Rush Hour Conversations
Watch or hear extended interviews with Rush Hour artists, Rush Hour advisors, and other innovators in the world of arts and culture today, hosted by Rush Hour Artistic Director Deborah Sobol.
2011 Season – VIDEO Episode Listing
Episode 1: Baroque Band
Episode 2: Fifth House Ensemble
Episode 3: WFMT’s Andrea Lamoreaux
Episode 5: Kuang-Hao Huang & Marina Hoover
Episode 6: The Cast of “Bon Appétit!”: Emily Lodine, The Very Reverend Joy Rogers, and The Reverend Jim Steen
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2010 Season – AUDIO Episode Listing
A Welcome Message from Deborah Sobol
June 1: Johannes Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18
Episode 1 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Nathan Cole, Brant Taylor, and Kenneth Olsen
June 8: Music of Renaissance Spain
Episode 2 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with members of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum
June 15: Music of Enesco, Defaye, Françaix, and Honegger
Episode 3 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Fulcrum Point
June 22: Music of Frank Martin and David Schrader
Episode 4 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Robert Morgan and David Schrader
June 29: Kevin Puts: Quintet for Piano and Strings (“The Red Snapper”)
Episode 5 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Fifth House Ensemble
July 6: French Music for Organ
Episode 6 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Bruce J. Barber II
July 13: Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (“Scenes from Childhood”)
Episode 7, part 1 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Children’s Poet Laureate Mary Ann Hoberman, and Kuang-Hao Huang
Episode 7, part 2 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Penny Barr and Mary Ann Hoberman
July 20: Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47
Episode 8 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Trio Voce and Yukiko Ogura
July 27: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65
Episode 9 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Kuang-Hao Huang and Brant Taylor
August 3: Paul Lansky: Threads
Episode 10 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Third Coast Percussion
August 10: Music of De Falla and Pärt
Episode 11 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with Maire O’Brien and Brant Taylor
August 24 new!: Leoš Janáček: Mladi
Episode 12 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with members of Quintet Attacca
August 31: Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor (“Death and the Maiden”)
Episode 13 – Deborah Sobol in conversation with the Euclid Quartet
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2009 Season – AUDIO Episode Listing
June 2
Episode 1 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Judith Kulb, Lewis Kirk, & Jeremiah Frederick
June 9
Episode 2 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Claire Chase and Eric Lamb
June 23
Episode 4 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Kevin Coval and James Giles
June 30
Episode 5 – Deborah Sobol Interviews CINCO Brass Quintet
July 7
Episode 6 - Deborah Sobol Interviews Stephan Grieder and Sam Burckhardt
July 14
Episode 7 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Garry Clarke, Craig Trompeter, and David Schrader
July 21
Episode 8 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Fifth House Ensemble
July 28
Episode 9 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Qing Hou, Paula Kosower, and Kuang-Hao Huang
August 4
Episode 10 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Eugene Izotov, Brant Taylor, and David Schrader
August 11
Episode 11 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Trio Voce
August 18
Episode 12 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Bruce J. Barber II
August 21
Episode 13 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Third Coast Percussion
August 27
Episode 14 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Third Coast Percussion
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2008 Season – AUDIO Episode Listing
May 31
Episode 1, Pt 1 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Rob Kapilow, conductor, composer, commentator, and Rush Hour Advisory Committee member
June 4
Episode 2 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Clancy Newman, cellist, composer, and Rush Hour Advisory Committee member
June 5
Episode 1, Pt 2 - Deborah Sobol Interviews Rob Kapilow, conductor, composer, commentator, and Rush Hour Advisory Committee member
June 20
Episode 4 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Members of Fifth House Ensemble
June 27
Episode 5 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Violinist Bernard Zinck and Guitarist Rene Izquierdo
July 7
Episode 7 – Deborah Sobol Interviews David Schrader, Robert Morgan, and Sandra Morgan
July 8
Episode 8 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Laura Shapiro
July 25
Episode 9 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Yang Wei and Brant Taylor
August 1
Episode 10 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Third Coast Percussion
August 8
Episode 11 – Deborah Sobol Interviews CINCO Brass Quintet
August 22
Episode 13 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Bruce J. Barber II
August 28
Episode 14 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Quintet Attacca
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2007 Season – AUDIO Episode Listing
“P.D.Q. Bach rehearsal bloopers” (2:54) play
Rehearsal bloopers from baritone Peter Van De Graaff, pianist Kay Kim, and kazoo players (a.k.a. soprano and mezzo-soprano) Carole FitzPatrick and Emily Lodine.
“Piano…five hands?” (13:39) play
Everything P.D.Q. Bach, collaboration with kazoos, diversity in the arts, on listening, feeling and experiencing, with Rush Hour Artistic Director Deborah Sobol and soprano Carole FitzPatrick, mezzo-soprano Emily Lodine, tenor Harold Brock, baritone Peter Van De Graaff, and pianist Kay Kim.
“Who’s the boss?” (8:31) play
Pre-concert discussion with Rush Hour Managing Director Julie Hutchison and three members of Quintet Attacca – Jennifer Clippert, Barbara Drapcho, and Jeremiah Frederick.
“Who is your desert island composer?” (13:49) play
Pre-concert discussion between flutist Claire Chase, cellist Katinka Kleijn, keyboardist David Schrader, and Rush Hour Artistic Director Deborah Sobol.
“Rehearsing Third Construction by John Cage” (2:04) play
In rehearsal with Third Coast Percussion.
Please visit the Third Coast website for its debut album!
“Plotting world domination…” (7:43) play
Introducing Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Q&A with Third Coast by Fanfare Committee member Reba Levy
“We’ve been sitting too close…” (5:36) play
Piano four hands and its musical, social and cultural context, a moment with pianists James Giles and Deborah Sobol after a rehearsal.
“Pedal with your ear, not your feet” (6:50) play
Schubert piano repertoire, micromanagement, and the technique of playing piano four hands, part 2 of the post-rehearsal discussion between pianists James Giles and Deborah Sobol.
“Music for old people written by dead people?” (2:29) play
Classical music’s current state of affairs and The Beatles, with Deborah Sobol and cellists Stephen Balderston, Abe Feder, and Brant Taylor.
“Old watches, human conditions, and artichokes” (5:31) play
Understanding digital lifestyles and younger generations’ perception of classical music, with Deborah Sobol and cellists Brant Taylor, Ken Olsen, and Abe Feder.
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