22.5. The Music of Bridgerton (Bonus Ep)

What Would Danbury Do?

In this bonus episode we welcome expert choir nerd Vanessa Hughes to WWDDpod to discuss classical music and help to demystify the genre.

Features:

• An unwarranted attack on The Knight’s Tale

• What exactly is a string quartet?

• Smythe-Smiths, please?

• Searching for Maroon 5 lyrical value

• Flipping the bird to ‘the rules’

• Simon and Daphne’s theme

• Popular songs of the 19th century

Recommendation (find music in playlist below):

• The Smythe-Smiths quartet

• Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter

• The Bach Cell Solo Recomposed by Peter Gregson

• Australian up and comer, Belle Chen

• Beethoven Symphony Number 5

• Beethoven Piano Sonata No.21

• Hadyn String Quartet No. 82

• Shostakovich Waltz No. 2

• Strange by Kris Bowers (based on Ravel)

• Vitamin String Quartet

We’ve put together a playlist on YouTube of all the pieces recommended by Vanessa.

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This episode was recorded on the traditional and unceded land of the Gadigal, Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people and edited by Rudi Bremer on Gadigal country.

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