The Overtures of Beethoven
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Never fear everyone, the podcasts are still coming during this crazy time! This week I'll take you through 7 of Beethoven's greatest overtures, pieces that distill Beethoven's storytelling abilities, compositional mastery, and blazing fire all down into just a few minutes. We'll also get a chance to explore Beethoven's creative process, and the development of the Overture itself. Come check out the Coriolan, Egmont, and Leonore Overtures 1, 2, AND 3 plus the overtures to Fidelio and Prometheus. Stay safe!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and I'm a |
| 0:02.0 | a musical music podcast. |
| 0:08.0 | 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 director of the |
| 0:14.6 | Lozan Chamber Orchestra in Lozan Switzerland. This podcast is for anyone who loves classical |
| 0:19.8 | music, works in the field, or is just getting ready to to dive into this amazing world of incredible music. |
| 0:25.0 | Before we get started, I want to thank my new Patreon sponsors Anna and all of my other |
| 0:30.8 | Patreon sponsors for making season six possible. |
| 0:34.0 | If you'd like to support the show, please head over to patreon.com |
| 0:37.2 | slash sticky notes podcast. |
| 0:39.2 | And if you're a fan of the show, please, just take a moment to leave us a |
| 0:41.7 | rating or review on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:44.0 | It really helps more people find the show and gain more visibility. |
| 0:49.0 | And this is usually the part of the show where I talk about what I'm doing this week, where I'm conducting, what I'm studying. |
| 0:54.7 | Obviously none of that's really going on at the moment. |
| 0:57.8 | I'm supposed to be in Bremen, Germany with the Deutsche Kermere for Lamoni Bremen. |
| 1:02.1 | We were supposed to have a concert tonight tomorrow, last |
| 1:04.1 | Saturday. Also to do a recording. All of that has been canceled and postponed. I |
| 1:09.8 | also was supposed to be doing a concert in a couple of weeks in Ireland which has been cancelled. |
| 1:14.8 | And I just wanted to use this time then to tell you, in case you're not aware that most musicians |
| 1:21.4 | are freelancers. |
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