Feb 9, 2019
Author of Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Every Day
Interview starts at 18:16 and ends at 42:30
“I wanted to demystify the music itself, and I wanted to humanize the people who created it, because I think we often think about classical composers being these dead, white European guys invariably from Germany and Austria somewhere in the 18th century maybe with a frock coat, maybe with a powdered wig, definitely on some kind of pedestal occupying a lofty, elevated space that has no bearing on real people’s everyday lives. What’s incredibly humbling when you start to get to know these composers is that they’re just human beings like you and me, just trying to survive their lives, to express themselves through this particular art form.”
News
“No thank you, Mr. Pecker” by Jeff Bezos at Medium - February 7, 2019
"Facing opposition, Amazon reconsiders N.Y. headquarters site, two officials say" by The Washington Post - February 8, 2019
Kindle Paperwhite on sale for $100 - $30 off
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Interview with Clemency Burton-Hill
Year of Wonder: Classical Music to Enjoy Day by Day by Clemency Burton-Hill
Year of Wonder playlists at iTunes and Spotify
WQXR Radio in New York City
Scala Radio launch in the UK
Content
Early Riser: A Novel by Jasper Fforde - to be released February 12, 2019
Winter World by A. G. Riddle - to be released February 26, 2019
Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer
The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson’s Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin by Jan Stocklassa, translated by Tara F. Chace - to be released October 1, 2019
Next Week’s Guest
Kelsey Skea, head of the new Amazon Crossing Kids imprint
Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.
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