Podcasts about two star symphony

?HEAR COUNTRY, ROCK AND UNBELIEVEABLE FUN ALL ON ONE SHOW. FEATURING THE MUSIC OF THE JOHN EVANS BAND, JOHNNY FALSTAFF, TWO STAR SYMPHONY AND SOUTHERN BACKTONES.

Okay, I lied last week: Producer Todd is still working on the new Two Star Symphony album (for which we are pretty darn excited). But! Never fear: We have unearthed a timely gem from the vault to keep you busy until next week, when we will really for real have a new episode for you. Please enjoy! PS, The info about the Mozart Festival at the end of this episode is outdated. However, you can still find tons of information over at www.themozartfestival.org. —————————– Mozart’s death, on December 5, 1791, is still so mysterious over two centuries later, that we couldn’t help but do a Research Presentation about it. In this short, we explore why his death is an unsolved mystery, and why we’re still so fascinated by it. Intweeged? Hit play to find out more! Audio production by Todd “Sir Toddfried” Hulslander with much brow furrowing and consternation by Dacia Clay.

(Producer Todd is off recording Two Star Symphony’s new album right now (sweet!), so we have unearthed some old gold for you from the vault. Please enjoy this repeat of our class with conductor James Gaffigan. We’ll be back next week with another spankin’ new episode.) Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 is dramatic, cinematic, erratic, sarcastic, and full of existential longing – according to Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, James Gaffigan. Why is it important to listen to this symphony, the musical expression of Shostakovich’s depression and anxiety as he lived under Stalin’s thumb? Listen to this episode and find out! Audio production by Todd “Taller than Necessary” Hulslander with inspired napping from Dacia Clay. Music in the episode includes: – Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, New York Philharmonic Orchestra led by Leonard Bernstein   To find out more about hilarious comedian Jim Gaffigan, go to a different website. :)

It’s getting close to midnight. Something evil’s lurking in the dark… AAACK! It’s a special Halloween edition of Classical Classroom! Last year for the holiday, we exhumed some composers from the dead. This year, we kidnapped a living composer, violinist, and maker of scary movies and forced him to introduce us to spooky tunes. Then, we ordered him to tell us why it is that creepy music creeps us out. Jerry Ochoa of Houston’s Two Star Symphony does a wicked good job of explaining it, too. Which is why, at the end of the episode, we let him go*. Audio production by Todd “Terrifying” Hulslander with snargling from Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: By Two Star Symphony – “Goblin Attack”, from Love and Other Demons  – “Feast”, from Titus Andronicus  – “Dawn Dipple”, from Love and Other Demons By others – Camille Saint-Saens: Danse macabre, Op. 40, played by the New York Philharmonic – Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain, played by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus – Bernard Hermann: Psycho Suite – Franz Liszt: Totentanz, played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra – Bela Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, played by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra   For more about Two Star Symphony: www.twostarsymphony.com *No Jerry Ochoas were harmed in the making of this episode.