201: Counterpoint Panel: Why "Harmony" Classes Fail, Fux Myths, Bach Traps & Better Methods
Counterpoint is the "huge topic" that crowns the Neapolitan method and the Paris Conservatoire tradition—and yet it's often taught today in ways that leave students confused, discouraged, and musicall...
5 Jan 1h 24min
182: Giovanna Barbati (Partimento and Improvisation on the Cello)
Today I speak to cellist and viola da gamba player Giovanna Barbati, whose repertoire extends from early to contemporary music and who has a special interest in improvisation. She appears frequently a...
3 Juni 20241h 41min
158: Nicholas Baragwanath (Hexachordal Italian Solfeggio)
Professor Nicholas Baragwanath, author of the groundbreaking "Solfeggio Tradition" (published by Oxford University Press), returns to the show to talk about Hexachordal Italian Solfeggio. This was the...
17 Maj 20241h 9min
157: Ewald Demeyere (Fedele Fenaroli's Partimenti and Pedagogy)
Professor Ewald Demeyere returns on the show to discuss his critical edition of Fenaroli's partimenti collection and discusses Fenaroli's approach to pedagogy and partimento realization.
1 Apr 20241h 59min
154: Partimento Panel (Gjerdingen, Sanguinetti, van Tour, Cafiero)
In this episode, I am joined by eminent professors Robert O. Gjerdingen, Giorgio Sanguinetti, Peter van Tour, and Rosa Cafiero, in a special panel session about the subject of partimento. We discuss t...
1 Mars 20241h 32min
174: Niels Berentsen (1300-1500 Polyphony | Improvising Vocal Counterpoint)
I talk to Professor Niels Berentsen about the beginnings of improvised counterpoint, the reconstruction of incomplete music by Johannes Ciconia, computational analysis of counterpoint, teaching 15th/1...
1 Feb 20241h 19min
167: Solfeggio Panel (Baragwanath, Gjerdingen, IJzerman, van Tour)
Today we have a special episode dedicated to Solfeggio, featuring Professors Nicholas Baragwanath, Job IJzerman, Robert O. Gjerdingen, and Peter van Tour. The famed students of the 18th-century Neapol...
1 Feb 20241h 23min
