Best Timpani Podcasts (2026)

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Episode 232: A Musician's Holiday Wish List 27:23

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16d ago27:23

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It's the Holidays, we hope your having a lovely time! Join us this week to rewrite a famous holiday tune. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker_(suite),_Op.71a_(Tchaikovsky,_Pyotr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcodeBy Rocky Mountain Student Media

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Handel Messiah w/ Aram Demirjian 1:09:11

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A piece that I have been asked to cover probably a dozen times is Handel's Messiah. It's a piece I love, but a piece that I've never conducted or played, and so therefore I don't know it incredibly well. There are plenty of pieces like this in the repertoire, and so I've decided to start a new series on Sticky Notes, which will be to take pieces th…

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Episode 231: Peter Cornelius and “The Three Kings” 15:12

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The holiday season is underway, and we're delving in with a non-traditional carol. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DieKoenige.ogg#Summary https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:(Aurel_von_Bismarck)_EG_70_Wie_sch%C3%B6n_leuchtet_der_Morgens…

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Gustav Holst: The Planets 1:02:09

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Mr. Holst, wherever you are, I apologize in advance for what I'm about to say. From my research, I know you resented this fact, but unfortunately, I think it's true. Here it is: despite the large catalogue of music Gustav Holst composed, much of it wonderful, he is essentially a one-hit wonder in the classical music world, à la Pachelbel, Dukas, Ma…

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Episode 230: March Madness (A Brief History of School Marching Bands) 20:26

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If you're lucky, you'll get to see a marching band field show during a high school or college football game this season. But what's with all the pageantry around this musical sport? Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/The_High_School_Cadets_(Sousa%2C_John_Philip) https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Public_Domain…

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Franck Symphony in D Minor 59:57

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In the 1960s, Leonard Bernstein famously helped to popularize the music of a then relatively obscure composer, Gustav Mahler. His work, as well as the work of other conductors, made Mahler into a classical-music household name. Mahler's symphonies are played every year all over the world, and he is firmly ensconced in the so-called canon of standar…

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Episode 229: Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major 21:07

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You may not know you know it, but we know you know it! You've definitely heard at least one movement of this piano sonata- let us know which movement you're familiar with! Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Sonata_No.11_in_A_major%2C_K.331%2F300i_(Mozart%2C_Wolfgang_Amadeus) https://creativecommons.org/lice…

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Ravel and Falla: Echoes of Spain 57:49

2M ago57:49

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Nowadays it's hard to imagine Maurice Ravel as a "bad-boy" revolutionary, a member of a group whose name can be loosely translated as The Hooligans. To most listeners today, Ravel's music is the very picture of sumptuous beauty. But the group he belonged to, Les Apaches ("The Hooligans"), earned its name because of its members' uncompromising attit…

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Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 LIVE w/ The Aalborg Symphony 59:38

2M ago59:38

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Longtime listeners of Sticky Notes know that Shostakovich's 10 symphony was the inaugural piece covered on the show. It's been 8 years(!) since that show, so I've totally re-written the episode and had the privilege of presenting this new version live with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra last week in Aalborg. Shostakovich, like so many composers bef…

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Episode 228: Hitting the Right Notes About the Timpani 14:54

3M ago14:54

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We continue our tour of the percussion section this week with a look at the timpani drums! You won't want to miss learning about these beautiful and versatile instruments. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_in_D_major,_Op.61_(Beethoven,_Ludwig_van) https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0…

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Barber Violin Concerto 47:26

3M ago47:26

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There are so many great apocryphal stories in the long history of classical music, from the reason Tchaikovsky wrote his Sixth Symphony to what famous composers supposedly said on their deathbeds, to my favorite story: how Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 96, The Miracle, got its name. Apparently, during the premiere of the symphony, a chandelier fell, …

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Episode 227: Anyone Can Play the Triangle (and learn about it too!) 11:31

3M ago11:31

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This week we're taking a look at perhaps the most famous percussion instrument, the triangle. We know even YOU can play it, so we're here to teach you all about it so you can go out into the world and pass as a true professional. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.1%2C_S.124_(Liszt%2C_Franz) htt…

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100 Years of Beethoven's Eroica (recordings) 55:53

3M ago55:53

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One of my favorite things about having Patreon sponsors is that they often suggest the most fascinating pieces and topics for shows. Adrian, who sponsored a show last year, gave me one of my favorite prompts when he suggested looking at works based on literature. Now he's sponsored another episode, this time with an equally compelling idea that I w…

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Episode 226: Gabriel Faure’s Paris Conservatory 10:00

4M ago10:00

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In our final episode of the Paris Conservatory series, we're looking into a director who revolutionized the conservatory for the modern day- Gabriel Faure. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Pavane%2C_Op.50_(Faur%C3%A9%2C_Gabriel) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode…

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The Life and Music of Grazyna Bacewicz 57:46

4M ago57:46

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The great Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski said this after the premature death of his contemporary Grazyna Bacewicz: "She was born with an incredible wealth of musical talent, which she succeeded to bring to full flourish through an almost fanatical zeal and unwavering faith in her mission. The intensity of her activities was so great that she ma…

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Episode 225: Premiere Scandals at the Prix de Rome 11:56

5M ago11:56

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It was the most prestigious competition of all, yet shrouded in controversy; that's right, we're talking about the Prix de Rome. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/La_valse%2C_M.72_(Ravel%2C_Maurice) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcodeBy Rocky Mountain Student Media

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Sticky Notes meets You'll Hear It 1:10:04

5M ago1:10:04

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I had such a wonderful time joining the jazz podcast You'll Hear It! We talked about the meeting of jazz and classical music, a topic I've explored before, but never in this much depth and never with so much input from jazz musicians and experts like Peter Martin and Adam Maness. We talk about great jazz and classical composers, but we also talk ab…

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Episode 224: The History of the Paris Conservatory 11:41

5M ago11:41

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You've heard us speak many times about the great establishment of the Paris Conservatory, so this week we're going to learn all about it's history. Be sure to like and share with a friend! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque_(Debussy%2C_Claude) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode…

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Impressions in Blue: Ravel & Gershwin 44:34

5M ago44:34

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In the mid-1920s, Maurice Ravel wrote a letter to the legendary composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. Boulanger's class was a mecca for composers, both young and old, and musicians from all over the world vied to study with her. But Ravel's letter wasn't on his own behalf. Instead, he urged Boulanger to take on a young student whom Ravel himself had…

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Episode 223: Modern Music of the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair 14:19

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It's fair to say some wonderful musical moments have come out of the Worlds Fairs. We're honing in on the Expo 58 this week to look at a very interesting modern piece, so join us at the Fair! Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_bergamasque_(Debussy%2C_Claude) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode…

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" - Part 2 53:10

6M ago53:10

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There is a special category when it comes to Beethoven; a catalogue that doesn't include complete symphonies, sonatas, concerti, string quartets, etc., but just single movements. This is the catalogue of great Beethoven slow movements. Beethoven's slow movements are like a great Tolstoy novel. They span the gamut of human experience and also reach …

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in B♭ major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" - Part 1 44:10

6M ago44:10

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Beethoven once wrote to his publisher: "What is difficult, is also beautiful, good, great, and so forth. Hence everyone will realize that this is the most lavish praise that can be bestowed, since what is difficult makes one sweat." If this credo manifests itself most powerfully in any one of Beethoven's works, it might be the piece we'll talk abou…

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Episode 222: Carlo Gesualdo, the Murderous Motet Musician 15:47

6M ago15:47

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Join us to look into one of the more diabolical musicians we've brought to the show, and stick around look hear some of his truly glorious music with the piece Tristis est anima mea from the Responsories for Holy Week. Music: https://imslp.org/wiki/Tristis_est_anima_mea_(Gesualdo%2C_Carlo) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode…

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Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins 1:00:01

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The collaboration between Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht is rightly legendary. The two men could not have been more different from each other, and like the Brahms/Joachim relationship I mentioned in my recent show about the Brahms Double concerto, the friendship between Weill and Brecht was stormy to say the least. The two collaborated on some of th…

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Episode 232: A Musician's Holiday Wish List 27:23

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Handel Messiah w/ Aram Demirjian 1:09:11

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Episode 231: Peter Cornelius and “The Three Kings” 15:12

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Gustav Holst: The Planets 1:02:09

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Episode 230: March Madness (A Brief History of School Marching Bands) 20:26

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Franck Symphony in D Minor 59:57

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Episode 229: Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major 21:07

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Ravel and Falla: Echoes of Spain 57:49

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Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 LIVE w/ The Aalborg Symphony 59:38

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Episode 228: Hitting the Right Notes About the Timpani 14:54

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Barber Violin Concerto 47:26

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Episode 227: Anyone Can Play the Triangle (and learn about it too!) 11:31

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100 Years of Beethoven's Eroica (recordings) 55:53

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Episode 226: Gabriel Faure’s Paris Conservatory 10:00

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The Life and Music of Grazyna Bacewicz 57:46

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Episode 225: Premiere Scandals at the Prix de Rome 11:56

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Sticky Notes meets You'll Hear It 1:10:04

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Episode 224: The History of the Paris Conservatory 11:41

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Impressions in Blue: Ravel & Gershwin 44:34

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Episode 223: Modern Music of the 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair 14:19

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" - Part 2 53:10

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Beethoven Piano Sonata in B♭ major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" - Part 1 44:10

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Episode 222: Carlo Gesualdo, the Murderous Motet Musician 15:47

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Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins 1:00:01