With the podcast on hiatus, we've launched the Classical Gabfest newsletter! The first edition is already available and the second will hit inboxes tomorrow morning. And just like the podcast, it's totally free. Read and subscribe: classicalgabfest.substack.co…

This week on the Gabfest: ♪ A transatlantic Covid flareup ♪ Album review: Vivaldi's Women ♪ Should classical radio institute quotas? Plus an all-American round of Game of Pairs! youtu.be/_5XapS_LSDU

This week on the Gabfest: ♪ Placido Domingo tied to international crime ring ♪ Lorin Maazel's bizarre "The Conductor's Week" ♪ Are audiences ever coming back? Plus our guest hosts are en pointe in a round of Classical Chronology! youtu.be/t9AcxVxhqk4

This week on the Gabfest: ♪ Classical NEWS! headlines ♪ Amateur violin-making videos ♪ Dead bodies accompany Mahler's “Resurrection” Plus a round of everyone's favorite game Two Truths and a Lie! youtu.be/oeF_OQSgEI0

This week on the Gabfest, we present a roundup of our summer travels, with stops in New York City, rural Maine, and Paris France. Plus, we reveal the answers to episode 100's round of everyone's favorite game, “Listener, Name THY Tune!” youtu.be/dW1JNpSiuEs

This week, it's another Classical Gabfest All-Games Extravaganza! Pit your wits against four of our listening challenges and hope your wits aren't quite as pitiful as ours! 😉 youtu.be/cFynQJKZld8

This week for our ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE we flip the script on our listeners! We challenge YOU to name three anonymous pieces of classical music. Think you can do it? Email us at classicalgabfest@gmail.com with your best guesses. youtu.be/00T3Y_KQUS4

This week, Will rants about piano benches. That's literally the whole show. youtu.be/-siCBU4PGco

This week for Bastille Day 🇫🇷 we revisit the story of Édmond Dédé, the expatriate American composer who made his life and career in Bordeaux FR in the late 19th century. We dig even deeper into the archive for our prélude segment, 2 vérités et 1 mensonge youtu.be/smJKjdDcDHo

This week's minisode topic is – by popular demand – viola jokes! What's your favorite? We want to know! Suitably, we start off with a round of viola hero. 🎻🦸‍♂️ cgf.buzzsprout.com/1313269/1…

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On this week's minisode, we talk about Teachers & Teaching. But can we teach ourselves to Name that Tune? Listen to find out! youtu.be/aDpbJpM15lM

On this week's Gabfest minisode, we discuss matters sartorial. Should classical music embrace its fancy past or look towards a more casual future? We've got *opinions*. Plus, a rousing round of Listening Limbo! youtu.be/bT_rDgDD9XA

This week we start our series of off-the-news summer discussions and up first it's: Programming Themes, flow, and ideals vie for precedence in creating good programs, but so do logistics and budgets — and that's when you have control over the program! youtu.be/OEcJZVkxEjw

This week it's the Gabfest's first-ever two hander: ♪ Exiled Ukrainian musicians form a new orchestra ♪ Updates on some Unfinished topics ♪ Concert Report! Plus an automotive round of Name That Tune! youtu.be/g4vj4cWSdDc

This week on the Gabfest: ♪ NEWS! headlines ♪ Bernstein biopic photos drop ♪ Album review: Still, Orchestral Works Plus a round of everyone's favorite game, Name That Tune AKA Stump The Hosts! youtu.be/U36Al_dp1UQ

This week on the Gabfest: ♪ Another acquisition by the SFCM ♪ The worst classical performances of all time ♪ Can orchestras make social media stars of their musicians? Plus an atmospheric round of Who Dis? youtu.be/sEWrYW0bmqM