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Curious, Cultural Conversation from Calgary and Beyond! CULTURE MONSTER delivers intriguing stories about the giants from the past and introduces you to fascinating figures from the present. Hear what art-makers think about their work in their own words, and listen to host Jonathan Gresl bring to life some forgotten tales from the worlds of music, film, literature and more.
There is always more to explore on CULTURE MONSTER.
Episode 2: Rolf Bertsch and a Great Canadian Crime Caper
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53 minutes 53 seconds
4 years ago
Episode 2: Rolf Bertsch and a Great Canadian Crime Caper
In this episode, I speak with Conductor and Pianist Rolf Bertsch about his Career and genius of Beethoven, and also relate my favourite Canadian crime story: now with a 2020 update. Also, a complete holiday piano performance from Han Ding.
SHOW NOTES episode 2
Piano Performances heard in this episode performed by HAN DING: https://www.handingonline.com
Theatre Calgary’s Official Christmas Carol page: https://www.theatrecalgary.com/shows/a-christmas-carol
The ICI-Tele broadcast of the Les Grands Ballets Canadiens “Nutcracker” https://ici.tou.tv/casse-noisette/S01E01?lectureauto=1
Official Royal Canadian Mint Page about the Million Dollar Coin: https://www.mint.ca/store/mint/learn/million-dollar-coin-1600006
ArtNews story on the theft: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/berlin-coin-theft-1783515
CBC NEWS: The Current Radio Story: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-march-29-2017-1.4044278/how-did-thieves-steal-gigantic-1m-canadian-gold-coin-from-berlin-museum-1.4045314
CBC NEWS: 2020 coin story update: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/berlin-gold-coin-heist-raids-1.5843764
The story about the Premiere of Beethovens Third Piano Concerto is told is Barry Coopers excellent biography: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/beethoven-9780195313314?cc=us&lang=en&
Beethoven’s Piano concertos have been recorded many times
Two recent recommendations are—
Stewart Goodyear and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Andrew Constantine: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=858&name_role1=1&name_id2=24438&name_role2=2&bcorder=21&comp_id=5651
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beethoven-the-complete-piano-concertos/1499010141
Mitsuko Uchida and the Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Simon Rattle: http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2277234
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beethoven-piano-concertos-1-5/1488447983
Rolf Bertsch is the current music director of the Calgary Civic Symphony: https://calgarycivicsymphony.ca/Our-Conductor
Rolf’s Recommendations:
Filmed performance of Beethoven Symphony #4 and Symphony #7 with conductor Carlos Kleiber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3-jlAamGCE
Herbert van Karajan - Beethoven Symphonies (1963)
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2190074
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beethoven-9-symphonies-recordings-from-1961-62/1440764800
John Eliot Gardiner - Beethoven Symphonies (1990s)
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=443080
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/beethoven-the-9-symphonies/1452587530
Bernstein— Bethoven Symphonies (1980s)
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=2262757
https://music.apple.com/us/album/leonard-bernstein-beethoven-the-9-symphonies/1452492300
Thanks for listening. Send your feedback, questions, and/or ideas for future episodes to Jon@Culturemonster.ca
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Curious, Cultural Conversation from Calgary and Beyond! CULTURE MONSTER delivers intriguing stories about the giants from the past and introduces you to fascinating figures from the present. Hear what art-makers think about their work in their own words, and listen to host Jonathan Gresl bring to life some forgotten tales from the worlds of music, film, literature and more.
There is always more to explore on CULTURE MONSTER.
