That Classical Podcast

HOLD YOUR HORSES PAL - A SECOND EPISODE ON MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS. I'll tell you why: because we think modern classical music is tickety-boo that's why. This episode we explore some more classical bangers from the last century, and frankly we think you're gonna love it. Enjoy! Music Featured In This Episode: "Overture Candide" - Leonard Bernstein "Different Trains - America Before the War [movement 1]" - Steve Reich "The Lamb" - John Tavener "Finding the Pattern" - Jessica Curry ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BEHOLD: ANCIENT FINNISH TINDER DATES, BEAUTIFUL SAWMILLS, WW2 EXTRAMARITAL CANOODLING AND THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF THE VILLAGE BICYCLE. All this and more awaits your lovely ears in this episode of That Classical Podcast. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Pohjola's Daughter" - Jean Sibelius "Andante Festivo" - Jean Sibelius "Symphony No. 6 in E Minor: 1. Allegro" - Ralph Vaughan Williams "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" - Ralph Vaughan Williams ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IF IT'S NOT BAROQUE DON'T FIX IT AMIRITE?! I'll leave. In this episode we shoot the Baroque breeze and tell you all about this trill-riddled, artsy-fartsy, misshapen pearl type period of music time. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Che si può fare" - Barbara Strozzi "Suite for Solo Cello No.1 in G, BWV 1007: 1. Prélude" - J.S. Bach "Sonata in G Minor for the Violin and Continuo, "The Devil's Trill": 3. Andante-Allegro" - Giuseppe Tartini "Messiah HWV 56 / Pt. 2: Behold the Lamb of God" - George Frideric Handel ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WHEN I SAY THE WORDS "MIGHTY HANDFUL", WHAT EXACTLY COMES TO MIND? ACTUALLY ON SECOND THOUGHT PLEASE DON'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. To summarise, today we're talking about two prominent members of that mightiest of handfuls - Alexander Borodin and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov! Gird your loins for 60-second biographies, poorly summarised operas and puberty in a barrel at sea. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Prince Igor: Act II: Polovtsian Dances" - Alexander Borodin "String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Nocturne" - Alexander Borodin "Scheherazade, Op. 35: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov "Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee" - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DID YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WOMEN ALSO WRITE MUSIC AND IT'S EXCELLENT? WELL OK THEN THAT'S GREAT I WAS JUST CHECKING DON'T GIVE ME YOUR SASS. This episode we talk about the female of the species writing some absolute classical bangers over the past 1000 years. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Ancient Suite" - Hildegarde von Bingen "Piano Sonata in G Minor: IV. Finale: Presto-Allegro moderato e con espressione" - Fanny Mendelsohhn "String Quartet: I. Modere" - Germaine Tailleferre "Garden Secret I" - Kaija Saariaho ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"CONCERTO? I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR WORD GAMES" is what some people might exclaim when they hear the word "concerto" because a) they don't have time for your word games and b) what actually IS a concerto? Well this episode we finally solve that great concerto-ey mystery - Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "Concerto for Lute, 2 Violins and Continuo in D, RV.93: 3. Allegro" - Antonio Vivaldi "Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op.47: 1. Allegro moderato" - Jean Sibelius "Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op.16: 1. Allego molto moderato" - Edvard Grieg "Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major, Op.26: 1. Andante-allegro" - Sergei Prokofiev ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"IT'S NOT QUITE WIZZARD BUT IT'S ARGUABLY BETTER THAN WIZZARD" is what you're definitely gonna say after listening to this special festive episode of That Classical Podcast! Please enjoy our xmas offerings, and we'll catch you all in 2017. MEZZA CRIMBO EVERYBODY! Music Featured in this episode: "March" from The Nutcracker - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Lully, Lulla, Lullay" - Philip Stopford "O Magnum Mysterium" - Morten Lauridsen "In Terra Pax: Original Version - A Frosty Christmas Eve" - Gerald Finzi ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

SINGING IS, AS THEY SAY IN OLD COUNTRY, "THE NUTS". At least we think it is. That's why this episode we're talking all about choral music and all that not jazz. We also discuss brothels, breasts and Michael Caine. Enjoy! A special thank you to our friend Michael for helping us with the intro and stings this episode - THNKS. Music Featured in this episode: "Spem in Alium" - Thomas Tallis "Just (After Song of Songs)" - David Lang "Crucifixus" - Antonio Lotti "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal" - Paul Mealor ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EPISODE 8 RHYMES WITH ONLY ONE THING: "IT'S TIME TO DO PIANO THINGS ABOUT THE... THE PIANO AND THE KEYS WITH THE DOOT DOOT AND PIANO TIME" Yes folks you heard me right, it's time to unveil the secrets of that ebony and ivory goddess, the pianee. Come with us on a journey through time and space but mainly time. ENJOY! Music featured in this episode: "Goldberg Variations" - Johann Sebastian Bach "Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major: I. Vivace" - Joseph Haydn "Ballade No. 1 in G Minor" - Frederic Chopin "Rhapsody in Blue" - George Gershwin ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"NEEDS MORE GOBLIN." If you've ever thought this about anything at all, then number 7 is the episode for you. We've got goblin grots, STDs, water bucket deafness and more! You are welcome. Music featured in this episode: "Ave Maria" - Franz Schubert "Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759: Allegro moderato" - Franz Schubert "Symphony No. 5 in C minor: Allegro con brio" - Ludwig van Beethoven "Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor (Moonlight Sonata)" - Ludwig van Beethoven ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

OPERA. DO YOU HATE IT? WELL THEN. Yay or nay it matters not - this is the episode for you. Kelly tries to convince Chris that opera is DA BOMB - does she succeed? Have a listen. Music featured in this episode: "Tu se' morta" from "L'Orfeo" - Claudio Monteverdi "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" from "Die Zauberflöte" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Dido's Lament: When I am Laid in Earth" from "Dido and Aeneas" - Henry Purcell ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"MODERN?! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE." is what some people might say when other people start talking about modern classical music. But we shan't leave your house we're going to stand here and chat to you about it and hopefully make you laugh or maybe make you spill your drink maybe both. Enjoy! Music featured in this episode: "Five Hebrew Love Songs - Éyze shéleg!" - Eric Whitacre "Harmonielehre: Part I" - John Adams "Tabula Rasa: I. Ludus" - Arvo Pärt "Comptine d`un autre été: l'apres-midi" - Yann Tiersen ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

YES THAT'S RIGHT we have RETURNED with another darntootlingly informative episode of That Classical Podcast. The 60-second bios are back with a vengeance, and this time it's all about Russians and also about sensual frappuccinos and asparagus. More on that later. Enjoy! Music featured in this episode: "String Sextet in D Minor Op. 70: Souvenirs de Florence" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a: Arabian Dance (Coffee)" Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Variations)" - Sergei Rachmaninoff "Vespers op.37/5: Nyne Otpushchaeshi" - Sergei Rachmaninoff ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

OMG THE CELLO SAY WHUTTTTTTTTT This week we explore all things 'cello, including some old tunes, some new tunes, and some rogue tunes. Oh yeah and some German rap. Music featured in this episode: "Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107: Allegretto" - Dmitri Shostakovich "Julie-o" - Mark Summer "Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: Adagio-Moderato" - Edward Elgar "Shadow of Doubt" - Yoko Kanno ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode two HOT OFF THE PODCAST PRESS. Featuring the life and times of Stravinsky and Debussy in 60 seconds or less (or more) and a song which is legitimately about a man with a bag of fleas. ENJOY! Music featured in this episode: "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy "Chansons de Bilitis" by Claude Debussy "Four Russian Peasant Songs" by Igor Stravinsky "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.***Not enough TCP? Go here to find out more... Here's where you can hear all the music from all the episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HxdsK2pKwY2Dt44nvSojlOur Patreon for those who want more TCP: https://www.patreon.com/ThatClassicalPodcastWebsite: https://www.thatclassicalpodcast.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatclassicalInstagram: https://www.inst

Welcome to the first episode of That Classical Podcast! Do you like classical music? Then COME ON DOWN. Do you not like classical music? THEN COME ON EVEN MORE DOWN. This episode we talk about why we think classical music is great, and why we really want you to think the same. Music featured in this episode: "The Lark Ascending" by Ralph Vaughan Williams "Alborada del Gracioso" ("Morning Song of the Jester") from the Miroirs Suite by Maurice Ravel "Erbame Dich" from the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach "Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.***Not enough TCP? Go here to find out more... Here's where you can hear all the music from all the episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HxdsK2pKwY2Dt44nvSojlOur Patreon for tho