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Instrument Cases

Instrument Cases

By: Adam Neal
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Instrument Cases explores the character and meanings of musical instruments through interviews and discussions of classical repertoire.

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  • Viola
    Jan 6 2026

    Guests: Matthew Darsey, Ash Mach, Katrin Meidell.

    Audio clips:

    • blocks by Adam Scott Neal, performed by Beo String Quartet (Theme)
    • University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios (viola notes)
    • International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) / Petrucci Music Library (clips of Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture, Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture )
    • Alban Berg Quartet, Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 15
    • Hindemith performs Hindemith, Der Schwanendreher
    • Ondřej Štochl, (Tristan Murail - C’est un jardin secret)
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    26 mins
  • Bassoon
    Nov 30 2025

    In this episode, I talk to Jolene Masone, Peter Van Zandt Lane, and Brittany Harrington-Smith about the bassoon -- a woodwind instrument they called woody, goofy, lyrical. I asked about their relationship with the instrument, what it "does well," and what pieces show it off well.

    Guests: Jolene Masone, Peter Van Zandt Lane, Brittany Harrington-Smith

    Audio clips:

    • blocks by Adam Scott Neal, performed by Beo String Quartet (Theme)
    • University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios (bassoon notes)
    • International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) / Petrucci Music Library (clips of Paul Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring)
    • Christopher Millard and CBC Vancouver Orchestra (Otmar Nussio: Variations su un' Arietta di Pergolesi (1953) )
    • Olivia Palmer-Baker (Pierluigi Bilone: Blaues Fragment (2010))
    • Peter Van Zandt Lane (Hydromancer, Aeromancer, Pyromancer)
    • Breaking Winds Quartet (“Rapper’s Delight” and Maurice Ravel’s Bolero)


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    27 mins
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