ITL #11: The Vertigo Effect

Chris and Sridhar discuss Keith Jarrett’s retirement, the blurry line between composition and improvisation, late Romantic/early Modern music by Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, and the San Francisco Ballet’s new video with music from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo”. Useful Links: Check out our website! Rate, review, and share us on Apple Podcasts Tweet us your feedback @impolitelisten Short clips on Instagram (@impolitelisten) Discuss this episode on Reddit r/impolitetolisten Keith Jarrett - American pianist Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano - The New York Times Keith Jarrett & Michala Petri play Bach Flute Sonatas Keith Jarrett & Kim Kashkashian play Bach Viola da Gamba Sonatas Keith Jarrett - solo Bach Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett - Live in Tokyo Clifford Brown - Joy Spring John Coltrane - Giant Steps Claude Debussy, musicien français Debussy - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune L'après-midi d'un faune (poem by Stéphane Mallarmé) Debussy himself plays the Faune flute solo Leonard Bernstein - Norton Lecture on Debussy & Wagner Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande Debussy - Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp Richard Wagner - German composer Wagner's Ring Cycle - wikipedia Erik Satie - gymnopédist Alice Sara Ott plays Satie's "Gymnopédies" and "Gnossiennes" Jessye Norman sings Satie's "Je te veux" Furniture music (musique d'ameublement) Clip from "Parade" (ballet by Satie, Picasso, Cocteau, and Diaghilev) San Francisco Ballet - Dance of Dreams (music video w/Herrmann's "Scène d'amour") Benjamin Millepied - choreographer/Natalie Portman's husband "Vertigo" - music by Bernard Herrmann Scène d'amour - scene from "Vertigo" (SPOILERS!) Scène d'amour - score analysis The Vertigo Effect Wagner - Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Wagner - Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Tristan chord