Encounters with Milhaud, Messiaen, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti, with John Heiss
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
John Heiss teaches composition, flute, and music history at the New England Conservatory. I first encountered Mr. Heiss in his legendary Schoenberg/Stravinsky class at NEC and have been an admirer of his ever since. Mr. Heiss spearheaded visits to NEC from composers such as Milhaud, Messiaen, Stravinsky, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti, the subjects of today's conversation. You'll notice I don't say much - today is like coming to class with a master teacher, an experience I'm so glad to be able to share with you.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and I'm a |
| 0:02.0 | a student. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm a doctor. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the Classical Music Podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | My name is Joshua Wilerstein. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm a conductor and I'm the artistic |
| 0:13.9 | director of the Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lozan Switzerland. This |
| 0:17.5 | podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just |
| 0:21.7 | getting ready to dive in to this amazing world of |
| 0:24.4 | incredible music. Before we get started I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors |
| 0:28.2 | Samantha, Ellen, Sarah, Dan, David, Fanny, and all of my other Patreon sponsors for making season six possible. |
| 0:36.8 | If you'd like to support the show, please head over to Patreon.com slash Sticky Notes podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | And if you are a fan of the show, please just take a moment to give us a |
| 0:44.0 | rating review on Apple Podcasts. Every rating and review helps more people find the |
| 0:48.1 | show and it is greatly appreciated. Now today's episode is extremely special for me. John Heise is a name many of you are probably not that familiar with. |
| 0:57.0 | He teaches composition, flute and music history at the New England Conservatory of Music, and is also the director of the NEC contemporary |
| 1:04.9 | ensemble. I first encountered Mr. Heis in his legendary Schernberg and Stravinsky class at NEC. |
| 1:11.2 | It was a class you desperately wanted to be first in line to sign up for |
| 1:14.8 | or else you would lose your chance to learn from this master musician and teacher. |
| 1:18.8 | Later on I got to know Mr. Heistmoor personally when I played Trevinsky's Listoir-Dusoldah |
| 1:24.4 | for the NEC contemporary ensemble. |
| 1:26.4 | I was blown away again and again in his class |
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