My 25 Favorite Moments in Classical Music (Part 2)
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Last week we covered moments 1-15 in my top 25 favorite moments in classical music, going all the way up towards the end of the 19th century. This week we're going to explore 9 of my favorite moments from the wide world of 20th century music, and then, in a little twist, I'm going to look at 5 of my favorite moments from living composers. We're going to hear from Stravinsky, Mahler, Dawson, Barber, Shaw, Gruber, Widmann, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Debussy, Ravel, Chin, Skye, and more this week so join us to hear some amazing classical music moments!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the Classical Music Podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | My name is Joshua Weylerstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the music director of the Phoenix |
| 0:14.7 | Orchestra of Boston, and the chief conductor executive of the Alborg Symphony. |
| 0:19.2 | This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting |
| 0:23.5 | ready to dive in to this amazing world of incredible music. |
| 0:27.3 | Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors, Derek, Ken Howe, |
| 0:31.1 | John, Chris, and all of my other Patreon sponsors for making Season 9 possible. |
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| 0:40.1 | Podcast. |
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| 0:49.1 | So this week I am in Dublin with the RTE Symphony Orchestra. |
| 0:53.1 | We're doing a program of the Brahms Schernberg Piano Quartet and G minor, a piece that I have |
| 0:57.8 | done a whole show about. |
| 0:59.4 | Brahms' Piano Quartet, arranged by Arnold Schernberg, rock modern ops rap city on a theme |
| 1:04.0 | by Paganini, with the great Martin James Bartlett, and we actually recorded that piece together |
| 1:08.1 | with the London Philharmonic, which you can find basically anywhere you find recordings. |
| 1:12.6 | And we're opening the program with Florence Prices, Ethiopia's Shadow in America. |
| 1:16.6 | So it's a really eclectic fun program that we've been having a great time working on. |
| 1:21.1 | So this week we've got the second part of last week's show, which features nine more |
| 1:25.9 | of my favorite moments in classical music, and then five of my favorite moments coming |
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