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Thu, 31 March 2011  Episode 12: Brutal Violin, Beautiful Death Metal  Episode 12: Brutal Violin, Beautiful Death Metal Upcoming Gigs: April 2 - Trio Settecento in a program of 17th Century English music at the Presbyterian Church of Barrington in Illinois, April 9 - Clement Concerto with the Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie at the Concertgebouw, broadcast live on www.radio4.nl at 2:15pm Amsterdam time Mailbox Mayhem: Adam writes: "I thought you should know that I finally went out and bought a classical music CD. Picked up some Tchaikovsky, can't get enough of his stuff. Just listening on YouTube wasn't cutting it anymore." A conversation with electric heavy metal violinist Lyris Hung. Be sure to visit her band's website at www.hungrocks.com. Lyris's Classical Recommendations:Mendelssohn, especially Symphony No. 3 (the "Scottish" Symphony)SibeliusBrahms - Double ConcertoSchnittke total playing time: 47:18 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.facebook.com/rachelbartonpineviolinistwww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Direct download: vr12.mp3Category:general -- posted at: 2:00 PM |
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Wed, 16 February 2011 Episode 11: Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock  Episode 11: Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock Upcoming Gigs: February 15 - private concert in New York City, February 17 - private concert in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 23 and 24 - Glazunov Concerto with the Bournemouth Symphony in Poole and Portsmouth, England, February 27 - recital (sonatas by Bach, Faure, Brahms and Ravel) in Montreal, March 2 and 3 - Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Russian Philharmonic in Moscow and Kaluga Mailbox Mayhem: Kristin writes, "I have a 12 year old girl who wears her Earthen Grave shirt to school, even though it comes down past her knees. The Earthen Grave show with Macabre was my fledgling metal head's first concert. Take that Justin Bieber!!!!!!!!" Tre writes, “"Hey Rachel, what do you think about the band Apocalyptica and their style, and would you ever play with them given the chance?” A conversation with Janell Duxbury, author of "Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock." Be sure to visit her informative Rock Classical Connection website at www.rockclassical.com. total playing time: 34:57 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.facebook.com/rachelbartonpineviolinistwww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Direct download: vr11.mp3Category:general -- posted at: 1:21 AM |
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Wed, 26 January 2011 Episode 10: No guitars needed! Armand shreds with Vio7  Episode 10: No guitars needed! Armand shreds with Vio7 Upcoming Gigs: January 29 - Brahms Concerto with the Springfield Symphony in Massachusetts, February 5 - Ravel's Tzigane and Mozart Concerto No. 5 with the Springfield Symphony in Missouri, February 11 - Tchaikovsky Concerto with the Bilkent Symphony in Ankara, Turkey, and February 13 and 14 with Trio Settecento playing French Baroque music at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC. Mailbox Mayhem: Vince from Grayslake, Illinois writes: "Hey there! I saw you up at the Rave in Milwaukee and wanted to say that you guys rocked! I also wanted to ask if you've ever listened to Children of Bodom and had considered covering their stuff...very classical and fast!!!! Check it out!!" A conversation with classically-trained Latvian metal violinist Armand Melnbardis, inventor of the electric Vio7 and founder of the guitar-free band of the same name. Includes his songs "Vio-Voice" and "Day From Hell." Armand's Classical Recommendations:Paganini - 24 CapricesVaughan Williams - symphonic worksBach - 6 Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violinBach - 6 Suites for unaccompanied celloYsaye - 6 Sonatas for unaccompanied violinPaganini - violin concertosBeethoven - Symphony No. 5 total playing time: 54:20 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.facebook.com/rachelbartonpineviolinistwww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Direct download: vr10.mp3Category:general -- posted at: 2:33 AM |
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Wed, 5 January 2011 Episode 9: Trumpets and Recorders and Bassoons, Oh My! - The Creativity of Lothar Keller  Episode 9: Trumpets and Recorders and Bassoons, Oh My! - The Creativity of Lothar Keller Upcoming Gigs: January 15 and 16 (afternoon) - Beethoven Concerto with the Illinois Philharmonic, January 16 (evening) - Earthen Grave at the Chicago Music Awards, January 22 - Beethoven Concerto with the Riverside Philharmonic in Southern California Mailbox Mayhem: Chad writes, “A couple of months ago, I was listening to 98.7 FM (from Chicago), and there was an interview with you on. Upon hearing your name, something scratched at the back of my brain...that name sounded vaguely familiar. Two years ago my step-sons went to see Uli Jon Roth in concert at the House of Blues, and they mentioned a violinist playing along with Uli. Same person? Indeed it was. And needless to say, my step-sons were blown away by both you and Uli. Today I was browsing through the iTunes Music Store to see what was available for Uli-related music and I found your violinrules Podcast with the interview with Uli. Very cool, thank you for posting that! He's always a treat to listen to, truly the artist's artist.” ElvisLivesUpstairs writes, “Why does it look like you have a double chin when you play?” A conversation with classically-trained metal guitarist, singer and songwriter Lothar Keller of Sacred Dawn and Divinity Compromised. Includes "Alone in the Dark" by IHS from 1990 and "The Untold Story" and "Delirium" by Sacred Dawn from their soon-to-be-released album "The Madness Within." Lothar's Classical Recommendations:MozartBachVivaldiBeethovenWagner total playing time: 1:07:23 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.facebook.com/rachelbartonpineviolinistwww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Direct download: vr9.MP3Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:39 AM |
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Wed, 8 December 2010 Episode 8: Not Radio Material - Getting in the Groove with Edgar Gabriel  Episode 8: Not Radio Material - Getting in the Groove with Edgar Gabriel Mailbox Mayhem: Kent writes: "I just had to say... I am sitting here with my girlfriend and although I live in Georgia, I am originally from Indiana.I remember when you first came out with the heavy metal stuff that was played on 105.1 a lot. I was talking music theory and how it is all relative and decided to look you up. I have just gotta say Amen to what you have done and showing that without classical there could've been no heavy metal." Alexey writes: I'm very exited to see you here in Brazil soon! Will be a great concert! PS: Bring your Viper! ;)" A conversation with Chicago-based classical, blues, jazz, rock violinist Edgar Gabriel. Includes Edgar's recording of his original composition "Nosebleed" on electric violin, and a live duet with Rachel Barton Pine of part of the Saint-Saens Fantasy. Also includes Edgar's original metal-inspired composition "Theme and Variations" for solo violin, written for Rachel Barton Pine. Edgar's Classical Recommendations:Holst - The Planets, especially MarsStravinsky - The Rite of SpringBartok - Concerto for OrchestraBeethoven - any of the symphoniesBach - Sonatas and Partitas for solo violinPaganini - 24 Caprices for solo violinSaint-Saens - Fantasy for violin and harp total playing time: 57:09 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.facebook.com/rachelbartonpineviolinistwww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios Direct download: vr8.mp3Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:46 AM |
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Tue, 16 November 2010 Episode 7: Chuck Bontrager - Classical Violinist, Metal Violinist, General Badass  Episode 7: Chuck Bontrager - Classical Violinist, Metal Violinist, General Badass Upcoming Gigs: November 6 - master class at the Chicago High School for the Performing Arts, November 19 - Distinguished Citizen Award from the Illinois St. Andrew Society, November 21 - master class for Wheaton College Community School of the Arts, November 27 - Barber Concerto with the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira in Rio de Janeiro, November 28 and 29 - Barber Concerto with the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira in Sao Paolo, December 2 - recital for Bargemusic in Brooklyn, New York Mailbox Mayhem: Jeremy writes, "From the entire crew of Downer's Grove Tattoo, we wish to you the bestest day that you ever did knew! I remember seeing you perform at Double Door in Chicago and bought Stringendo… Thanks for bringing metal/ hard rock to classical-minded individuals." Jason writes, "Just ate dinner with my neighbor while listening to the Trio Settecento album. Very nice!" A conversation with fellow classical/metal violinist, Chuck Bontrager. Includes Chuck's performances on electric 7-string "viper" violin with his Tool tribute band Vicarious, and acoustic string duets of Pantera's Cowboys from Hell and Metallica's One with Chuck and Rachel Barton Pine. Chuck's Classical Recommendations:Bach - Sonata in G Minor performed by Henryk SzeryngSibelius - Violin Concerto performed by Isaac SternVerdi - "Dies Irae" from RequiemVivaldi - The Four SeasonsBrahms - any Scherzo, especially the Sonatensatz or from the Piano Quartet in C Minor total playing time: 54:23 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.myspace.com/rachelbartonpinewww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios Direct download: vr07.mp3Category:podcasts -- posted at: 3:36 PM |
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Sat, 17 January 2009 Episode 6: Rachel Barton Pine rocks Indiana's X-Rock 103.9  Episode 6: Rachel Barton Pine rocks Indiana's X-Rock 103.9Upcoming Gigs: January 15 - Centerville High School in Ohio, January 16 and 17 - Cordero Concerto with the Dayton Philharmonic in Ohio, January 24 - private concert in West Palm BeachMailbox Mayhem: Peggy writes, "I just wanted you to know that you have been a great inspiration in my life. I play the flute and love Metallica, Pantera, and other hardcore bands. It's really cool to know that there are people out there like me. I considered quitting band, but when my dad got me your CD, I decided that if I stuck to it that maybe one day I could release a flute CD with Metallica and Pantera and Megadeth songs on it. Thank you a thousand times over for being such an inspiration in my life!!!" Bill asks, "Why do you change the tempo between AC/DC's songs and your own versions?"An interview from April 2008 with Tom Lounges on Northwest Indiana's Night Rock Radio Show on X-Rock 103.9.total playing time: 30:50 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.myspace.com/rachelbartonpinewww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios Direct download: vr6.mp3Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:47 PM |
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Tue, 2 December 2008 Episode 5: Getting More Deeply in Touch with Music - the artistic journeys of guitarist Uli Jon Roth  Episode 5: Getting More Deeply in Touch with Music - the artistic journeys of guitarist Uli Jon Roth Upcoming gigs: December 15 - complete Brahms Sonata live on www.wfmt.com at 8pm CST Mailbox Mayhem: Rob writes, "Hi, Rachel, I saw you perform with Uli Jon Roth at the House of Blues last Sunday in Chicago and you blew me away. I especially loved the rendition of 'All Along the Watchtower.' I thought when you threw your shredded bow hair to the audience, as rock guitarists throw souvenir picks, was very funny. You Rock!" Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth talks about his musical roots, early days with the Scorpions, playing classical music on the electric guitar, mentoring young guitarists at his Sky Academy, and the differences between playing acoustic and electric. Uli's Classical Recommendations:Brahms - Violin Concerto played by Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm FurtwanglerMozart - RequiemTchaikovsky - Violin ConcertoBeethoven - Violin ConcertoVivaldi - The Four SeasonsChopinLiszt total playing time: 1:00:00 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.myspace.com/rachelbartonpinewww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios Direct download: vr5.mp3Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:04 AM |
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Episode 13: Earthen Grave Gets Blood Drunk Upcoming Gigs: April 29 – Earthen Grave at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, April 30 – recital with piano (music of Liszt, Janacek and Ravel) at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, May 7 – Brahms Concerto with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, May 14 – Brahms Concerto with the Shreveport Symphony in Louisiana, May 15 – piano quartets in Lockport, Illinois. Mailbox Mayhem: ATY9Productions writes: "I know it’s good to move when you play, but that lady looked like she was having a seizure."A conversation with Rachel Barton Pine’s doom/thrash metal band Earthen Grave, including excerpts from their new single “Blood Drunk.” For more information, please visit www.earthengrave.comtotal playing time: 32:10SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on the show? Just send your question or comment via written text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Mailbox Mayhem! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.comwww.facebook.com/rachelbartonpineviolinistwww.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violins Rule! with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Direct download: vr13.mp3Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:47 PM