Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde w/Case Scaglione
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast
Joshua Weilerstein
4.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This is a continuation of my new series where I learn about a new piece from a great friend/musician. This week I'm thrilled to welcome Case Scaglione, the Music Director of the Orchestre National D'Ile de France, for a discussion of the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. This is one of the most beloved pieces in the entire repertoire, and my longtime skepticism of Wagner has always kept me away. But Case has such a beautiful way of talking about Wagner that I might very well be convinced to give it another shot! This is a really fun and also philosophical episode - I hope you enjoy it!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Sticky Notes, the Classical Music Podcast. |
| 0:09.8 | My name is Joshua Weilerstein. I'm a conductor, and I'm the music director of the Orchestra |
| 0:13.5 | National Delisle, and the chief conductor of the All Borg Symphony. |
| 0:17.0 | 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 incredible music. |
| 0:25.6 | Before we get started, I want to thank all of my new Patreon sponsors. |
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| 0:49.8 | For all of their support, and all of my Patreon sponsors for making Season 11 possible. |
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| 1:09.3 | So as you can tell, there are a lot of new Patreon subscribers this week, |
| 1:13.2 | and that is because over on my Facebook page, I announced this, but I haven't announced it on |
| 1:18.0 | the actual show yet. I am starting a new Patreon exclusive series, a mini-series, on |
| 1:24.5 | Schubert's DeShunnamillerin, the incredible song cycle. |
| 1:29.0 | Every week, I'll go through one of the 21 songs in the cycle. |
| 1:34.1 | So it's going to be a series that's going to last about six months. |
| 1:38.3 | So I'm really excited to get that started. |
| 1:40.2 | I think the first episode will go up next week. |
| 1:43.1 | So head over to patreon.com slash sticky |
| 1:45.7 | notes podcast to learn a little bit more about that. I also wanted to welcome any new listeners |
| 1:51.0 | because it was a big surprise, a fantastic surprise, to find my podcast featured in the New York |
| 1:57.5 | Times last week, about six classical music podcasts. I was in some |
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