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Classical Classroom

Summary: There’s a rumor going around that classical music is hoity toity. At Classical Classroom, we beg to differ. Come learn with classical music newbie Dacia Clay and the music experts she invites into the Classical Classroom.

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 Classical Classroom, Episode 27: The Miseducation of Dacia Clay – midterm exam! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 40:17

Audio production by Todd "Totes" Hulslander with late night cramming and pizza consumption by Dacia Clay.  

 Classical Classroom, Episode 26: Ragging on Chopin with Richard Dowling | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37:07

Audio production by Todd "Toddry" Hulslander with sarcastic slow claps of approval from Dacia Clay. Music in this episode includes live performances by Richard Dowling of: Frederic Chopin, Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2 Ethan Uslan, Chopin's Knocked Urn Frederic Chopin, "Revolutionary" Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12 Joseph Lamb, Ragtime Nightingale Claude Debussy, Golliwogg's Cakewalk (not performed by Mr. Dowling)

 Classical Classroom, Episode 25(!): Leonard Bernstein, Glenn Gould, Aaron Copland, and Igor Stravinsky – a creepy roundtable | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:04

Audio production by Todd "TODD!!!" Hulslander with terrifyingly good assistance from Dacia Clay. Music  in this episode includes: - Igor Stravinsky, the Rite of Spring (opening sections) - Purity Ring's "Fineshrine" from the album, Shrines - Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 4: Fly to Paradise    

 Classical Classroom, Episode 24: You do what for a living?! Chamber music with WindSync wind quintet | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:03

Audio production by Todd "Ermahgerd" Hulslander with "help" from Dacia Clay. Music in this episode includes performances by WindSync!: - Leonard Bernstein (arr. WindSync), Overture to Candide - Astor Piazzolla (arr. WindSync), Histoire du Tango Cafe 1930 - Gallo Ciego (w/ Hector Del Curto on bandoneon)

 Classical Classroom Research Presentation: The mysterious mystery of Mozart’s death | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 7:02

Music used in this episode includes: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's... La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 Requiem Mass in D minor K. 626 Introitus: Requiem aeternam Sequentia: Lacrimosa dies illa Communio: Lux aeterna For more information about the Mozart Festival radio series, go to www.themozartfestival.org. Classical 91.7 will be broadcasting the series throughout the month of October. For more information about our broadcast, go to www.classical917.org! Resources: "After Mozart’s Death, an Endless Coda" New York Times... Read More

 Classical Classroom, Episode 23: Bach’s materials – the world inside an Invention with Kurt Stallmann | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 30:09

Audio production by Todd "Birthday Boy" Hulslander, with happy claps of approval by Dacia Clay. Music in this episode includes: - Johann Sebastian Bach, Invention No. 1 in C Major (from his Inventions and Sinfonias BWV 772–801, aka the Two- and Three-Part Inventions), played by Kurt Stallmann. - Recording of same piece by Glen Gould:

 Classical Classroom, Episode 22: Classical music is hilarious! With Ira J. Black | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 32:13

Audio production by Todd "Tootsie" Hulslander with reassuring winks and nods from Dacia Clay. Music in this episode includes: - Haydn's "Surprise Symphony"

 Classical Classroom, Episode 21: Joel Luks on the fierce and foxy flute | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 38:23

Audio production by Todd "Big Head Todd" Hulslander with positive affirmations by Dacia Clay. Warning: This episode contains a few naughty words. Music used in this episode includes: Georges Bizet, Carmen: Entr'acte, Act III - Intermezzo (1875) Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot", from Ill Communication (1994) Niccolò Paganini, 24 Caprices - No. 5 in A minor, Bonita Boyd flutist Andre Jolivet: Chant de Linos (1944) - Emmanuel Pahud from French Flute Music George Crumb - Vox... Read More

 Classical Classroom, Episode 20: Pt 2 of 2! Nixon in China & John Adams & minimalist opera (oh my!) with Michael Remson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 28:37

Audio production by Todd "the Toddler" Hulslander, with management oversight by Mr. Torey Malatia. JK! It was Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: - John Adams, Nixon in China, Act 1. Libretto by Alice Goodman, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Edo De Waart conducting. Nonesuch 79177.

 Classical Classroom, Episode 19: Pt 1 of 2! Nixon in China & John Adams & minimalist opera (oh my!) with Michael Remson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:39

Audio production by Todd "Hot Toddy" Hulslander with snarky but - let's face it - spot-on suggestions from Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: - John Adams, Nixon in China, Act 1. Libretto by Alice Goodman, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Edo De Waart conducting. Nonesuch 79177. Click here to hear all of Act 1!

 Classical Classroom, Episode 18: Why the clarinet is cat-like, & other fascinating clarinet facts with Alexandra Doyle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:18

Audio production by Todd "Toddly Winks" Hulslander with paroxysms of approval from Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: - Hector Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14: V. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat - Sergei Prokofiev, Peter and the Wolf, Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy, narrated by Davide Bowie, RCA - Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, 1st mvmt., Larry Combs, Orchestral Excerpts for Clarinet - Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E minor, 1st mvmt.... Read More

 Classical Classroom Research Presentation: Censored Classical Music – the most dangerous music in the world! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:15

Written, produced, and viciously redacted by Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: - Gregorian chant by Hildegard von Bingen - Claude Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune - Alessandro Scarlatti, La Giuditta - George Gershwin, "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess - Dmitri Shostakovich, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk - Sergei Prokofiev, New Year's Eve Ball Waltz, from the opera War and Peace - Richard Wagner, "Die Walküre" - Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5... Read More

 Classical Classroom, Episode 17: Daniel Webbon on the surprising history of the REEEEMIX!! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:54

Audio production by Todd "Sir Toddeus of Toddleton" Hulslander with serving suggestions by Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes: - Aerosmith and RUN-DMC  “Walk This Way” (with an appearance by Missy Elliott) - Dies Irae:  Gregorian Chant from the 13th century - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman", K. 265/300e - Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D major - Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8 in C minor (Op.... Read More

 Classical Classroom, Episode 16: From Schubert to Gaga, the Unfinished Symphony with Jade Simmons | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:05

Audio production by Todd "ToHu" Hulslander with knowing winks of encouragement from Dacia Clay. Music from this episode includes: - Schubert, Symphony, No. 8 in B minor D.759, aka the "Unfinished Symphony"

 Classical Classroom, Episode 15: Keith Weber on Agee’s existential crisis in Knoxville w/ Samuel Barber, & Eleanor Steber | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:48

Audio production by Todd "Todd Almighty" Hulslander with spiritual guidance from Dacia Clay. Music used in this episode includes:        

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