Impolite to Listen: Classical Music Conversations

Chris Arkin & Sridhar Bhagavathula

Classical music taken out of the ivory tower and into the town square. Hosted by Chris Arkin (trumpet, piano) and Sridhar Bhagavathula (flute).

  1. 09/20/2022

    ITL#35: The Lenny Special

    Chris and Sridhar share some thoughts on YouTube Music before discussing the life, art, and legacy of Leonard Bernstein. Then, in true Lenny fashion, they (night)cap it off by naming some of their favorite Bernstein YouTube videos. Jump in! Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolite2listen Useful Links: YouTube Music - App Store Netherlands Bach Society Bernstein plays and conducts Rhapsody in Blue Bernstein - Ravel Piano Concerto Bernstein - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Young People's Concert: What is American Music? Young People's Concert: What Does Music Mean? Photos from the set of "Maestro" Isaac Stern - Fiddler on the Roof Alan Menken's Razzie winning song - High Times, Hard Times Jean Ferrandis Flutist - Official Archive Ferrandis rehearses Mozart with Leonard Bernstein Glenn Gould - Bach Keyboard Concerto in D Minor Gould - Brahms D Minor Piano Concerto (Bernstein's speech included) The Truth About a Legend - Leonard Bernstein on the Gould "scandal" Bernstein - Beethoven 9 at the fall of the Berlin Wall Bernstein - "Nimrod" from Elgar's Enigma Variations Triangle lessons with Bernstein Bernstein riffing with a tuba player Best of House Speaker John Bercow Sridhar's Picks: Bernstein documentary rehearsing Rite of Spring Bernstein discusses Beethoven's 6th and 7th symphonies Teachers and Teaching - An Autobiographic Essay by Leonard Bernstein Chris' Picks: Trumpet player disagrees with Bernstein in rehearsal Bernstein on Debussy's Faune - Part 1 Bernstein on Debussy's Faune - Part 2 The Making of West Side Story documentary

    1h 24m
  2. 04/13/2022

    ITL #32: From Kyiv With Love

    ITL is back with a 100% topical episode: after a quick review of the new West Side Story movie, Chris and Sridhar chat about the politics of music as it pertains to Putin's invasion of Ukraine. They discuss the cancellation of Russian music and musicians in wartime, music as propaganda, musicians who enable and benefit from Putin, and much more. Join the discussion: Tweet us @shreggz and @chris_arkin Episode clips on Instagram @impolitemedia Useful links: West Side Story 1961 Opening West Side Story 2021 Opening Neil Gaiman - A View from the Cheap Seats Ansel Elgort - Thief Erik Hoel - CGI did, in fact, ruin movies Subscribe to Erik Hoel's (free!) newsletter, The Intrinsic Perspective Borys Lyatoshynsky - Symphony no. 3 in B Minor, "Peace Will Defeat War" Borys Lyatoshynsky - wikipedia Alexander Malofeev - wikipedia NPR article on Malofeev's cancelled concerts Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 Malofeev plays Rachmaninoff: Lilacs Valery Gergiev - wikipedia Summary of Navalny's report on Gergiev's illegal activities Putin's War Conductor - Navalny's report in Russian on Gergiev Navalny singles out Gergiev for sanctions - Reuters Life in a Day - Valery Gergiev Gergiev checks the Chelsea score Anna Netrebko - wikipedia Alex Ross - Listening to Russian Music in Putin's Shadow Zachary Woolfe - Putin's Maestro, and the Limits of Cultural Exchange in Wartime Netrebko posing with flag of Novorossiya Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plays the piano Zelenskyy plays Hava Nagila

    1h 1m
4.8
out of 5
18 Ratings

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Classical music taken out of the ivory tower and into the town square. Hosted by Chris Arkin (trumpet, piano) and Sridhar Bhagavathula (flute).