Australian violist, Katie Yap, talks about Leoš Janáček’s String Quartet No. 2 ‘Intimate Letters’, the influence of Eastern European folk music on Janacek’s composing, and the supportive role of the violist and how this metaphor can help us be better humans.

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Katie’s pieces

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ilPPDYJ1WGGgEuffxiZbf?si=iEWFqBznSbiKtFJX-4dyug&pi=e-fHeHIxBOSFSY

Spotify playlist for main pieces https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo

Spotify playlist for final question pieces https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ

Other useful links:

Leoš Janáček https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%C5%A1_Jan%C3%A1%C4%8Dek

Viola d’amore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_d%27amore

Leoš Janáček’s opera, Cunning Little Vixen ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKkZqQYw5bk&t=1252s

Introduction video of viola d’amore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzmz8Raeqm8

Video of a hardanger fiddle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di1F8GUvEtg

Bulgarian Gadulka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dhWUcqaf_g

South Asian sitar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar

Support Katie:

Katie’s website: https://www.katieyap.com/

Katie’s YouTube channel: Katie Yap - viola https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWzLZvqChnlkzORwmR9_eWQ

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra https://www.brandenburg.com.au/our-story/meet-the-orchestra/

Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra https://www.arco.org.au/

The Muses’ Delight https://www.themusesdelight.com/concerts

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Happy 1 year Outside the MusicBox anniversary! Here is an update about what’s next for this podcast.

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Keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout talks about Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, obsessing over recordings as a teenager, and the dichotomy of Bach as both a total genius and also just a working guy.

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Kristian’s pieces

Spotify playlist for main pieces

Spotify playlist for final question pieces

Other useful links:

Johann Sebastian Bach

St. Matthew Passion background information

English translation of St. Matthew Passion text

Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church) in Leipzig, Germany, where St. Matthew Passion was premiered

History of St. Matthew Passion being performed in the Netherlands

John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner’s 1989 recording of St. Matthew Passion

Recitative

Aria

Arioso

Chorale

Viola da Gamba, or Viol/Gamba for short

Basso Continuo, or Continuo for short

A discussion on some problematic aspects of the Bach Passions

Support Kristian:

Kris Bezuidenhout’s website, where you can purchase CDs: http://kristianbezuidenhout.com/

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