22.5 Bonus Ep: The Music of Bridgerton with Vanessa Hughes

We welcome expert choir nerd Vanessa Hughes to WWDDpod to discuss classical music and help to demystify the genre.

Features:
- An unwarranted attack on The Knight’s Tale
- What exactly is a string quartet?
- Smythe-Smiths, please?
- Searching for Maroon 5 lyrical value
- Flipping the bird to ‘the rules’
- Simon and Daphne’s theme
- Popular songs of the 19th century

We’ve put together a recommendation list (and playlist) of Vanessa's recommendations over at our website.

If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you and can’t wait to offer up some Danbury advice to help other romance characters on their rocky road to true love. 

Don’t forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your favourite podcast provider. Leaving a review reduces your chance of a bad hair day by 16.4%.

This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site. 

We welcome expert choir nerd Vanessa Hughes to WWDDpod to discuss classical music and help to demystify the genre.

Features:

An unwarranted attack on The Knight’s Tale

What exactly is a string quartet?

Smythe-Smiths, please?

Searching for Maroon 5 lyrical value

Flipping the bird to ‘the rules’

Simon and Daphne’s theme

Popular songs of the 19th century

Recommendation (find music in playlist below):

The Smythe-Smiths quartet

Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter

The Bach Cell Solo Recomposed by Peter Gregson

Australian up and comer, Belle Chen

Beethoven Symphony Number 5

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.21

Hadyn String Quartet No. 82

Shostakovich Waltz No. 2

Strange by Kris Bowers (based on Ravel)

Vitamin String Quartet

We’ve put together a playlist on YouTube of all the pieces recommended by Vanessa.

If you would like to send us a What Would Danbury Do, simply record a voice memo on your phone with the letter and send it to us at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you and can’t wait to offer up some Danbury advice to help other romance characters on their rocky road to true love. 

Don’t forget you can find us on twitter and facebook @bridgertonpod and instagram @wwddpod and join the conversation using the hashtag #WWDDpod. You can also leave us a rating or review on your favourite podcast provider. Leaving a review reduces your chance of a bad hair day by 16.4%.

This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.

What Would Danbury Do is a proud member of Frolic Media. You can find great romance content and other fantastic podcasts by visiting the Frolic site. 

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