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So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye! from 2021-08-24T03:00:19
THE END IS NIGH. In fact, it's here. Please do join us for one final round of classical silliness, as we talk about our lives, our classical faves, and how much we're going to miss you. Thank you f...
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"Murder Clowns and Boffin Cocktails": Leoncavallo & Bellini from 2021-05-03T03:00:46
ARE YOU SCARED OF CLOWNS? WELL QUITE FRANKLY YOU MIGHT BE AFTER THIS. Yeeeees gird your loins people, because this episode we're talking murderous vengeful clowns, disappointing jazz gondolas, a...
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"Music Shanks and Power Suits": Ethel Smyth & Florence Price from 2021-03-29T03:00:55
HERE COME THE GIRLS - AND P.S. THEY ARE KICKING BUTTS AND TAKING NAMES. Yeaaas in this episode we discuss two more lovely ladies who shaped the classical music we know and love today, all while ...
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"Brown Notes and Musical TMI": Our Non-Faves from 2021-03-01T04:00:39
BE HONEST: WHO AMONG US DOESN'T ENJOY A GOOD WHINGE? Yeeeeas in this episode of That Classical Podcast we fulfil a listener-request, and openly complain about our LEAST favourite pieces. Warning...
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"Festive Prawns and Angel Swarms": Christmas IV from 2020-12-04T07:48:57
UP-TO-DATE ON YOUR AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS TRIVIA? Well you certainly will be after this festive and VERY educational episode of That Classical Podcast. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!...
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"Frog Concertos and Highway Anthems": Villa-Lobos & Ginastera from 2020-10-20T03:00:10
NEED MORE HARMONICA IN YOUR LIFE? WELL, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. Yes, whether you like it or not, the harmonica makes a very special appearance in this sparkly new episode of That Classic...
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"Werther's Originals and Musical Gold-Panning": Massenet & Poulenc from 2020-09-14T03:00:46
JUST TAKE IT FROM US - YOU DON'T WANT TO BORROW ANY MEDITATION TIPS FROM MASSENET. Find out why in this extra hot episode of That Classical Podcast, featuring desert nunneries, creepy opera dude...
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"Fun Uncles and Dog Defenestration": Boccherini & Rameau from 2020-07-15T03:00:11
DOES YOUR DOG BARK IN TUNE? BETTER DOUBLE-CHECK BEFORE RAMEAU POPS OVER FOR TEA. Yes today we discuss two legendary Baroque composers - one who threw tone-deaf pooches out the window, and one wh...
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That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves #3 from 2020-05-18T01:00:33
YES WE'VE DONE IT AGAIN. We've plugged-in our mics, boosted our wifi and hidden under our chunkiest sound-absorbent blankets to bring you yet ANOTHER social-distancing classical extravaganza, av...
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That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves #2 from 2020-04-27T03:00:25
YOU ASKED FOR MORE CLASSICAL ISOLATION BANGERS AND WE OBLIGED. Settle down and/or in for another top-class social distancing sesh, featuring two stunning pieces of music, titillating talk of org...
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That Classical Isolation: Our Current Faves from 2020-03-30T03:00:50
RECORDED ACROSS THE WAVELENGTHS OF TIME AND SPACE (AKA LONDON), WE PRESENT A SPECIAL MINI-EPISODE. Yes you guessed it, because we aren't allowed to nerd out about classical music in the same roo...
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"Chambermaid Bazungas and Ghost Smalltalk": Strauss & Strauss from 2020-03-16T04:00:55
SO MANY STRAUSSES (STRAUSSI?), SO LITTLE TIME. Yessss in this Strauss-centric episode we discuss the life and times of Johann Strauss II and Richard Strauss - unrelated by blood, but both rather...
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"Hot Samwise and Classical Rasputin": Wagner & Gesualdo from 2020-01-14T04:00:18
SURE, THESE COMPOSERS ARE LITERALLY THE WORST... BUT THEY DID WRITE SOME BANGING TUNES. Yes, in this episode of That Classical Podcast we reveal the composers you love to hate, and explore their...
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"Young B****** and The Pink Peril": Women Composers Pt. II from 2019-11-11T04:00:19
THEY CAME, THEY COMPOSED, THEY CONQUERED. Yes, in this INCREDIBLY ladylike episode of That Classical Podcast, we discuss the women who shook-up the classical world, and wrote some extraordinary ...
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THAT CLASSICAL HANDOVER: New Beginnings from 2019-10-15T03:00:13
TIMES ARE A-CHANGIN' HERE AT THAT CLASSICAL PODCAST. Find out how, why and who in this freshly-squeezed new episode. Enjoy!
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"Full Wangs and Sister-Wife Wonders": Modern Classical Music III from 2019-05-27T03:00:29
WHOEVER SAID CLASSICAL MUSIC WAS BORING, WE'VE GOT THREE WORDS FOR YOU: NAKED OPERA SINGERS. This episode, we're re-opening our mysterious box of Modern Classical Music, and it's filled with anc...
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"Foot Tragedies and 'Artistic' Naked Bits": Strozzi & Lully from 2019-03-11T04:00:55
FOR NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WOE... THAN THIS OF STABBING YOUR FOOT WITH A SHARP STICK, FO SHO. Today we discuss two small but wonderful fish in one of our favourite musical ponds (beginning wi...
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"Infant Body-Builders and Lip Baking": Brass from 2019-02-12T04:00:15
DOOT DOOOOOT yes we're back with another orchestral watcha-ma-call-it, and today it's BRASS. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a one way ticket to brass-town, via dodgy names for the trombone, danci...
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"Exiled Bum-Pinchers and Half-Naughty Monks": CHRISTMAS III from 2018-12-17T04:00:46
CHRISTMAS WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A TRADITIONAL "BUM-PINCH" [AND AN ILLEGAL MINCE PIE] ... YES it's time once again for our annual festive episode, featuring a seasonal smattering of Chris...
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"Football Opera and Century-Straddlers": The Romantic Period from 2018-12-03T04:00:55
BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF FIFTY SHADES. Yes that is 100% correct and accurate, because it's time for something Romantic with a capital R!! This time we dive into the "wishy-...
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"Opium-Cheese Nightmares and 'Opening-Up' Music": Berlioz & Mendelssohn from 2018-11-05T05:18:52
DO YOU ENJOY A GENEROUS SLICE OF GOUDA BEFORE BED? If so, you may have something in common with Hector Berlioz, who's life and nightmarish works we'll be discussing in this TRES FANTASTIQUE new ...
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"Blatant Child Favouritism and Eagle-Waving": Copland & Korngold from 2018-09-18T03:00:46
WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? YOU'VE FOUND THE CLASSICAL MUSIC EQUIVALENT OF "ISN'T SHE LOVELY"???! FINALLY! Yes it's true, we've literally found it, it's in this episode and it's PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY. A...
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"Two-Hit Wonders and Prima Donna Fisticuffs": Pachelbel & Handel from 2018-08-06T03:00:09
OUT OF THE WAY LADS, THE MOST IMPRESSIVELY BORING MAN IN MUSICAL HISTORY IS COMING THROUGH (BUT WE STILL THINK HE'S A BIT OF ALRIGHT). This time on That Classical Podcast we discuss one (and two...
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"Mantelpiece Modesty and Fingerpendence": Chopin & Liszt from 2018-07-09T03:00:31
EVER FANCIED SOMEONE YOU ALSO THINK IS A BIT MINGING? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO NOT GET BURIED ALIVE?? SHALL WE COMPARE FINGER-WEBBING??! All these questions are frankly up for debate and discussio...
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"Tuneful Farts and The Zoomtube": Woodwind from 2018-06-18T03:00:01
GIRD YOUR LITERAL AND PROVERBIAL LOINS PEOPLE, 'CAUSE IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT SOME TUBES WITH HOLES IN THEM AND ALSO WIND. AND ALSO KENNY G. Yes you heard me right, in this episode we shoot the ...
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"The Catholic Underworld and Economical Plagiarism": Byrd & Monteverdi from 2018-05-09T03:00:05
CAN A PERSON BE PHYSICALLY ATTRACTED TO AN ANCIENT WOODEN ETCHING? BLINK TWICE IF YES. In this old-skool episode: The Byrd is genuinely the word, we decide to crowdfund a really-quite-terribly-t...
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"Patriotic Hamburgers and Bangerception": Elgar & Holst from 2018-04-05T03:00
**SILLY AND RUDE OUTTAKES AT THE END OF THE EPISODE BECAUSE YES OK**
COME ON THEN WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE PLANET? (DO ONE, PLUTO.) This time we chat about space-type-things and Bugs Bunny, H...
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"Cousin Love and Tragic Hammers": Smetana & Mahler from 2018-03-19T04:00
INAPPROPRIATE COUSIN CANOODLING! MASSIVE MYSTERY BOXES!! POP GOES THE WEASEL??! All these quite weird things [and more] await your gorgeous ears and fabulous mind-brains in this episode of That ...
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"Swan Barbies and Seductive Whisks": Ballet from 2018-02-05T04:00
IF YOU THINK YOUR KITCHEN IMPLEMENTS HAVE BEEN FLIRTING WITH YOU - STAY TUNED, YOU'RE PROBABLY CORRECT. In this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious new episode we talk about some ballet, some bar...
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"The Medieval Monster Mash and Sad Clouds": Saint-Saëns & Satie from 2018-01-22T03:30
BONJOUR AND TOOT DE LA FRUIT. Mais oui, this time we are discussing not one but TWO French composers who were tres bon at the old musique. Have a nibble on a croissant and settle down for some w...
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"Crazy Old Maurice and Rhythm Orgies": Ravel & Gershwin from 2018-01-08T04:00
IT'S JAZZ O'CLOCK OVER HERE AT THAT CLASSICAL PODCAST AND WE'RE NOT SORRY. It's true, today we're giving you the lowdown on two blokes who loved to spice up their classical compositions with a l...
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"Six-Day-Chords and Carpent Bros": CHRISTMAS II from 2017-12-18T04:00
DING DONG MERRILY ON HI THERE WE HAVE A NEW EPISODE AND IT IS CHRISTMAS-TASTIC. Grab a mince pie and any beverage that may or may not be mulled and join us for our annual round-up of classical x...
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"Tsar BO-GO and Gorbachev's Grammy": Mussorgsky & Prokofiev from 2017-12-04T04:00
"YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE CLASSICAL MUSIC INFINITELY BETTER? MIKHAIL GORBACHEV." We know you've been thinking this for ages and quite frankly we agree with you. In this marvellous new episode of...
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"Table Wine and Weenie Bassoonists": Telemann & Bach from 2017-10-23T04:00
WEENIE BASSOONIST, WEENIE BASSOONIST, WHEREFORE ART THOU WEENIE BASSOONIST? If thou dost want to know more, verily direct your earholes to this ginormously informative new episode of That Classi...
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"Disease Cupboards and Cat Role Play": Paganini & Rossini from 2017-09-25T04:00
A WILD NEW EPISODE APPEARED! YOU USED "LISTEN IMMEDIATELY". IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!!! Open up that classical music pokédex please because this time we chat about sexy-emo-goth Paganini catchin' th...
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"Gary's Peace Pipe and Grimes GCSE": Coleridge-Taylor & Britten from 2017-09-04T03:00
WHO IS GARY WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WHERE AM I? All will be revealed in this bombastic episode of That Classical Podcast, in which we talk poetry, peace pipes, epic corn, weird friends who te...
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"Vehement Carp and Surface Borscht": Symphonies from 2017-08-08T04:00
I MEAN FOR THE LOVE OF CTHULHU WHAT EVEN IS A SYMPHONY?! Yeah fair play m8, we haven't actually explained it yet and we've been going on about it for YONKS. Well dear listeney friends, this epis...
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"Death Chocolate and Musical Pizza": Purcell & Vivaldi from 2017-07-18T04:00
IF YOU'VE EVER WONDERED HOW A PIZZA CAN BE MADE INTO MUSIC, TODAY'S YOUR LUCKY DAY. Come one, come all, it's time for another dive into the twiddly Baroque waters to find more misshapen weird pe...
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"Water Gits and Beard Pranks": Dvořák & Brahms from 2017-07-02T02:19:24
WOULD YOU MARRY A GOBLIN? FRANKLY OUR ADVICE IS TO STAY AWAY. For more top tips, why not listen to our brand spanking new episode, in which we discuss pigeons, wedding guests made of seafood and ab...
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"Wolfgang Bieber and Skull Burglars": Mozart & Haydn from 2017-05-29T23:29:22
DOWN YOUR TOOLS. STOP THE PRESSES. CEASE PETTING THAT DOG. YES, IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT MOZART. AND HAYDN. We are ginormously excited to bring you this episode, featuring jokes about butts (all co...
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"Top Blokes and Crack Trains": Modern Classical Music II from 2017-05-15T22:02:58
HOLD YOUR HORSES PAL - A SECOND EPISODE ON MODERN CLASSICAL MUSIC WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS. I'll tell you why: because we think modern classical music is tickety-boo that's why. This episode we explo...
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"Lobster Debts and Wartime Threesomes": Sibelius & Vaughan Williams from 2017-04-25T22:01:28
BEHOLD: ANCIENT FINNISH TINDER DATES, BEAUTIFUL SAWMILLS, WW2 EXTRAMARITAL CANOODLING AND THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF THE VILLAGE BICYCLE. All this and more awaits your lovely ears in this episode of...
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"Bach Fan-girling and O.J. Tartini": Baroque from 2017-04-10T23:04:10
IF IT'S NOT BAROQUE DON'T FIX IT AMIRITE?! I'll leave. In this episode we shoot the Baroque breeze and tell you all about this trill-riddled, artsy-fartsy, misshapen pearl type period of music time...
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"Lavish Prisoner Entertainment and Barrel Puberty": Borodin & Rimsky-Korsakov from 2017-02-21T10:46:10
WHEN I SAY THE WORDS "MIGHTY HANDFUL", WHAT EXACTLY COMES TO MIND? ACTUALLY ON SECOND THOUGHT PLEASE DON'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. To summarise, today we're talking about two prominent members of tha...
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"Fiery Cosmic Eggs and Sŷnthéšīśęrs": Female Composers from 2017-02-07T12:40:37
DID YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WOMEN ALSO WRITE MUSIC AND IT'S EXCELLENT? WELL OK THEN THAT'S GREAT I WAS JUST CHECKING DON'T GIVE ME YOUR SASS. This episode we talk about the female of the species wr...
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"Big Finnish Dogs and Grieg Avenue": Concertos from 2017-01-24T14:01:23
"CONCERTO? I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR YOUR WORD GAMES" is what some people might exclaim when they hear the word "concerto" because a) they don't have time for your word games and b) what actually IS a ...
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"Festive Rap Battles and Massive [Almond] Magnums": CHRISTMAS TIME from 2016-12-24T12:30:14
"IT'S NOT QUITE WIZZARD BUT IT'S ARGUABLY BETTER THAN WIZZARD" is what you're definitely gonna say after listening to this special festive episode of That Classical Podcast! Please enjoy our xmas o...
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"Uncontrollable Spemming and A Mélange of Shirt Potatoes": Choral Music from 2016-12-14T22:15:01
SINGING IS, AS THEY SAY IN OLD COUNTRY, "THE NUTS". At least we think it is. That's why this episode we're talking all about choral music and all that not jazz. We also discuss brothels, breasts an...
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"Haydn Lip-Kits and BRODYQUEST": The Piano from 2016-11-14T23:36:14
EPISODE 8 RHYMES WITH ONLY ONE THING: "IT'S TIME TO DO PIANO THINGS ABOUT THE... THE PIANO AND THE KEYS WITH THE DOOT DOOT AND PIANO TIME" Yes folks you heard me right, it's time to unveil the secr...
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"Ave Goblin and Ludwig Fernandez-Versini": Schubert & Beethoven from 2016-09-26T21:45:39
"NEEDS MORE GOBLIN." If you've ever thought this about anything at all, then number 7 is the episode for you. We've got goblin grots, STDs, water bucket deafness and more! You are welcome. Music fe...
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"Hades' Cat and Cuckoo-Clock Robots": Opera from 2016-09-05T22:02:48
OPERA. DO YOU HATE IT? WELL THEN. Yay or nay it matters not - this is the episode for you. Kelly tries to convince Chris that opera is DA BOMB - does she succeed? Have a listen. Music featured in t...
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"Turtle-Dad and Angel Chunes": Modern Classical Music from 2016-07-25T21:44:43
"MODERN?! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE." is what some people might say when other people start talking about modern classical music. But we shan't leave your house we're going to stand here and chat to you ...
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"Sword Fights and Magic Cake": Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff from 2016-07-11T22:08:22
YES THAT'S RIGHT we have RETURNED with another darntootlingly informative episode of That Classical Podcast. The 60-second bios are back with a vengeance, and this time it's all about Russians and ...
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"John Shmayfploven and Floating Castle Baddies": The Cello from 2016-06-20T21:07:48
OMG THE CELLO SAY WHUTTTTTTTTT This week we explore all things 'cello, including some old tunes, some new tunes, and some rogue tunes. Oh yeah and some German rap. Music featured in this episode: "...
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"Bread Flutes and Red-Shaped Instruments": Stravinsky & Debussy from 2016-06-06T22:04:38
Episode two HOT OFF THE PODCAST PRESS. Featuring the life and times of Stravinsky and Debussy in 60 seconds or less (or more) and a song which is legitimately about a man with a bag of fleas. EN...
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"Drunken Piano Clowns And Saint PETE": The Beginning from 2016-05-22T13:40:16
Welcome to the first episode of That Classical Podcast! Do you like classical music? Then COME ON DOWN. Do you not like classical music? THEN COME ON EVEN MORE DOWN. This episode we talk about w...
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