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CSO trumpet section member John Hagstrom has helped to produce the CSO podcast interMISSION @ the CSO.
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Intermission at the CSO helps to explain how all of this happens, providing an inside look at how players build a transformative experience with the power of music in each performance. The podcast’s first episode features seven CSO musicians sharing their thoughts about working with conductors, including stories about past and present CSO music directors. Though the CSO’s regular concert schedule will not resume until 2021, listeners can remain connected to the Orchestra through Intermission at the CSO!
The series may be accessed free of charge via the podcast platform of one’s choice, including Simplecast, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Apple Podcasts and of course, cso.org. To help sustain the Chicago Symphony during its “intermission” while the ensemble weathers the COVID-19 crisis, please click here.
Some more information about the podcast:
Q. How are the conversations for each episode recorded to maintain social distancing?
A. Each interview is conducted through the video conferencing platform Zoom, but each person also records his or her voice into a separate high-fidelity recorder, to be edited together later into the conversations featured within each episode.
Q. How long does it take to produce each episode?
A. In addition to the hours spent interviewing guests, each episode requires between 10 and 20 hours of production time.
Q. Has the CSO ever before produced a regular audio program featuring CSO musicians?
A. Yes. Former CSO Orchestra Manager George Kuyper (1899-1987) spoke to selected CSO musicians as part of a weekly program for radio station WMAQ in the early 1950s. The program was titled “Your Symphony Scrapbook.” In addition, musicians are interviewed on occasion for the CSO’s nationally syndicated, Sunday-night radio series co-produced by the WFMT Radio Network.
Q. Which CSO musicians are featured in the first episode?
A. John Bruce Yeh (clarinet), Jennifer Gunn (flute), Esteban Batallán (trumpet), James Smelser (horn), Lawrence Neuman (viola), Patricia Dash (percussion) and John Hagstrom (trumpet).
