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

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

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English violist Annette Isserlis talks about 17th-century music by Orlando Gibbons and Henry Purcell, starting out as a ballet dancer, and being swept up in the experience of collective music making.

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Annette’s pieces

Spotify playlist for main pieces

Spotify playlist for final question pieces

Other useful links:

The Viol

Orlando Gibbons

Plainchant

The “In Nomine” plainchant, which was used as the basis of pieces by many composers throughout history

Henry Purcell

False relations (blue notes)

Jean-Philippe Rameau

Rameau’s Les Boreades

Support Annette:

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s video platform, OAE Player

Annette’s podcast, Tea With Netty

English Baroque Soloists

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French soprano, Julie Roset, talks about Sigismondo d’India’s Infelice Didone and Jules Massenet’s Ah! Douce enfant, how singers’ voices change as they age, and what it’s like pretending to be a fairy.

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Julie’s pieces

Spotify playlist for main pieces

Spotify playlist for final question pieces

Other useful links:

Sigismondo d’India

Claudio Monteverdi

The story of Dido and Aeneas

Francesco Turrisi’s episode, where we talk about Dido’s Lament, by Henry Purcell

Recitativo vs aria

17th-century Spice Trade Routes with map showing the trading route via Sicily

Jules Massenet

Massenet’s opera, Cendrillon (Cinderella)

MET Opera, New York City

Support Julie:

Julie’s Facebook: @JulieRosetSoprano

Julie’s Instagram: @juthyana

Watch the livestream of Julie’s debut at the Opéra-Comique, Paris

Holland Baroque’s latest CD, Brabant 1653, in which Julie is featured

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Violinist Shaun Lee-Chen talks about Chausson’s Poeme, the original cycling hipsters, and old recordings.

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Shaun’s pieces

Spotify playlist for main pieces

Spotify playlist for final question pieces

Other useful links:

Ernest Chausson’s Poeme

Violinist, Eugene Ysaye

Maurice Ravel’s Tzigane

Violinist, Jascha Heifetz

For a deep dive nerd out on 19th-century ways of performing, you can check out Emma’s Masters thesis here: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/561381/563632

Support Shaun:

Shaun playing *viola* in a duet with Christian Li playing violin

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Shaun’s position as lecturer at the University of Western Australia

Shaun playing on the UWA Conservatorium of Music Youtube channel

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Bonus Christmas Special! Emma and Chloe answer more listener questions and wrap up 2020. Stay tuned for more fun times in 2021 Outside the MusicBox!

Rachael Beesley’s work on Flow http://www.rachaelbeesley.com/flow.html

Wonderbound contemporary dance company in Denver, Colorado https://www.wonderbound.com

How scales and keys work in music https://learningmusic.ableton.com/notes-and-scales/keys-and-scales.html

Key Characteristics table https://4c07335b-13d6-47c3-8533-90b0d4feca97.filesusr.com/ugd/bbfdbb_ec35d032a55b44e299fb83b49b349944.pdf

Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg, Germany https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/the-halls#laeiszhalle

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Composer and cellist Cris Derksen talks about Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, braiding her Cree and Mennonite ancestry, and how her dog might be a witch.

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Cris’s pieces

Spotify playlist for main pieces

Spotify playlist for final question pieces

Other useful links:

Modest Mussorgsky

Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain

Youtube video of the Night on Bald Mountain bit in the Disney Fantasia movie from 1940

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

What is a Powwow

Eybler String Quartet

Support Cris:

Cris’s website: https://www.crisderksen.com/

Facebook: @cris.derksen

Instagram: @cris_derksen

Cris Derksen on Spotify

Cris Derksen on Youtube

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