That Classical Podcast

DING DONG MERRILY ON HI THERE WE HAVE A NEW EPISODE AND IT IS CHRISTMAS-TASTIC. Grab a mince pie and any beverage that may or may not be mulled and join us for our annual round-up of classical xmas tidbits, featuring a chord that lasts for 6 days, a song about burgers, and a carol that has nothing to do with Christmas. Enjoy!STAY TUNED FOR XMAS OUTTAKES AT THE END!Music Featured in this Episode:"Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Pt. 1 - For The First day of Christmas: No. 1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket" - J.S. Bach"L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - Arr. Chris Hazell: L'Adieu des bergers" - Hector Berlioz"Fantasia On Christmas Carols" - Ralph Vaughan Williams"A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28: Spring Carol" - Benjamin Britten See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE CLASSICAL MUSIC INFINITELY BETTER? MIKHAIL GORBACHEV." We know you've been thinking this for ages and quite frankly we agree with you. In this marvellous new episode of That Classical Podcast, we head back over to Mother Russia to discuss things like bus stop graves, weirdly tonk chicken legs and, naturally, Gorbachev's foray into classical music. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Pictures At An Exhibition: Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)" - Modest Mussorgksy"Boris Godounov / Act 4: Odnazhdy, v vecherniy chas" - Modest Mussorgsky"Peter and the Wolf Opus 67" - Sergei Prokofiev"Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major, Op.26: 1. Andante-allegro" - Sergei Prokofiev ***Follow us on Facebook, 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.

WEENIE BASSOONIST, WEENIE BASSOONIST, WHEREFORE ART THOU WEENIE BASSOONIST? If thou dost want to know more, verily direct your earholes to this ginormously informative new episode of That Classical Podcast! We'll be discussing why you really shouldn't marry your 16 year old maid, why the recorder should be your new favourite instrument, and why Chris is deeply in love with J.S. Bach. Enjoy and STAY TUNED FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END OF THE EPISODE!Music Featured in this Episode:"Concerto for Treble Recorder, Strings and Continuo in C: 4. Tempo di Minuet" - Georg Philipp Telemann"Tafelmusik - Banquet Music in 3 Parts / Production 1 - 4. Trio in E Flat Major, TWV 53:A2L 4. Allegro" - Georg Philipp Telemann"Partita for Violin Solo No.2 in D minor, BW 1004: 5. Ciaccona" - Johann Sebastian Bach"Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565: Fugue" - Johann Sebastian Bach***Follow us on Facebook, 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.

A WILD NEW EPISODE APPEARED! YOU USED "LISTEN IMMEDIATELY". IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!!! Open up that classical music pokédex please because this time we chat about sexy-emo-goth Paganini catchin' them all (N.B. by "them" we mean a melange of diseases), and discuss the life and works of a man people literally referred to as "Mr Get-Louder". Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"24 Caprices pour violin Op.1: Caprice No. 24" - Niccolò Paganini"Violin Concerto No.4 in D Minor: 2. Adagio flebile con sentimento" - Niccolò Paganini"Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: Largo al factotum" - Giaochino Rossini"Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti" - Giaochino Rossini***Follow us on Facebook, 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.

WHO IS GARY WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHERE AM I? All will be revealed in this bombastic episode of That Classical Podcast, in which we talk poetry, peace pipes, epic corn, weird friends who tell you to get on a boat and leave them alone and, of course, Johnny Depp. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Hiawatha / Hiawatha's Wedding Feast: And when all the guests had finished" - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor"Symphonic Variations on an African Air, Op. 63" - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor"Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: 'To those who pass the borough'" - Benjamin Britten"War Requiem, Op. 66 /Libera me: 'Let Us Sleep Now... In Paradisum - Benjamin Britten***Follow us on Facebook, 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.

I MEAN FOR THE LOVE OF CTHULHU WHAT EVEN IS A SYMPHONY?! Yeah fair play m8, we haven't actually explained it yet and we've been going on about it for YONKS. Well dear listeney friends, this episode we explain the living daylights out of what a symphony actually is, so you can put that in your proverbial pipe and proverbially smoke it responsibly. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto" - Gustav Mahler"Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op 47: 1. Moderato" - Dmitri Shostakovich"Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op 32: I. Assez vif et rythmé" - George Enescu"Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral": 4. Presto - Allegro ma non Troppo - Ludvig van Beethoven***Follow us on Facebook, 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 YOU'VE EVER WONDERED HOW A PIZZA CAN BE MADE INTO MUSIC, TODAY'S YOUR LUCKY DAY. Come one, come all, it's time for another dive into the twiddly Baroque waters to find more misshapen weird pearls to give to our friends we don't like. This episode we lament castrati, discuss luxury orphanages, and Kelly finally tells a joke she's been saving since May 2016. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Abdelazer, Z.570: Rondeau" - Henry Purcell"The Fairy Queen / Act 2: One Charming Night" - Henry Purcell"Concerto for Violin and Strings in F Minor, Op 8 No.4 RV.297 "L'inverno": 1. Allegro non molto " - Antonio Vivaldi"L'Olimpiade, Act II. Scene V: Aria: Siam navi all'onde algenti" - Antonio Vivaldi***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.

WOULD YOU MARRY A GOBLIN? FRANKLY OUR ADVICE IS TO STAY AWAY. For more top tips, why not listen to our brand spanking new episode, in which we discuss pigeons, wedding guests made of seafood and absolutely rubbish practical jokes. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "The Water Goblin, Op. 107" - Antonín Dvořák "Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: 1. Allegro " - Antonín Dvořák "Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90: 1. Allegro con brio" - Johannes Brahms "Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor" - Johannes Brahms ***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.

DOWN YOUR TOOLS. STOP THE PRESSES. CEASE PETTING THAT DOG. YES, IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT MOZART. AND HAYDN. We are ginormously excited to bring you this episode, featuring jokes about butts (all courtesy of Wolfgang) and tales of menstruation (that one's on Joseph. Literally!) Enjoyyyyy Music Featured in this Episode: "Requiem in D Minor, K.626: 3. Sequentia - Confutatis" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Sonata for 2 Pianos in D, K448: 1. Allegro con spirito" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Symphony in D, H.I No.6 - "Le Matin" 1: Adagio-Allegro" - Joseph Haydn "Die Shöpfung Hob.XXI:2/Part 1: Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" - Joseph Haydn ***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.

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.