Best Paulus Podcasts (2024)

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Chamber works by Zwilich and Paulus 2:00

8h ago2:00

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Synopsis Chamber music is defined as “music written for and performed by a small ensemble, with one performer on a part.” The website of a Portland, Oregon, organization called Chamber Music Northwest, once added this description: “Music that is inspiring, stimulating and intensely personal.” On today’s date in 1990, Chamber Music Northwest premier…

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Henriette Paulus 10:40

24d ago10:40

10:40

Change comes when you dream for something and go for it. Henriette Paulus is a medical student and UNESCO 03 Ambassador from Namibia. To get connected with Henriette, find her on Instagram at @_henrietteee_. Please leave a rating, share a comment, and subscribe! Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. Follow Be t…

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Sallinen's 'Palace Rhapsody' 2:00

13h ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis In the 18th century, the operas of Mozart were so popular in Prague that their tunes were arranged for small wind bands to play on street corners so musicians could collect the 18th century equivalent of a buck or two tossed into an open instrument case. Now, as popular as contemporary opera composer Aulis Sallinen might be in his native F…

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Dispatch 2: The Results Are In 43:15

8h ago43:15

43:15

On this week's episode of The Political Dispatch, join Sidd Kurapati, Lily Mott, and Tom Spare as they discuss the results of the 2024 UK General Election. Please leave a rating, share a comment, and subscribe! To get connected with Sidd, Tom, or Lily, please find them on Instagram: @sparetom, @lilymott3, and @siddkurapati. For more information abo…

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William Byrd 2:00

4h ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis It’s likely you’ll hear a good deal of American music today — and rightly so — but we’re taking a minute or two to acknowledge a special British composer’s anniversary, as today’s date marks the anniversary of the passing of William Byrd, one of England’s greatest composers, who produced both sacred and secular works that are still regular…

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Emmaryn Leuzzi 25:06

13h ago25:06

25:06

Change comes when you find the middle ground. Emmaryn Leuzzi is a climate advocate and PhD candidate from Ghana. To get connected with Emmaryn, find her on Instagram at @emma_djen. Please leave a rating, share a comment, and subscribe! Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. Follow Be the change. Podcast on Insta…

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Taking control of Blueprints, Voice gets smarter in 2024.7 1:01:43

1d ago1:01:43

1:01:43

2024.7, Year of the voice chapter 7, and an amazing ESPHome update are just some of the goodies released Rohan and Phil break down. Chapters 00:44 ESPHome Update Entities 05:16 Year of the voice chapter 7 18:49 2204.7 20:11 Home Assistant Roadmap 29:05 20247 Continued For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this e…

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Iannaccone's Appalachian Fantasias 2:00

1d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis Remember Y2K — the Millennial Year 2000? It was a time of extravagant hopes and dire predictions, as pundits and prophets weighed in as the 20th century hastened to its end. Composers weighed in, too. The American Composers Forum and the National Endowment for the Arts collaborated on Continental Harmony, a project that commissioned new mu…

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Libby Larsen outdoors 2:00

2d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis Nothing is better than being outdoors on a glorious summer’s day listening to live music — at least that’s what American composer Libby Larsen thinks. “I grew up on outdoor concerts,” she recalls. “There was a bandstand by my house in Minneapolis, and all summer long, orchestras and bands would play there. There's something special about b…

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Strauss and Thomas in New York 2:00

3d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis Browsing The New York Times for today’s date in 1867, under the banner “Amusements,” you would have seen this notice: “Mr. Theodore Thomas, returned home from his trip to Paris and Berlin, will resume personal control of the concerts given by his orchestra at Terrace Garden this evening.” Born in Germany in 1835, Theodore Thomas came to Am…

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PRE-RELEASE: Dr. Joseph Farrell - Endstage SSP 2:50:52

4d ago2:50:52

2:50:52

This is a pre-release of S09 E14 only to the podcast platforms. All show notes will appear when it is officially out on the video platforms. Recorded: 28 August 2023 Series: Timeline of a Breakaway Civilization

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Schubert seeks a publisher 2:00

4d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis On today’s date in 1826, Franz Schubert completed what would be his last string quartet, published posthumously as his Opus 161. 1826 was a rather frustrating year for Schubert. Prospects for commissions didn’t pan out, and he wrote the following note to the oldest publishing house in Germany, Breitkopf & Härtel: “In the hope that my name …

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Tower's musical islands 2:00

5d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis American composer Joan Tower says explaining her music is “sheer torture for me.” Understandably, she prefers to let her music speak for itself, and many of her works have simple, generic titles like Piano Concerto or Concerto for Orchestra. But audiences generally prefer more evocative titles, and on more than one occasion Tower has provi…

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Robert Xavier Rodriguez 2:00

6d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis Interest in the life of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has been on the rise since her death in 1954, so it’s not surprising that in 1991 she became the subject of the opera Frida, by American composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez, who was born in San Antonio on today’s date in 1946. Like Kahlo’s paintings, Rodriguez’ opera evokes Mexican folk t…

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Beethoven symphonies and 20th century politics 2:00

7d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis No four notes in classical music are more familiar than those that open Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. Their powerful psychological resonance has often extended beyond music into overtly political contexts. For example, on today’s date in 1941, the British Broadcasting Company began using those notes as a theme for radio shows beamed across E…

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Dennis Edwards - Humility Illuminated 36:44

8d ago36:44

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In episode 39 of TheoDisc, Kenny is joined by Rev Dr Dennis Edwards, who says humility has been misunderstood, manipulated or marginalised, such that it’s been hidden away in a dark corner. But in his book, Humility Illuminated, Dennis wants to recover the biblical roots of humility, its importance for the character of the church, and the way it ca…

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Joe Seddon 23:32

8d ago23:32

23:32

Change comes when you recognize that there’s no such thing as an overnight success. Joe Seddon is the founder of Zero Gravity which is a technology company supporting students from low-opportunity areas with attending universities and getting started with their careers. To get connected with Joe, find him on Instagram at @whatjoedid and LinkedIn. T…

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Music for the whirly-birds by Stockhausen and Wagner 1:59

8d ago1:59

1:59

Synopsis On today’s date in 1995, the four members of the Arditti String Quartet entered four helicopters warming up their engines at an airfield in Holland. Followed by video cameras, each player’s image and audio was relayed to huge video displays and loudspeakers on the ground for the mid-air premiere of a work titled — what else — Helicopter Qu…

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Stravinsky meets Debussy 2:00

9d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis On today’s date in 1910, one week after his 28th birthday, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky attended the premiere performance of his ballet, The Firebird, at the Paris Opera, staged by the famous Ballet Russe ensemble of Serge Diaghilev. Recalling the premiere, Stravinsky wrote: “The first-night audience glittered indeed, but the fact that…

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Havergal Brian writes one for the record books 2:00

11d ago2:00

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Synopsis According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest, longest, most massively orchestrated symphony of all time is the Gothic Symphony by British composer Havergal Brian. The symphony was composed between 1919 and 1922, but didn’t receive its first performance until 40 years later, on today’s date in 1961, when Bryan Fairfax conduc…

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William Grant Still's rain-delayed premiere 2:00

11d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis A New Yorker scanning the music pages of the New York Times for June 23, 1940 might have caught a headline announcing a new work by American composer William Grant Still, scheduled for its premiere the following day at an open-air concert by the New York Philharmonic at Lewisohn Stadium. As bad luck would have it, storm clouds postponed th…

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Roy Whelden's new music for an old instrument 2:00

12d ago2:00

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Synopsis On this date in 1787, an obituary in London’s Morning Post noted the passing two days earlier of Carl Friedrich Abel, 63, a composer, concert impresario and viola da gamba virtuoso. The viola da gamba was the forerunner of the modern cello. Its heyday was in the 17th century, but soon after the softer-voiced gamba lost out to the more powe…

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Dispatch 1: UK General Election Preview 1:16:58

16d ago1:16:58

1:16:58

Welcome to The Political Dispatch! On this podcast, Sidd Kurapati, Lily Mott, and Tom Spare explore the world of politics and policy through conversation. In today's fast-paced news cycle, it's easy to get lost in the details. Our goal is to step back and look at the broader trends shaping our society. Whether you are a policy wonk, a political jun…

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Sean Hickey's Cello Concerto 2:00

13d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis There are dozens of famous cello concertos that get performed in concert halls these days, ranging from 18th century works by Italian Baroque master Antonio Vivaldi to dramatic 20th century works of Russian modernist Dmitri Shostakovich. American composer Sean Hickey was commissioned by Russian cellist Dmitry Kouzov to write a new one, whi…

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Florian’s 100+ device ZigBee Network 1:01:22

14d ago1:01:22

1:01:22

Florian from The Netherlands joins Rohan and Phil to break down his smart home journey, and some of the decisions made when designing his families smart home. Chapters 00:56 Getting started with Home Assistant 12:23 Design Considerations for a smart home 17:00 Protocols in the smart home 19:17 100 Devices on Zigbee 27:40 Home Assistant Hardware 29:…

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The 'Cockaigne' Overture 2:00

17d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis On today’s date in 1901, English composer Edward Elgar conducted the first performance of his cheery, upbeat, and slightly rowdy Cockaigne Overture, a commission from the Royal Philharmonic Society dedicated to his many friends in British Orchestras. Now Cockaigne does not refer to the schedule two narcotic, but rather an old nickname for …

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Toini Amutenya 14:50

15d ago14:50

14:50

Change comes when you make mistakes and go back to the drawing board. Toini Amutenya is a climate action leader and ambassador from Namibia. To get connected with Toini, find her on Instagram at @toini_amutenya. Please leave a rating, share a comment, and subscribe! Follow Be the change. Media Network on Instagram: @bethechangemedianetwork. Follow …

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An Antheil premiere (or two) 2:00

17d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis On today’s date in 1926, avant-garde musical piece Ballet Mechanique, scored for multiple pianos and percussion, had its public premiere at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. Its composer was a 25-year old American named George Antheil. Antheil’s piece had its private premiere earlier that year at the palatial Parisian home of a very…

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PRE-RELEASE: Steven "Recluse" Snider - A Century of PSYOPS 2:52:25

15d ago2:52:25

2:52:25

This is a pre-release of S09 E24 only to the podcast platforms. All show notes will appear when it is officially out on the video platforms. Recorded: 20 November 2023 Series: Timeline of a Breakaway Civilization

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Paul Fetler's 'Capriccio' 2:00

19d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis On today’s date in 1985, a brand-new piece of music had its premiere in a brand-new concert hall in Minnesota. American composer Paul Fetler wrote his jaunty Capriccio to celebrate both the first concert of the seventh season of conductor Jay Fishman’s Minneapolis Chamber Symphony and the new Ordway Music Theater in St. Paul, which had ope…

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Bach is back 2:00

20d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis As Leipzig’s chief provider of both sacred and secular music, Johann Sebastian Bach probably gave a huge sigh of relief on today’s date in 1733. The death of Imperial Elector Friedrich Augustus the First of Saxony earlier that year had resulted in a four-month period of official mourning, which meant NO elaborate sacred music at Bach’s Lei…

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Francis Johnson 2:00

21d ago2:00

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Synopsis Today we celebrate Francis Johnson, born in Martinque in the West Indies on today’s date in 1792. He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 at 17. As a teen, Johnson was a master of the violin and the keyed bugle, an early precursor of the trumpet. By his 20s, he was a popular bandleader around Philadelphia. Johnson experimented with various co…

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David Ward-Steinman's 'Cinnabar' 2:00

22d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis “Listening to inner voices” is a phrase that can mean a lot of things. For violists, providing those inner voices, musically speaking, is their daily bread and butter. In the modern orchestra, the viola provides the alto voice in the string choir, filling in harmonies and musical lines between the violins on top and the cellos and double b…

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Bernstein, Blitzstein and Brecht 2:00

23d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis Bernstein, Blitzstein and Brecht … it sounds a little like a law firm, doesn’t it? But today, we celebrate the anniversary of an important musical partnership involving those three gentlemen. Marc Blitzstein and Leonard Bernstein were two American composers who shared a passion for musical theater. Bertolt Brecht was a German poet and play…

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Thomas Greene Wiggins 2:00

24d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis On this date in 1908, Thomas Greene Wiggins died in Hoboken, New Jersey at 59. Known as “Blind Tom Wiggins,” he was one of the most celebrated — and cruelly exploited — Black concert performers of the 19th century. Born enslaved in Georgia in 1849, Wiggins and his parents were offered for sale in an ad reading: “Price: $1,500 without Tom, …

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Nijay Gupta - Strange Religion 39:09

22d ago39:09

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In episode 38 of TheoDisc, Kenny chats with Dr Nijay Gupta, who would say that weirdness was actually what made the early church attractive. Nijay’s latest book, Strange Religion, talks about how the First Christians were weird, dangerous and compelling. They spoke about how understanding the way these Christians navigated their world with the mess…

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Music for the birds by Dvořák 2:00

25d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis There’s a long list of composers ranging from Vivaldi to Messiaen who have incorporated bird song into their musical works. Today we make note of one of them. On this date in 1893, great Czech composer Antonín Dvořák was vacationing with his family in Spillville, Iowa, spending the hot summer months with a small Czech community who had set…

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Hovhaness and the world's biggest vocal soloist 2:00

26d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis On this date in 1970, the New York Philharmonic, led by Andre Kostelanetz, introduced the world’s largest vocal soloists in the premiere performance of And God Created Great Whales, by American composer Alan Hovhaness. The New York Times review found the music accompanying the recorded songs of whales “fairly inconsequential,” but pleasant…

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Marsalis and Swing 2:00

27d ago2:00

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Synopsis Wynton Marsalis says it all began with a dare in the 1990s from German conductor Kurt Masur, then Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. “He came to a concert of mine when I was like 28 or 29, and said he wanted me to write for the New York Philharmonic. I started laughing like, man, I have never even written for a big band,” Marsali…

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Laugh your ads off with Kristine Mirelle - Episode 59 27:31

24d ago27:31

27:31

I had the opportunity to chat with Kristine Mirelle about her kid/teen years! She has an amazing story of following her dreams, working hard, and making magic happen! As a young kid she found the power of selling things to people via "door to door". As she started her music career she spent YEARS selling her CD's door to door before ending up havin…

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Franklin's 'Falls Flyer' 2:00

28d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis The name Charles A. Lindbergh will forever be associated with two dramatic events: the first, Lindbergh’s historic nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in the airplane The Spirit of St. Louis; the second, the kidnapping and murder of his infant son. On today’s date in the year 2002, marking the centennial of Lindbergh’s birth and the 75…

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Elliott Carter's 'Two Controversies and a Conversation' 2:00

29d ago2:00

2:00

Synopsis American composer Elliott Carter lived to be 103, completing more than 40 works between ages 90 and 100, and 20 more after he turned 100 in 2008. On today’s date in 2012, a new chamber work by Carter with an odd title was premiered at a concert in the New York Philharmonic’s CONTACT! Series. Two Controversies and a Conversation showcased t…

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Vaughan Williams comes to America 2:00

1M ago2:00

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Synopsis It was on today’s date in 1922 that English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams conducted the American premiere of his Symphony No. 3 (Pastoral) at the Litchfield County music festival in Norfolk, Connecticut. It was his first trip to the U.S., and he reacted to American landscapes and customs with wonder and amusement. He found the Woolworth …

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67. Amy Gansell: Dressing Assyria's queens 42:28

29d ago42:28

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Amy discusses the multi-sensory presence of the queens of Assyria. What was queenly dress and what meaning did each part of it convey? How does the evidence from art compare to what we learn from archaeology? Can we identify personal choice? She also talks about what it's like to wear queenly clothes, and what experimental archaeology can tell us. …

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Four Years of Be the change. Podcast 25:41

1M ago25:41

25:41

Change starts with community. The first episode of Be the change. Podcast was released on June 2, 2020, and this episode marks four years since that first episode. This episode features inspiring stories and advice from the following past guests of the podcast: Selin Ozunaldim, Cameron Samuels, Jeeva Senthilnathan, Beth Dennis, Joshua Gabriel Oluwa…

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Letting AI take control of our home with 2024.6 1:01:18

1M ago1:01:18

1:01:18

From digital photo frames, irrigation and (almost) his children, Daniel has automated a lot with Home Assistant and ESPHome Chapters 01:04 LLM AI Support for Home Assistant 09:52 Assust Room Awareness 10:58 Section Layout Control 13:28 Blueprint Collapsible Sections 14:23 Grouping Actions 17:04 Matter Matters 18:24 Disabling Expired Login Tokens in…

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