A Musical Soliloquy: A Classical Music Podcast

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An expedition into the world of classical music, hosted by Steven Song. Episodes release weekly on Friday at 12pm EST.

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    Musical Timing - A Musical Soliloquy 20

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)Timestamps:0:00 Introduction and Overview0:48 What is Musical Time?6:22 Imagery in Musical Time9:00 Musical Motion11:00 Written in Time13:15 Big Ritardandos16:05 How to Use Time19:03 Timing as Speech22:24 Tempo Choice26:25 Bruckner 4 Colburn Orchestra Story32:06 Ysaye Timing36:28 Beethoven Sonata Tempos39:40 Pushing Violin Boundaries 41:53 Bartok Solo Violin Sonata43:29 Paul Hindemith44:30 Timing as an Emotion46:42 Music as a Live Performing Art Form49:32 Emerson Quartet Documentary52:52 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach58:40 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven

    1 tim 3 min

  2. 19 juni

    Showpieces - A Musical Soliloquy 19

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)Timestamps:0:00 Introduction and Overview1:00 What Makes Showpieces Dazzling3:00 What Makes a Showpiece6:10 Henryk Wieniawski7:07 Carmen Fantasy8:55 Niccolo Paganini9:55 Zigeunerweisen10:53 Wieniawski Scherzo Tarantella12:15 Paganini i Palpiti 14:42 Wieniawski Original Theme and Variations16:17 Waxman Carmen Fantasy 18:30 Ravel Tzigane20:38 “Showpiece” Playing27:03 “Virtuosic” Technique vs “Controlled” Technique33:35 Spontaneity in Emotion36:20 Practicing in the Extremes41:40 Playing Showpieces at a Young Age42:50 Jaime Laredo “Just Do It” Mentality44:13 Child Prodigy Life46:42 Purpose of Competitions51:02 Captivating an Audience58:37 Stand Up Comedians1:01:27 How to Find Your Voice1:08:30 Practice Tip of the Week - Steven1:13:25 Finding the Silver Lining1:15:07 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Zach1:19:17 German Language in Music

    1 tim 21 min

  3. 12 juni

    How to Choose a Private Teacher - A Musical Soliloquy 18

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Overview 1:07 Qualities of a Great Teacher 3:27 Schools We Applied to for Undergrad 9:24 Danielle Belen 10:52 New England Conservatory 12:06 Colburn Conservatory of Music 15:48 Curtis Institute of Music 19:45 Studio Culture 30:20 Learning from Other Students in the Studio 32:05 Three Qualities of Undergrad Teacher 40:26 Choosing Teacher as a Graduate Student 47:50 Where We Applied for Masters 52:00 Jaime Laredo 54:15 Pre-College Teachers 1:02:20 Finding Your First Teacher  1:06:00 Practice Tip of the Week - Steven 1:07:52 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Zach

    1 tim 13 min

  4. 5 juni

    Sheet Music vs iPad - A Musical Soliloquy 17

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Welcome 1:23 iPad Pros  5:40 Sheet Music Pros 7:58 M4 iPad Pro 10:49 Aaron Rosand Memory 13:20 iPad Page Turning Woes 19:49 Getting Distracted on iPad 25:45 Physical vs Digital Media 29:45 Markings in the Music 36:30 Sight Reading 38:42 Playing Piano 41:39 Piano Improvisation in Different Styles 46:22 Playing Sonatas from Memory 47:40 Glenn Gould Story 49:13 Writing on iPad 52:11 Magic Keyboard for iPad 53:53 Sheet Music as a Work of Art 57:00 Digital Screen Effect on Eyes 58:22 - Practice Tip of the Week - Zach 1:01:16 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven

    1 tim 5 min

  5. 29 maj

    Ilkhom Mukhiddinov - A Musical Soliloquy 16

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :)Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Ilkhom Musical Journey 13:00 Practicing in America 14:50 How We Met 27:00 Preparing Rite of Spring as Concertmaster 31:30 Practice Tip of the Week - Ilkhom 34:10 Life in Pittsburgh Symphony 43:00 Beta Blockers 48:10 Winning the Pittsburgh Symphony Audition 53:55 Manfred Honeck and Shostakovich 5 57:30 Soloing with Pittsburgh Symphony 58:45 Excerpt vs Solo Playing 1:05:13 Dreaming Big 1:11:32 Embracing Failures as a Part of Success 1:19:50 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Ilkhom

    1 tim 23 min

  6. 22 maj

    Strings - A Musical Soliloquy 15

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Overview 0:52 Current Strings 6:25 Evah Pirazzi Green vs Gold 8:37 Dynamo Strings 10:14 Larsen Il Canone Strings 12:50 Rondo Violin Strings 14:30 Peter Infeld Violin Strings 23:42 Dominant Pro  25:35 Vision Strings 26:45 Vision Titanium Solo vs Vision Solo 29:58 TI Strings 30:58 Dominant Strings 35:00 Gut Strings - Pirastro Oliv and Passione 46:02 Obligato Strings 47:30 Helicore Strings 48:27 Alphayue Strings 51:15 Lenzner Goldbrakat E String 55:36 Pirastro Gold E String 59:07 Maintaining Strings 1:01:18 When to Change Strings 1:03:19 Buying Strings 1:05:53 Practice Tip of the Week - Steven 1:08:00 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Zach

    1 tim 13 min

  7. 15 maj

    Mozart - A Musical Soliloquy 14

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Overview 0:43 What Makes Mozart So Hard 2:54 Intonation in Mozart 5:18 Articulation in Mozart 9:10 Mozart like an Orchestral Excerpt 11:05 String Crossings in Fast Passages 17:12 D String 20:23 Getting Tense in Mozart 23:34 Being Specific in Technique 33:20 Slow Movements in Mozart 40:00 Mozart 4 2nd Mvt Ending 42:38 Mozart as a Musical Genius 44:36 Leopold Mozart’s Treatise on Violin Playing 45:37 Wes Anderson and Mozart 50:23 Rules in Mozart 51:57 Joseph Haydn and Humour 55:25 Bela Bartok 58:14 Playing Mozart under Pressure 1:02:02 Sincerity in Mozart 1:04:10 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach 1:08:20 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven 1:11:27 Surprise Movie Recommendation - Zach

    1 tim 13 min

  8. 8 maj

    Bows - A Musical Soliloquy 13

    Hosted by Steven Song and Zachary Brandon :) Timestamps: 0:00 Intro and Welcome 0:55 Steven’s Bow Journey 5:15 Pierre Simon 13:00 Zach’s Bow Journey 17:00 Sartory and Voirin 20:42 Charles Peccatte 21:50 Tourte Bow Story 24:54 Dominique Peccatte 25:47 François Tourte 28:40 Persoit and Kittle 30:54 Francois Peccatte 31:55 Nicolas Maire 36:18 Buying a Bow 46:40 What Makes a Great Bow 48:40 Light vs Heavy Bows 55:50 Practice Tip of the Week - Zach 1:03:43 Recording Recommendation of the Week - Steven

    1 tim 21 min
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An expedition into the world of classical music, hosted by Steven Song. Episodes release weekly on Friday at 12pm EST.

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