10 Pieces You've (Probably) Never Heard, But Need to Listen To!
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2022
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Everyone knows Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Even if United Airlines hadn’t made the piece ubiquitous, it seems like the one piece of classical music almost everyone knows besides the beginning of Beethoven’s 5th symphony is Rhapsody in Blue. But did you know that Gershwin wrote a second rhapsody for piano and orchestra?
We know Shostakovich’s later works for their intensity, drama, and depth, but did you know that Shostakovich was a completely different composer when he was a young man? That he wrote funny, sarcastic, and wildly experimental music?
How about Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber and his Battalia a 10? Or Ethel Smyth’s string quintet? Or the music of Teresa Carreno? Leonard Bernstein used to talk about the infinite variety of classical music because there’s simply an endless treasure trove of great and often totally unknown classical music out there. So today, I want to take you on a bit of an archeological expedition, exploring 10 pieces you’ve (probably) never heard of, but really have to listen to. My list includes some very recognizable names, including Ravel, Gershwin, and Shostakovich, but also some names you might know less well, like Anton Arensky, Milosz Magin, and Teresa Carreno. Join us and discover something new!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the Classical Music Podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | My name is Joshua Weilerstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the Music Director of the Phoenix |
| 0:14.9 | Orchestra of Boston. |
| 0:16.4 | This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting |
| 0:20.6 | ready to dive into this amazing world of incredible music. |
| 0:24.4 | Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors, Thomas, Gabby, Stephen, |
| 0:29.4 | Bob, Jackie, Amy, Sonia, Darby, John, Cassandra, Dogu, Mike, Cali, and all of my other Patreon |
| 0:38.6 | sponsors for making Season 9 possible. |
| 0:41.5 | If you'd like to support the show, please head over to patreon.com slash Sticky Notes |
| 0:45.2 | Podcast. |
| 0:46.2 | And if you are a fan of the show, please let me know in the comments if you want to give |
| 0:48.4 | us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:51.2 | Every rating or review helps more people find the show, and it's greatly appreciated. |
| 0:57.3 | Also I've just arrived in Toronto, where I will be working with the Royal Conservatory |
| 1:01.2 | of Music, the Glenn Gould School, on a really fun program of Brahms's fourth symphony, |
| 1:06.2 | which I covered a couple of weeks ago, Shostakovich's first violin concerto, which I think |
| 1:10.1 | I'll cover next week, and Dynek Widjerotny's two pop songs on antique poems, which is a |
| 1:15.9 | really fun piece by a fantastic living Canadian composer. |
| 1:20.3 | It's going to be really great to work with the Conservatory Musicians, and last week I |
| 1:23.8 | worked with Phoenix for the first time of this season. |
| 1:27.0 | It was our Season 9 opener. |
| 1:29.0 | We did a program of Ives's Three Places in New England, some Scott Joplin Rags, Debussy's |
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