That Classical Podcast

DO YOU ENJOY A GENEROUS SLICE OF GOUDA BEFORE BED? If so, you may have something in common with Hector Berlioz, who's life and nightmarish works we'll be discussing in this TRES FANTASTIQUE new episode of That Classical Podcast. We'll also explore the life and "opening-up" works (???) of his frenemy Felix Mendelssohn - ENJOY!Not enough TCP? Go here to find out more... Here's where you can hear all the music from all the episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HxdsK2pKwY2Dt44nvSojlOur Patreon for those who want more TCP: https://www.patreon.com/ThatClassicalPodcastWebsite: https://www.thatclassicalpodcast.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatclassicalInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatclassicalinsta/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatclassicalpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? YOU'VE FOUND THE CLASSICAL MUSIC EQUIVALENT OF "ISN'T SHE LOVELY"???! FINALLY! Yes it's true, we've literally found it, it's in this episode and it's PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY. Also included in this episode: ancient Hollywood trivia, oblique references to Monsters Inc and the most American music ever written (N.B. No eagles were harmed in the making of this podcast)Enjoy!Not enough TCP? Go here to find out more... Here's where you can hear all the music from all the episodes: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HxdsK2pKwY2Dt44nvSojlOur Patreon for those who want more TCP: https://www.patreon.com/ThatClassicalPodcastWebsite: https://www.thatclassicalpodcast.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatclassicalInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatclassicalinsta/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatclassicalpodcast/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

OUT OF THE WAY LADS, THE MOST IMPRESSIVELY BORING MAN IN MUSICAL HISTORY IS COMING THROUGH (BUT WE STILL THINK HE'S A BIT OF ALRIGHT). This time on That Classical Podcast we discuss one (and two) hit wonders, eye doctors who pride themselves on consistently blinding all their patients, and whether Beyonce or Mariah Carey would win in a fight. Enjoy!Music featured in this Episode:"Canon in D" - Johann Pachelbel"Magnificat in C Minor - Gloria" - Johann Pachelbel"Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2: "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray" - George Frideric Handel"Serse / Act 1, HWV 40: "Ombra Mai Fu" - George Frideric Handel See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EVER FANCIED SOMEONE YOU ALSO THINK IS A BIT MINGING? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO NOT GET BURIED ALIVE?? SHALL WE COMPARE FINGER-WEBBING??! All these questions are frankly up for debate and discussion in this life-changingly educational episode of That Classical Podcast. If you don't like bad puns about shopping lists, look away now. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Sonata in G Minor for Cello & Piano, Op. 65: 4. Finale (Allegro)" - Frederic Chopin"Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op. 11: 2. Romance (Larghetto)" - Frederic Chopin"Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514" - Franz Liszt"3 Etudes de Concert, S.144: No.3 in D Flat Major - "Un Sospiro" (Allegro Affettuoso) - Franz Liszt See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

GIRD YOUR LITERAL AND PROVERBIAL LOINS PEOPLE, 'CAUSE IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT SOME TUBES WITH HOLES IN THEM AND ALSO WIND. AND ALSO KENNY G. Yes you heard me right, in this episode we shoot the woodwindy breeze, and that breeze is FUUUUH-RESH!?! Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Serenade in B Flat K, 361. "Gran Partita": 3. Adagio" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart"Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L.86" - Claude Debussy"Fantasia for Soprano Saxaphone, 3 Horns and String Orchestra: 3. Très Animé" - Heitor Villa-Lobos"Peer Gynt, Op. 23 - Incidental Music: No. 8. In the Hall of the Mountain King" - Edvard Grieg See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CAN A PERSON BE PHYSICALLY ATTRACTED TO AN ANCIENT WOODEN ETCHING? BLINK TWICE IF YES. In this old-skool episode: The Byrd is genuinely the word, we decide to crowdfund a really-quite-terribly-thought-out Hollywood blockbuster, and of course finish up by doing the full Monty - enjoy!Music Featured In This Episode:"Ave Verum Corpus - (Motet)" - William Byrd"Mass for Four Voices: Sanctus - Benedictus" William Byrd"Zefiro torna, SV 251" - Claudio Monteverdi"Vespro della Beata Virgine - Versiculum: Deus in adiutorium" - Claudio Monteverdi See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

**SILLY AND RUDE OUTTAKES AT THE END OF THE EPISODE BECAUSE YES OK**COME ON THEN WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE PLANET? (DO ONE, PLUTO.) This time we chat about space-type-things and Bugs Bunny, Harry Styles, Mcdonald's adverts and Tena Ladys. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Variations on an original theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation 9. Nimrod (Adagio)" - Edward Elgar"Salut d'amour, Op.12" - Edward Elgar"The Planets, Op, 32: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" - Gustav Holst"Seven Part Songs: Love On my Heart From Heaven Fell" - Gustav Holst See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

INAPPROPRIATE COUSIN CANOODLING! MASSIVE MYSTERY BOXES!! POP GOES THE WEASEL??! All these quite weird things [and more] await your gorgeous ears and fabulous mind-brains in this episode of That Classical Podcast. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Má Vlast, JB1:112 2. Vltava" - Bedřich Smetana"String Quartet No.1 E minor "From My Life": 3. Largo sostenuto" - Bedřich Smetana"Das Lied von der Erde: Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde" - Gustav Mahler"Symphony No.6 in A minor: 4. Finale (Allegro moderato)" - Gustav Mahler See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IF YOU THINK YOUR KITCHEN IMPLEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLIRTING WITH YOU - STAY TUNED, YOU'RE PROBABLY CORRECT. In this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious new episode we talk about some ballet, some barbies and one particularly alluring whisk. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Swan Lake Op.20 - Mariinsky Version / Act 1: Scene 1: Finale (Andante)" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovksy"La fille mal gardée / Act 1: 17a. Clog Dance" - Ferdinand Herold"The Firebird (l'oiseau de feu) - Suite (1945): Infernal Dance" - Igor Stravinsky"La Revue de Cuisine: 2. Tango" - Bohuslav Martinů See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

BONJOUR AND TOOT DE LA FRUIT. Mais oui, this time we are discussing not one but TWO French composers who were tres bon at the old musique. Have a nibble on a croissant and settle down for some weird chat about dancing skeletons, musical lead poisoning and dating dos and don'ts. Enjoy!Music Featured in This Episode:"Danse Macabre, Op.40, R.171" - Camille Saint-Saëns"Le Carnaval des Animaux: Aquarium" - Camille Saint-Saëns"3 Gymnopédies: No.1 Lent et douloureux" - Erik Satie"Gnossiennes: No.1 - Lent" - Erik Satie See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IT'S JAZZ O'CLOCK OVER HERE AT THAT CLASSICAL PODCAST AND WE'RE NOT SORRY. It's true, today we're giving you the lowdown on two blokes who loved to spice up their classical compositions with a large zesty dollop of Le Jazz. Tune in for talk of weird ballets, Bolero dissing and Gene Kelly's derriere. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Daphnis et Chloé, M.57 - Ballet en 3 parties (complete)/Troisième partie: Danse générale" - Maurice Ravel"Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 3. Presto" - Maurice Ravel"Concerto in F: 3. Allegro agitato" - George Gershwin"An American in Paris" - George Gershwin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DING DONG MERRILY ON HI THERE WE HAVE A NEW EPISODE AND IT IS CHRISTMAS-TASTIC. Grab a mince pie and any beverage that may or may not be mulled and join us for our annual round-up of classical xmas tidbits, featuring a chord that lasts for 6 days, a song about burgers, and a carol that has nothing to do with Christmas. Enjoy!STAY TUNED FOR XMAS OUTTAKES AT THE END!Music Featured in this Episode:"Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Pt. 1 - For The First day of Christmas: No. 1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket" - J.S. Bach"L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - Arr. Chris Hazell: L'Adieu des bergers" - Hector Berlioz"Fantasia On Christmas Carols" - Ralph Vaughan Williams"A Ceremony Of Carols, Op. 28: Spring Carol" - Benjamin Britten See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE CLASSICAL MUSIC INFINITELY BETTER? MIKHAIL GORBACHEV." We know you've been thinking this for ages and quite frankly we agree with you. In this marvellous new episode of That Classical Podcast, we head back over to Mother Russia to discuss things like bus stop graves, weirdly tonk chicken legs and, naturally, Gorbachev's foray into classical music. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Pictures At An Exhibition: Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga)" - Modest Mussorgksy"Boris Godounov / Act 4: Odnazhdy, v vecherniy chas" - Modest Mussorgsky"Peter and the Wolf Opus 67" - Sergei Prokofiev"Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major, Op.26: 1. Andante-allegro" - Sergei Prokofiev ***Follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WEENIE BASSOONIST, WEENIE BASSOONIST, WHEREFORE ART THOU WEENIE BASSOONIST? If thou dost want to know more, verily direct your earholes to this ginormously informative new episode of That Classical Podcast! We'll be discussing why you really shouldn't marry your 16 year old maid, why the recorder should be your new favourite instrument, and why Chris is deeply in love with J.S. Bach. Enjoy and STAY TUNED FOR A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END OF THE EPISODE!Music Featured in this Episode:"Concerto for Treble Recorder, Strings and Continuo in C: 4. Tempo di Minuet" - Georg Philipp Telemann"Tafelmusik - Banquet Music in 3 Parts / Production 1 - 4. Trio in E Flat Major, TWV 53:A2L 4. Allegro" - Georg Philipp Telemann"Partita for Violin Solo No.2 in D minor, BW 1004: 5. Ciaccona" - Johann Sebastian Bach"Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565: Fugue" - Johann Sebastian Bach***Follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promi

A WILD NEW EPISODE APPEARED! YOU USED "LISTEN IMMEDIATELY". IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!!! Open up that classical music pokédex please because this time we chat about sexy-emo-goth Paganini catchin' them all (N.B. by "them" we mean a melange of diseases), and discuss the life and works of a man people literally referred to as "Mr Get-Louder". Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"24 Caprices pour violin Op.1: Caprice No. 24" - Niccolò Paganini"Violin Concerto No.4 in D Minor: 2. Adagio flebile con sentimento" - Niccolò Paganini"Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1: Largo al factotum" - Giaochino Rossini"Duetto Buffo Di Due Gatti" - Giaochino Rossini***Follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WHO IS GARY WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHERE AM I? All will be revealed in this bombastic episode of That Classical Podcast, in which we talk poetry, peace pipes, epic corn, weird friends who tell you to get on a boat and leave them alone and, of course, Johnny Depp. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Hiawatha / Hiawatha's Wedding Feast: And when all the guests had finished" - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor"Symphonic Variations on an African Air, Op. 63" - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor"Peter Grimes, Op. 33 / Act 3: 'To those who pass the borough'" - Benjamin Britten"War Requiem, Op. 66 /Libera me: 'Let Us Sleep Now... In Paradisum - Benjamin Britten***Follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I MEAN FOR THE LOVE OF CTHULHU WHAT EVEN IS A SYMPHONY?! Yeah fair play m8, we haven't actually explained it yet and we've been going on about it for YONKS. Well dear listeney friends, this episode we explain the living daylights out of what a symphony actually is, so you can put that in your proverbial pipe and proverbially smoke it responsibly. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto" - Gustav Mahler"Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op 47: 1. Moderato" - Dmitri Shostakovich"Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat, Op 32: I. Assez vif et rythmé" - George Enescu"Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral": 4. Presto - Allegro ma non Troppo - Ludvig van Beethoven***Follow us on Facebook, Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED HOW A PIZZA CAN BE MADE INTO MUSIC, TODAY'S YOUR LUCKY DAY. Come one, come all, it's time for another dive into the twiddly Baroque waters to find more misshapen weird pearls to give to our friends we don't like. This episode we lament castrati, discuss luxury orphanages, and Kelly finally tells a joke she's been saving since May 2016. Enjoy!Music Featured in this Episode:"Abdelazer, Z.570: Rondeau" - Henry Purcell"The Fairy Queen / Act 2: One Charming Night" - Henry Purcell"Concerto for Violin and Strings in F Minor, Op 8 No.4 RV.297 "L'inverno": 1. Allegro non molto " - Antonio Vivaldi"L'Olimpiade, Act II. Scene V: Aria: Siam navi all'onde algenti" - Antonio Vivaldi***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WOULD YOU MARRY A GOBLIN? FRANKLY OUR ADVICE IS TO STAY AWAY. For more top tips, why not listen to our brand spanking new episode, in which we discuss pigeons, wedding guests made of seafood and absolutely rubbish practical jokes. Enjoy! Music Featured in this Episode: "The Water Goblin, Op. 107" - Antonín Dvořák "Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: 1. Allegro " - Antonín Dvořák "Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90: 1. Allegro con brio" - Johannes Brahms "Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor" - Johannes Brahms ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

DOWN YOUR TOOLS. STOP THE PRESSES. CEASE PETTING THAT DOG. YES, IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT MOZART. AND HAYDN. We are ginormously excited to bring you this episode, featuring jokes about butts (all courtesy of Wolfgang) and tales of menstruation (that one's on Joseph. Literally!) Enjoyyyyy Music Featured in this Episode: "Requiem in D Minor, K.626: 3. Sequentia - Confutatis" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Sonata for 2 Pianos in D, K448: 1. Allegro con spirito" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart "Symphony in D, H.I No.6 - "Le Matin" 1: Adagio-Allegro" - Joseph Haydn "Die Shöpfung Hob.XXI:2/Part 1: Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde" - Joseph Haydn ***Follow us on Twitter (@thatclassical) and on Instagram (@thatclassicalinsta) for some top notch social media entertainment. We promise it won't just be jokes about Mozart. N.B. we can make no promises it won't just be jokes about Mozart.*** See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.