Ethercast is the companion podcast to Ether Game, a weekly music trivia show produced by WFIU Public Radio in Bloomington, Indiana. On each episode of Ethercast, host Christopher Burrus explores big questions in the world of classical music.
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Join the Ether Game Brain Trust for a look back at our favorite podcast moments in 2019
In celebration of the Christmas spirit, the Ether Game Brain Trust looks back at our Hygge themed Ether Game and presents an extra round of quizzing!
Join the Ether Game Brain Trust in exploring the history of improvisation in classical music and its departure from the tradition.
Find out how the theme of Camille Saint-Saëns' 3rd Symphony endured for a century
This week the Brain Trust picks 5 epic duels in classical music
What piece is the top dog in classical music? We try to figure it out on this week's Ethercast
The Ether Game Brain Trust concludes its first exploration on concert etiquette
This week on Ethercast, the Ether Game Brain Trust continues its exploration of concert etiquette with a listen to the Mannheim steamroller and the Mannheim rocket!
This week on Ethercast, we delve into the murky origins of concert etiquette.
On this week's Ethercast, we explore Debussy's Clair de Lune, and question why the piece is so popular,
The Ether Game Brain Trust pays tribute to one of Europe’s most musical churches
An iconic sound of the 1980s finds its origin in the 1780s
On Ethercast this week, join the Ether Game Brain Trust to debunk a centuries-old urban legend about the composer Giovanni Palestrina
This week on Ethercast, we discover how the mechanically-minded Josef Haydn composed the earliest "recordings" of classical music
The companion classical music podcast to Ether Game takes a deep dive on the orchestral conductor
The Brain Trust asks for an encore at the Ether Game Festival of Carols
Ether Game gave you a dozen twelve-themed pieces for the twelfth month of year. How about one more piece from the Brain Trust to make it a baker's dozen?
The Ether Game Brain Trust returns with an extra round of Saintly Music
On the Ether Game Podcast, we pull out the tupperware and listen to a musical leftover
The Ether Game Brain Trust puts on their hard hats and tool belts with a show about musical structures, forms and building blocks
The Ether Game Brain Trust presents some musical American politicians
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this spooky tune? Here's a hint: Major insomnia
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this sad piece? Here's a hint: shave and a haircut...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this shiny tune? Here's a hint: in the beginning...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this fruity piece? Here's a hint: en pointe...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this transportational tune? Here's a hint: up the mountain...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this cinematic tune? Here's a hint: the horror, the horror...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this tune (divisible by nine)? Here's a hint: a Bohemian abroad...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this subterranean tune? Here's a hint: an underground gatekeeper...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this academic tune? Here's a hit: the season for schooling...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this eternal piece? Here's a hint: everything is more fun in hell...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this morning-time piece? Here's a hint: in plain sight...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this highlighted piece? Here's a hint: down in the depths...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this internal piece? Here's a hint: just a trim...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this organ piece? Here's a hint: two birds with one stone...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this liberated tune? Here's a hint: All-American freedom...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this electrified tune? Here's a hint: that's not the point...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this lawful tune? Here's a hint: locked up...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this New York tune? Here's a hint: it's a helluva town...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this Roman tune? Here's a hint: are you not entertained?
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this Viennese tune? Here's a hint: the veins of the city...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this British tune? Here's a hint: a foggy day for a symphony...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this Parisian tune? Here's a hint: thereby hangs a tale...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this heroic tune? Here's a hint: 17 years ago...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this unfamiliar tune? Here's a hint: jazz in Leningrad...
Some springtime favorites from the world of classical music!
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this springtime tune? Here's a hint: spring savagery...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this danceable tune? Here's a hint: two households...
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this re-orchestrated piece? Here's a hint: would you like to take a walk?
The Ether Game Brain Trust asks, can you name this ringing piece? Here's a hint: the sorcerer's bell...
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