Latest Basso Podcast Episodes
The Degenerates: Music Suppressed By The Nazis
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - November 17, 2022 08:33 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsThe center of Western Classical Music, ever since the time of Bach, has been modern-day Germany and Austria. You can trace a line from Bach, to Haydn to Mozart to Beethoven to Schubert to Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner, and finally to Mahler. But why does that line stop in 1911, the year of Mahle...
60 - Belonging in the Band Room (w Adam Mailman)
#EduCrush - November 14, 2022 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOn this episode of #Educrush we talk with Adam Mailman, a teacher, conductor, and musician who sees the potential for the music classroom to allow student to explore their limits. We explore some of the experiences and strategies that students undergo in the band room and how that can potentiall...
59 – The Psychology of Engagement, Agency and Learning (w Don Berg)
#EduCrush - November 07, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe field of psychology offers important perspectives on topics integral to education, especially engagement, agency and learning. Teacher, author, and psychologist Don Berg joins Natalie to unpack the concept of agentic engagement and to explain what joy has to do with equity and deeper learnin...
David Krauss, Principal Trumpet of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - November 03, 2022 08:49 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsDavid Krauss is the Principal Trumpet of the Met Opera orchestra, and in this conversation, we talked about his beginnings on the trumpet, the differences between playing in a symphonic orchestra vs. an opera orchestra, how to manage the vast distances between singers, the conductor, the orchest...
58 - Stories of Belonging
#EduCrush - October 31, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOn this episode of #EduCrush we are talking through the idea of belonging. Particularly in music class through out my years of school. I think that belonging can be a key component in student success, and this is the start of a series where we explore where that can come from and how we can lear...
Beethoven Op. 18 String Quartets, Part 2
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - October 27, 2022 05:42 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsNote: This episode will be a lot more enjoyable if you listen to Part 1 first! As we turn towards the final three quartets of the set, we’ll see a lot of the same characteristics of the first 3; a perfect classical era proportionality, strong influences from Haydn and Mozart, and that perfect ...
57 – Myths, Power and the Space to Dream (w Elizabeth Lesser)
#EduCrush - October 24, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPower is neutral, but how we use it determines whether it is positive or negative. The old story of power tells of dominance and control and sees it as a finite resource that must be hoarded. But, how might we rewrite the story of power to include more feminine values? Elizabeth Lesser is the au...
Beethoven Op. 18 String Quartets, Part 1
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - October 20, 2022 08:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsIn 1798, Beethoven, all of 28 years old, was about to begin a project that would take him to the last days of his life, a project that would result in some of the most far-reaching, most cosmic, most life-affirming, most dramatic, and simply put, some of the greatest music he, or anyone else, ev...
56 - Curiosity
#EduCrush - October 17, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThis week on #Educrush we are exploring the idea of questions! What does the best day at school look like? Kids are known for their ability to dream BIG right? Do the systems of schools nurture this natural inquisitiveness or is there something that we’re doing that stifles that in the class...
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - October 13, 2022 05:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsIn almost every one of the past shows I’ve done about Shostakovich, the name Joseph Stalin is mentioned almost as much as the name Dmitri Shostakovich, and of course, there’s a good reason for that. Shostakovich’s life and music was inextricably linked to the Soviet dictator, and Shostakovich, l...
55 – My Assessment Story: the rise of Natalie the grade grubber
#EduCrush - October 10, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBrene Brown says, "When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own them, we can write a brave new ending." Natalie's work in assessment, in many ways, has been her way of writing a "brave new ending" to her own experiences in school. In this episode, she comes to you solo to share how she ...
10 Pieces You've (Probably) Never Heard, But Need to Listen To!
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - October 06, 2022 10:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsEveryone knows Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Even if United Airlines hadn’t made the piece ubiquitous, it seems like the one piece of classical music almost everyone knows besides the beginning of Beethoven’s 5th symphony is Rhapsody in Blue. But did you know that Gershwin wrote a second rhapso...
54 - The Story of Teachers' First Day
#EduCrush - October 03, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOn this week’s episode of #Educrush we continue to work through the essential question “How can we rehumanize education through story?”. We talk to various teachers about their experiences with the first day of school and reflect on the idea that teachers are students too. Alex on Twitter: @Mr...
Ives, "Three Places in New England"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - September 29, 2022 11:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsIn 1929, the conductor Nicolas Slonimsky contacted the American composer Charles Ives about performing one of his works. This was a bit of a surprise for Ives, since he had a checkered reputation among musicians and audience members, if they even were familiar with his name at all. In fact, he w...
53 – Reality Check on the "Real World" (w Dr. David Finch)
#EduCrush - September 26, 2022 06:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFor too long, the “real world” has been a mythical place that only exists in schools when teachers are trying to make students do things they don’t want to do. Stories of the real world create a culture of compliance. It begs the question… what’s it really like in the world of work beyond school...
Louise Farrenc Symphony No. 3
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - September 22, 2022 06:47 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsIn the mid 19th century, the way to make yourself famous in France as a composer was to write operas. From Cherubini, to Meyerbeer, to Bizet, to Berlioz, to Gounod, to Massenet, to Offenbach, to Saint Saens, to foreign composers who wrote specifically for the Paris Opera like Rossini, Verdi and ...
52 - The Stories of Parents and School
#EduCrush - September 19, 2022 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOn this Episode, we continue our look into how people feel about the first day of school. At least we tried, but in the process of spending time interviewing Parents, our theme for the episode shifted. This episode is simply about the stories of parents and School. You will hear from two parents...
Saint-Saens, The Carnival Of The Animals
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - September 15, 2022 05:21 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsIn 1922 a review appeared in the French newspaper Le Figaro: “We cannot describe the cries of admiring joy let loose by an enthusiastic public. In the immense oeuvre of Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals is certainly one of his magnificent masterpieces. From the first note to the l...
51 – Ungrading in a High School STEM Classroom (w Chris Sarkonak)
#EduCrush - September 12, 2022 06:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOne of the most persistent narratives of the school system is that it’s a place where students do work in exchange for grades. However, what would school look like if grades didn’t exist? Chris Sarkonak is one of many teachers involved in the grassroots movement called “ungrading” to move school...
Brahms Symphony No. 4
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - September 08, 2022 14:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsWelcome to Season 9 of Sticky Notes! We're starting with a bang this season with Brahms' incomparable 4th symphony. This symphony takes the listener on a journey that unexpectedly ends in a legendarily dramatic and stormy way. What would compel a composer like Brahms to write an ending like this...
50 – The First Day of School From Students
#EduCrush - September 05, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsDuring this season, we’re looking at the role story has to play in how we see and interact with education. There are many people and perspectives needed for us to answer this question. Today you are going to hear from students, some at the very beginning of school life, some at the end and some ...
49 – The SECRET to rehumanizing education...
#EduCrush - August 29, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWelcome to season 3 of #EduCrush! As a primer for the season, we are talking about the secret to “rehumanizing” education. It is something that we ALL do naturally, yet don’t understand very well. Learn what this powerful tool is and how it helps to elevate our consciousness, build empathy, and ...
Season 3 Trailer
#EduCrush - August 24, 2022 20:12 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWe're back, baby! This season, we're trying something new and organizing our episodes around a central theme: story. Join us as we release new episodes every Monday to explore the essential question, "How might we rehumanize education through story?" Follow Natalie: Twitter | Instagram Foll...
Mozart, The Music, The Myth, The Legend, w/ Jan Swafford
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - August 04, 2022 07:30 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings"I think Mozart just really loved people." - Jan Swafford. For the Season 8 Finale, I had the great pleasure of welcoming back Jan Swafford, the great writer on music, who has written a spectacular new biography of Mozart. In this conversation, we talked about who Mozart really was as a person...
The Life and Music of George Gershwin
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - July 28, 2022 05:26 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsGeorge Gershwin’s story is like the story of so many American immigrants. His mother and father, Moishe and Rose Gershowitz, were Russian Jews who came to New York City in the 1890s looking for a better life and to escape persecution at home. Soon they became the Gershwines, and in 1898, Jacob...
Haydn Symphony No. 94, "Surprise"
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - July 21, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsIf you want to understand how a symphony works, look no further than the works of the Father of the symphony, Joseph Haydn. In 1790, a concert promoter and impresario named Johann Peter Solomon showed up un-announced at the Vienna home of the great composer Joseph Haydn. He immediately told H...
Derrick Skye: "Prisms, Cycles, and Leaps" w/ Derrick Skye
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - July 14, 2022 07:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsDerrick Skye is one of the most creative, innovative, and brilliant composers of our time. His orchestral work, Prisms, Cycles, and Leaps is a musical thrill ride spanning influences from literally all over the world, from West African Music, Balkan Folk Music, Hindustani Classical Music, all th...
The Music of Olivier Messiaen
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - July 07, 2022 06:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsThere is one composer who I’ve never devoted a full show to that fills me with the same devotion and ecstasy as the people who claim that Wagner almost immediately dissolves them into tears. His music is widely played, but it has never been totally embraced by the wider classical music audience....
Season 2 reflection (...and a season 3 REVEAL!)
#EduCrush - July 04, 2022 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIn the final episode of season 2, Nat and Alex come together to look back on the highs, lows, and learnings from the past year and reveal the season 3 theme. #conceptbasedpodcasting Show Notes: Checking-in on our rose/thorn moments this past school year. (1:20) The unanticipated benefits of...
Dvorak Symphony No. 8
Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast - June 30, 2022 05:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratingsBucolic. Sunny. Cheerful. Joyous. Folksy. Ebullient. Thrilling. These are all words that I found while researching Dvorak’s 8th symphony. Dvorak’s gift for writing the most gorgeous of melodies is on full display in his 8th symphony, a piece that has been charming listeners ever since its very f...