Renaissance Music in 60 Minutes

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Joshua Weilerstein

Clarinet, Timpani, Performing, Trombone, Cello, Trumpet, Bassoon, Classicalmusic, Performing Arts, Arts, Violin, Flute, Piano, Conductor, Music, Weilerstein

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

There are indelible images associated with the musical Renaissance period. This 200 year era saw an astonishing growth in productivity, an expansion of education, both musical and otherwise, and repeated religious upheavals. The music of this period existed both as a catalyst and as a reaction to all of these momentous events in history. We’ll talk all about this fascinating 200 years of musical history in the 2nd of this ongoing series of each of the periods of Western Classical Music in 60 Minutes.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the Classical Music Podcast.
0:08.5	My name is Joshua Weylerstein, I'm a conductor, and I'm the artistic director of the Lozon
0:12.0	Chamber Orchestra in Lozon, Switzerland.
0:14.4	This podcast is for anyone who loves classical music, works in the field, or is just getting
0:18.6	ready to dive into this amazing world of incredible music.
0:22.2	Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors, Forest, Boris, JP,
0:27.2	Janet, Michael, and all of my Patreon sponsors for making Season 7 and the show possible.
0:33.5	If you would like to help out the show monetarily, please check out our Patreon page at patreon.com
0:38.1	slash Sticky Notes Podcast.
0:40.3	One more thing if you are a fan of the show, please just take a moment to give us a rating
0:43.0	or review on Apple Podcasts.
0:45.5	Every rating or review helps more people find the show, and it is greatly appreciated.
0:50.5	I'm recording this back home in London today, in quarantine, after a fantastic week with
0:55.9	the Tampere Philharmonic in Finland, and I'm really excited to have just found out yesterday
1:00.6	that I'm going to be going to Wales next week, just after my quarantine ends, of course,
1:05.2	for a concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
1:08.7	I said sometime a few months ago, or was it years, I can't really remember, that it's
1:14.0	going to be musical chairs for conductors for a while, and that is certainly the case
1:18.4	here as I'm jumping in for a conductor who couldn't get into the UK next week.
1:22.6	It's an exciting program featuring George Walker's Lyric for Strings, Hannah Kendall's
1:26.7	Verdala, Beethoven's second piano concerto, and Beethoven's fourth symphony.
1:31.6	This week, we're going to be talking all about Renaissance music in 60 minutes, which
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