SCMS: Classical Conversation Podcast

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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.

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#44: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part IV - 2018 Summer Festival

4 DIC. 2018 · 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 of playing in an orchestra while performing Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” as a student at the Curtis Institute. That initial experience led Nurit to leadership positions in St. Louis, Boston, and now as concertmaster at the National Symphony Orchestra.

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#43: Inon Barnatan, Part IV - 2018 Summer Festival

20 NOV. 2018 · 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 how ideas from literature, painting, and the collections of great international museums shape the way he thinks about presenting and programming music. Inon also reflects on the music of Thomas Ades from his recording “Darknesse Visible.”

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#42: Jeewon Park, Part III - 2018 Summer Festival

6 NOV. 2018 · 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 recording of all Beethoven's works for cello and piano. We hear the recording of couple playing Beethoven’s 3rd Cello Sonata in A Major.

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#41: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part III - 2018 Summer Festival

23 OCT. 2018 · 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 Julliard School) the violinist Robert Mann, who passed away early in 2018 at the age of 97. Nurit speaks about the impact of her studies - how she was encouraged her to become a deeply analytical and thoughtful player.

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#40: Inon Barnatan, Part III - 2018 Summer Festival

9 OCT. 2018 · 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 "Darkness Visible," and discuss the intricacies of choosing pieces for concert programs.

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#39: Jeewon Park, Part II - 2018 Summer Festival

18 SEP. 2018 · 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 famous recording of it sparked her original interest in the music, and Jeewon explains why this extraordinary set of theme and variations by Bach has so captured the human imagination.

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#38: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part II - 2018 Summer Festival

11 SEP. 2018 · 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 that chamber music is the single most important activity for classical musicians.

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#37: Inon Barnatan, Part II - 2018 Summer Festival

21 AGO. 2018 · 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 artistic director for La Jolla California Chamber Music Society.

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#36: Jeewon Park, Part I - 2018 Summer Festival

25 JUL. 2018 · 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 Schumann at the 2013 SCMS Summer Festival, and she shares excerpts from that recording and talks about how meaningful that summer was for her on many levels.

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#35: Nurit Bar-Josef, Part I - 2018 Summer Festival

18 JUL. 2018 · 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 Joseph Silverstein. He was the concertmaster of the Boston Symphony until 1984, as well as a conductor and teacher. Nurit's connection to him began prior to her taking the concertmaster job at Washington DC/National Symphony.

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