ITL #17: Kind of Baroque
Impolite to Listen: Classical Music Conversations
English - March 30, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBPerforming Arts Arts Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Chris and Sridhar discuss famous musical families, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and his father Johann Sebastian, the magnificence of the organ as an instrument, the affinities between Baroque and Jazz music, and a mysterious instrument conceived by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Useful Links:
Sridhar's New York Times Crossword
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - wikipedia
Johann Sebastian Bach - wikipedia
ITL #7: The Source Code (the Bach episode)
Gabrieli in St Mark's Basilica
Giovanni Gabrieli's Sonata XIII
The Making of Gabrieli - mini documentary with John Williams
Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Sideways - Why Pipe Organs Sound Scary
Some of Bach's technical specs and a menu from his organ consulting days
Bach - Organ Pedal Exercise BWV 598
Denis Bouriakov plays Bach Chaconne on flute
Karl Joseph Riepp - organ builder
Riepp's organ in Ottobeuren Abbey
Karl Richter plays Bach at Ottobeuren Abbey
Netherlands Bach Society - All of Bach Project
Netherlands Bach Society play Vivaldi's "Winter"
Bill Evans in conversation with his brother Harry
Miles Davis - Stella by Starlight
Ella Fitzgerald - Stella by Starlight
Lullaby of Birdland - Count Basie
Barthold Kuijken - Bach Partita for Flute
Chick Corea & Hubert Laws play Bach
MrVinylObsessive's video of So What by Miles Davis
The mysterious picture Sridhar sent to Chris
First performance on Leonardo da Vinci's viola organista
Walter Isaacson - Leonardo da Vinci biography (highly recommended by both of us!)