A Conversation with Jan Swafford, Composer and Author

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

Arts, Performing Arts, Music

4.9 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

If you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall for a slightly nerdy conversation between a conductor and a composer who also happens to be a great writer and thinker about classical music, this week's show is for you! This is a wide-ranging, free-flowing conversation that covers the composition process, understanding Beethoven from a composer's perspective, the intimacy of Brahms, and the wackiness and earnestness of the music of Ives. I hope this hour will be as fun an escape for you as it was for me!

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:18.0	Hello and I'm the Sticky-Nouts the Classical Music Podcast. My name is Joshua Weilerstein. I'm a conductor and I'm the artistic director of the Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Luzon, Switzerland. This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting ready to dive in to this amazing world of
0:24.7	incredible music.
0:25.7	Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors Pat, Elko,
0:30.0	Stephan, Edward, Sarah, Carl, Ellen, and all of my other Patreon sponsors for making season six possible.
0:38.0	If you'd like to support the show, please head over to Patreon.com slash stickynotes podcast. And if you are a fan in the show please just
0:44.3	take a moment to give us a rating or review on Apple podcasts every rating and
0:48.0	review helps more people find the show and it is greatly appreciated. I'm really excited to share with you this week's first
0:56.0	episode. This is an interview with Jan Swafford who is a wonderful composer and
1:01.1	writer on classical music. My first introduction to Jan Swafford
1:06.0	was with his book about Brahms which I'm sure you've heard me reference I
1:10.0	don't know two dozen times on this show since I've done so many episodes on Brahms.
1:15.6	He also has other wonderful books on Beethoven and on Ives and he's coming out with a book on Mozart I think relatively soon depending on the situation with the virus.
1:27.0	This was really fun, just a huge kind of wide-ranging conversation between two people who really love music.
1:34.0	We talked about Jan's compositions, which we are going to talk about again in the future.
1:39.0	We talked a lot about Beethoven.
1:40.3	We talked about
1:45.0	about Brahms, we talked about Brahms, we talked about Ives.
1:47.0	It was really just a fantastic experience to meet virtually
1:52.0	and talk about music with someone who's just such a, has been a really
1:55.2	huge figure for me, a huge influence on the way I think about Brahms on Beethoven and also was a huge inspiration
2:02.1	in just learning a little bit about Charles Ives who as you know I am a big fan of
2:07.2	So I really hope you enjoy this later this week. We're going to start a journey through
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Joshua Weilerstein, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Joshua Weilerstein and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.