Hello! Welcome to the second episode of Fretful Porpentine, hosted by book critic Valerie Stivers and classical music commentator Jeffrey Gross. This podcast explores musical references in classic literature. But in this episode we discuss something new and fascinating: Michael Clune’s novel, PAN, published on July 22nd, and the music in it: Bach Orchestral Suites, also Boston and — yes — the Neville Brothers. Clune’s novel can be purchased here: Your independent bookstore or https://a.co/d/a...
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Hello! Welcome to the second episode of Fretful Porpentine, hosted by book critic Valerie Stivers and classical music commentator Jeffrey Gross. This podcast explores musical references in classic literature. But in this episode we discuss something new and fascinating: Michael Clune’s novel, PAN, published on July 22nd, and the music in it: Bach Orchestral Suites, also Boston and — yes — the Neville Brothers. Clune’s novel can be purchased here: Your independent bookstore or https://a.co/d/a...
Hello! Welcome to the second episode of Fretful Porpentine, hosted by book critic Valerie Stivers and classical music commentator Jeffrey Gross. This podcast explores musical references in classic literature. But in this episode we discuss something new and fascinating: Michael Clune’s novel, PAN, published on July 22nd, and the music in it: Bach Orchestral Suites, also Boston and — yes — the Neville Brothers. Clune’s novel can be purchased here: Your independent bookstore or https://a.co/d/a...
Hello! Welcome to the first episode of The Fretful Porpentine, hosted by classical music expert Jeffrey Gross and book critic Valerie Stivers. This podcast explores references to classical music in classic literature. In this episode, we discuss Frédéric Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 in B♭ minor, Opus 31, and its mention in Philip Roth's "The Ghost Writer." Recordings used in the episode can be found here: https://musopen.org/music/139-scherzo-no-2-in-b-flat-minor-op-31/ , performed by Alice Hwang. ...
Hello! Welcome to the second episode of Fretful Porpentine, hosted by book critic Valerie Stivers and classical music commentator Jeffrey Gross. This podcast explores musical references in classic literature. But in this episode we discuss something new and fascinating: Michael Clune’s novel, PAN, published on July 22nd, and the music in it: Bach Orchestral Suites, also Boston and — yes — the Neville Brothers. Clune’s novel can be purchased here: Your independent bookstore or https://a.co/d/a...
