SCMS: Classical Conversation Podcast
As part of its Winter and Summer Festivals, Seattle Chamber Music Society presents informal, in-depth discussions with Classical KING FM 98.1 host Dave Beck and Festival musicians. These Classical Conversation Podcast interviews give an inside look at the Chamber Music repertoire performed during the Festivals with world-class performers’ insight. Classical KING FM and Seattle Chamber Music Society, Producers. Bill Levey, Recording Engineer and Technical Production.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 91
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2021
#51: Tessa Lark, Part II - 2019 Winter Festival
Part 2 of our conversation with violinist Tessa Lark, she speaks about the similarities between styles of music she loves, including baroque, bluegrass, and contemporary classical. We experience the …
00:15:05 |
Tue 12 Mar 2019
#50: Scott St. John, Part II - 2019 Winter Festival
Part 2 of our conversation with violinist Scott St. John focuses on his family, performing music by Bohuslav Martinu, and his role performing as part of the St. Lawrence String Quartet from 2006-2013…
00:13:20 |
Tue 26 Feb 2019
#49: Tessa Lark, Part I - 2019 Winter Festival
Part 1 of our conversation with violinist Tessa Lark focuses on her bluegrass roots and her early musical studies,
and how that made her interested in the relationship between folk music and clas…
00:14:11 |
Tue 12 Feb 2019
#48: Scott St. John, Part I - 2019 Winter Festival
In Part 1 of our conversation with violinist Scott St. John, he discusses SCMS Founder Toby Saks and how he got involved in the Festival. He also talks about his recordings of Dvorak and Mozart and h…
00:17:07 |
Wed 30 Jan 2019
#47: James Ehnes, Part II - 2019 Winter Festival Preview
This second half of a 2-part Festival Preview episode features SCMS Artistic Director James Ehnes talking about some of the musicians making their SCMS debut during the Winter Festival and the works …
00:08:14 |
Tue 15 Jan 2019
#46: James Ehnes, Part I - 2019 Winter Festival Preview
SCMS Artistic Director and violinist James Ehnes gives a preview of the 2019 Winter Festival of chamber music. This first half of a 2-part Festival Preview contains discussion of the Ehnes String Qua…
00:09:05 |
Wed 02 Jan 2019
#45: Jeewon Park, Part IV - 2018 Summer Festival
The final part of our conversation with pianist Jeewon Park talks about playing Chopin on a historic 1880s era Steinway grand piano at the Clark Art Institute in Western Massachusetts. She also talks…
00:14:34 |
Tue 18 Dec 2018
#44: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part IV - 2018 Summer Festival
The final part of our conversation with violinist Nurit Bar-Josef talks about learning the demanding and cinematic chamber music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. She also talks about discovering the joys …
00:14:11 |
Tue 04 Dec 2018
#43: Inon Barnatan, Part IV - 2018 Summer Festival
The final part of our conversation with pianist Inon Barnatan includes the excitement and challenges of his new role as artistic director of the La Jolla Music Society in San Diego; he speaks about h…
00:07:30 |
Tue 20 Nov 2018
#42: Jeewon Park, Part III - 2018 Summer Festival
Part 3 of our conversation with pianist Jeewon Park begins with the story of how she met her husband, SCMS Festival Artist Edward Arron. She reflects on their musical chemistry and
their recent r…
00:09:35 |
Tue 06 Nov 2018
#41: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part III - 2018 Summer Festival
In Part 3 of our conversation with violinist Nurit Bar-Josef, she talks about mentors who shaped her career: Russian violinist Rostislav Dubinsky of the Borodin Trio, and (during her time at the Jull…
00:13:42 |
Tue 23 Oct 2018
#40: Inon Barnatan, Part III - 2018 Summer Festival
Part 3 of our conversation with pianist Inon Barnatan speaks about the excitement and the challenges of becoming an Artistic Director for a music festival. We hear a recording of Thomas Ades work "Da…
00:13:37 |
Tue 09 Oct 2018
#39: Jeewon Park, Part II - 2018 Summer Festival
In Part 2 of our conversation with pianist Jeewon Park, she talks about her holiday tradition of playing J.S. Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” we hear the playing of pianist Glenn Gould
whose famou…
00:10:08 |
Tue 18 Sep 2018
#38: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part II - 2018 Summer Festival
In Part 2 of our conversation with violinist Nurit-Bar-Josef, she talks about her experiences performing with the Dryden String Quartet - telling the 2002 origin story of the ensemble. She believes t…
00:16:21 |
Tue 11 Sep 2018
#37: Inon Barnatan, Part II - 2018 Summer Festival
In Part 2 of our conversation with pianist Inon Barnatan, hear musical selections by Ravel and Chopin and a discussion of his excitement and vision for programming next summer as the newly appointed …
00:14:03 |
Tue 21 Aug 2018
#36: Jeewon Park, Part I - 2018 Summer Festival
In Part 1 of our conversation with pianist Jeewon Park, she speaks about her deep attraction to the music of Robert Schumann. She finds a rich mix of joy and melancholy in his music. Jeewon
played S…
00:20:13 |
Wed 25 Jul 2018
#35: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part I - 2018 Summer Festival
In Part 1 of our conversation with violinist Nurit-Bar-Josef, listen to a fascinating discussion about playing the violin of one of your mentors, as Nurit's current instrument was previously owned by…
00:16:21 |
Wed 18 Jul 2018
#34: Inon Barnatan, Part I - 2018 Summer Festival
In Part 1 of our conversation with pianist Inon Barnatan, hear about the adrenaline rush of being called on to perform at the last minute---which happened recently when Inon performed with the Seattl…
00:17:33 |
Wed 11 Jul 2018
#33: James Ehnes, Part II - 2018 Summer Festival
SCMS Artistic Director and violinist James Ehnes gives a preview of the 2018 Summer Festival of chamber music. This second half of a 2-part Festival Teaser episode features James Ehnes talking about …
00:09:12 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
#32: James Ehnes, Part I - 2018 Summer Festival
SCMS Artistic Director and violinist James Ehnes gives a preview of the 2018 Summer Festival of chamber music. This first half of a 2-part Festival Teaser episode is about solving puzzles – the puzzl…
00:09:48 |
Mon 11 Jun 2018
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