's Picks: Bernstein documentary rehearsing Rite of Spring Bernstein discusses Beethoven's 6th and 7th symphonies Teachers and Teaching - An Autobiographic Essay by Leonard Bernstein Chris' Picks: Trumpet player disagrees with Bernstein in rehearsal Bernstein on Debussy's Faune - Part 1 Bernstein on Debussy's Faune - Part 2 The Making of West Side Story documentary

Chris and Sridhar discuss their favorite Victor Borge bits, the ins and outs of concert attire, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's acquisition of the record label Pentatone. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen Useful links: Victor Borge documentary Victor Borge performs at the White House White House Steinway Victor Borge & Anton Contra play Monti's Czardas Victor Borge as Franz Liszt Victor Borge & Michala Petri play Czardas Victor Borge - Inflationary Language Victor Borge - Happy Birthdays Netflix to Stop Greenlighting Vanity Projects Criterion Channel First Woman Joins Vienna Philharmonic in 1997 Claudio Abbado's suit Joshua Bell & Jeremy Denk - NPR Tiny Desk Concert Joshua Bell & Yuja Wang play Beethoven Violin Sonata no. 9 Mischa Maisky plays Bruch's Kol Nidrei A New Model for a Music Conservatory by Ted Gioia The Honest Broker - Ted Gioia's substack Pentatone Music Reprise Records - wikipedia Samuel Lipman - The House of Music: Art in an Era of Institutions Natalia Osipova dances Giselle Erich Leinsdorf - The Composer's Advocate: A Radical Orthodoxy for Musicians

Chris and Sridhar discuss session gigs, band education, Chris’ dream of becoming a piano salesman, Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2, Gerard Schwarz, the Seattle Symphony, and the art of conducting. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolitemedia Useful links: Pierre Boulez with hula girls Karajan conducts Sibelius: Finlandia Karajan conducts Smetana: The Moldau Karajan conducts Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger Wayne Bergeron Malcolm McNab Movies Jim Walker has played in Ratatouille - Wall Rat (Jim Walker flute solo) Alexander Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff - Lilacs Gerard Schwarz conducts Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 Howard Hanson - wikipedia Hanson Symphony No. 2 - wikipedia Gerard Schwarz - wikipedia Bernstein plays Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Aaron Copland: Duo for Flute and Piano Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Claudio Abbado conducts Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" András Schiff: Schubert documentary Seattle Symphony on YouTube Trumpet player disagrees with Bernstein - BBC Symphony Leonard Bernstein rehearses Elgar's Enigma Variations

ITL is back with a 100% topical episode: after a quick review of the new West Side Story movie, Chris and Sridhar chat about the politics of music as it pertains to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. They discuss the cancellation of Russian music and musicians in wartime, music as propaganda, musicians who enable and benefit from Putin, and much more. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolitemedia Useful links: West Side Story 1961 Opening West Side Story 2021 Opening Neil Gaiman - A View from the Cheap Seats Ansel Elgort - Thief Erik Hoel - CGI did, in fact, ruin movies Subscribe to Erik Hoel's (free!) newsletter, The Intrinsic Perspective Borys Lyatoshynsky - Symphony no. 3 in B Minor, "Peace Will Defeat War" Borys Lyatoshynsky - wikipedia Alexander Malofeev - wikipedia NPR article on Malofeev's cancelled concerts Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff: Lilacs Valery Gergiev - wikipedia Summary of Navalny's report on Gergiev's illegal activities Putin's War Conductor - Navalny's report in Russian on Gergiev Navalny singles out Gergiev for sanctions - Reuters Life in a Day - Valery Gergiev Gergiev checks the Chelsea score Anna Netrebko - wikipedia Alex Ross - Listening to Russian Music in Putin's Shadow Zachary Woolfe - Putin's Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime Netrebko posing with flag of Novorossiya Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plays the piano Zelenskyy plays Hava Nagila

In this cocktail of an episode, Chris and Sridhar discuss the theme from HBO’s Succession, naming a chamber music group, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, whether or not music theory should be mandatory, and the merits of a theoretical perspective of music. They also get distracted and shop for domain names. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolitelisten Useful links: Succession - theme and opening credits Nicholas Britell explains the Succession theme San Francisco Philharmonic Karl Jenkins - wikipedia Karl Jenkins - Palladio Dvořák - Serenade for Strings Ivry Gitlis plays Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Sergei Nakariakov plays Saint-Saëns on trumpet Sergei Nakariakov - official website Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 5 Stirred Not Shaken - jazz ensemble Stirred, Not Shaken - the podcast about how to drink better Tony Bennett/Bill Evans: When in Rome Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic George Gershwin plays Rhapsody in Blue United Airlines Rhapsody in Blue Commercial Woody Allen - Manhattan opening scene Fantasia 2000 - Rhapsody in Blue Bernstein/Los Angeles Philharmonic - Rhapsody in Blue Maja Babyszka - Rhapsody in Blue Diminished Jazz Theory - Tony Winston Glenn Gould - Bach Contrapunctus I Glenn Gould - Bach Contrapunctus IV Glenn Gould - Bach Contrapunctus XIV

Chris and Sridhar play a game of Overrated/Underrated/Properly Rated with the Cleveland Orchestra, seats behind the orchestra in a concert hall, Mahler's 5th Symphony, and standing ovations. Then, for another edition of ITL At the Movies, they discuss Damien Chazelle's 2014 film "Whiplash," which prompts a conversation about abusive teachers and "old school" teaching methods. (Disclaimer--in the spirit of "Whiplash," this episode is uncensored.) Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolitelisten Useful links: Mahler Symphony no. 10 - Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez Bruckner - String Quintet Mahler Symphony no. 5 - Lucerne Festival Orchestra/Claudio Abbado Pretend It's a City with Fran Leibowitz and Martin Scorsese Whiplash - Amazon Prime Video Whiplash - wikipedia Whiplash deleted scene Ian Pace on systemic abuse in music education

After an obligatory chat about The Nutcracker, Chris and Sridhar reveal their musical Christmas wishlists. They discuss vocal training, baroque instruments, ballet orchestras, music festivals, entertainment in the metaverse, and the growing number of pops concerts. Will Santa give them what they want? Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolitelisten Useful links: Staatsballett Berlin (not Munich!) on the Nutcracker ITL #13: The Christmas Special Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You King's College Choir - Coventry Carol Kate Clark - Introduction to the Baroque Flute All of Bach - Cantata BWV 102 Marten Root and Shunske Sato on BWV 102 Gabriele Cassone and Ton Koopman - Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 Lucerne Chamber Circle - Bach Christmas Oratorio Glenn Gould - The Question of Instrument Kuijken Brothers - Bach Trio Sonata from Musical Offering Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Album Natalia Osipova dances Giselle - The Royal Ballet Count Basie at Newport Emmanuel Pahud - Haydn Trio at Festival Salon Entertainment in the Metaverse

Chris and Sridhar discuss concerts during COVID, tips for writing program notes, buying a digital piano, the International Chopin Piano Competition, and the music of Frédéric Chopin in general. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolitelisten Useful links: International Chopin Piano Competition - wikipedia 2021 Chopin Piano Competition - full playlists Bruce Liu, first prize winner - first round Bruce Liu - second round Bruce Liu - final round Chopin Cello Sonata - Natalia Gutman and Sviatoslav Richter Kristin Zimerman plays Ballade no. 1 in G Minor Zimerman plays Ballade no. 4 in F Minor Zimerman plays Waltz in A-Flat Major (from 1975 Chopin Competition) Zimerman plays Mazurka in G Minor (from 1975 Chopin Competition) Zimerman plays Grande Polonaise Brillante (from 1975 Chopin Competition) Maurizio Pollini at the 1960 Chopin Competition Pollini plays Chopin Preludes Op. 28 Glenn Gould plays Chopin Piano Sonata no. 3 in B Minor Hershey Felder - wikipedia Hershey Felder - stream his shows on his website Hershey Felder in "Maestro: The Art of Leonard Bernstein"