How to Be A Film Composer, with Christopher Willis
This week I was joined by the wonderful composer Christopher Willis for a wide ranging and fascinating conversation. Willis, who wrote the music for The Death Of Stalin, Mickey Mouse Shorts, Veep, an...
6 Helmi 202040min
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff remains extremely popular as a composer. But at the same time, a kind of condescending attitude continues to linger about Rachmaninoff's music. People say it sounds like movie music, it's...
30 Tammi 202055min
Classical Music Changemakers Week: Aubrey Bergauer + Lorenzo Brewer
This week, I'm interviewing 3 people who are making real change in the classical music business. Today, I talk with Aubrey Bergauer, the former Executive Director of the California Symphony, and Loren...
22 Loka 201955min
Sticky Notes Mailbag!
At long last, it's the Sticky Notes mailbag! I'm joined by a special guest to answer around 20 questions such as, "What is the best way to learn how to compose?" or "Is there a simple explanation in ...
27 Kesä 20191h 2min
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132 (Part 2)
This week we're diving into one of the great movements ever written in Western Music with the slow movement of Beethoven's Op. 132 quartet. This is a movement that explores Beethoven's contradictory r...
13 Kesä 201944min
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132 (Part 1)
I've long hesitated to write a show about any of Beethoven's late string quartets. These are pieces that quartets spend the better part of their careers grappling with, struggling with, failing with,...
6 Kesä 201945min
How to Build an Orchestra w/Joshua Roman
I was thrilled to be joined by Joshua Roman, cellist, composer, and curator. The core of our discussion centers on building an orchestra from the ground up. That is, not taking over an existing orches...
25 Tammi 201951min
Deborah Borda, President of the New York Philharmonic
Of all the interviews I've done this year on Sticky Notes, this might be my favorite. I sat down a few weeks ago with Deborah Borda, the new CEO and President of the New York Philharmonic, to talk ab...
21 Helmi 201849min
