Rush Hour Conversations


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 4: WFMT’s “Critical Thinking”: French Consul General Graham Paul, Brant Taylor, and Deborah Sobol with Andrew Patner

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 16
Episode 3 - Deborah Sobol Interviews Whitney Allen, Mark Brandfonbrener, Patrick Smith, Brant Taylor, Maire O’Brien, and Michael Mulcahy

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 13
Episode 3 – Nick Feder Interviews Members of the Chamber Singers of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum

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 1
Episode 6 – A Discussion with Deborah Sobol, Stephen Young, Larry Combs, and Winners in the Chicago region of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest

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 18
Episode 12 – Deborah Sobol Interviews Donna Milanovich & Stephen Hartman of Capriccio, Elizabeth Start, and Emily Lodine

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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