Tippet Rise Podcast
by Tippet Rise Art Center
Tippet Rise celebrates the synergy of art, architecture, music, and nature, out of which we weave our identities. Through interviews and conversations and by sharing extraordinary musical moments from the art center, the Tippet Rise podcasts explore these connections.
Episodes
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The Gryphon Trio and Calidore String Quartet at Tippet Rise: Talking about Perfect Halls and Great Chamber Music
Tippet Rise Art Center has a jewel box of a concert hall: the Olivier Music Barn. Audiences love it, and so do all the world-class musicians who come to Tippet Rise each year. Two great chamber music ensembles – the Gryphon Trio and the Calidore String Quartet – performed Tippet Rise the same...
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Sharing Emotion through Technology
The evolution of music doesn’t happen by accident. To move from one era to the next is to find common values, use them as stepping stones, and organically develop them into something new.
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Preserving A Moment
When Jim Ruberto is in the recording studio at Tippet Rise, his overarching mission is to preserve the performers’ intentions and the music’s profound emotional impact. To accomplish this, he must work to remove hundreds of noises from every live performance our audio team records—it's exacting...
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How I Became A Fanatic
Tippet Rise Co-Founder, Peter Halstead, shares his passion for playing and recording music through some inspirational moments of a fifty-year musical journey.
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Renewing the Gift
Music, like the stillness and solitude of a Montana winter, is a special kind of gift. John Luther Adams and the JACK Quartet share their thoughts and hopes for the music of our time.
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Where Stories Intersect
Inspired by extraordinary concert halls, and designed to share in the joy of music, the Olivier Music Barn connects us to nature and to each other. Cover Photo by Erik Petersen Engineered by Jim Ruberto Produced and Narrated by Zachary Patten
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Attuned to the Land
Photographer James Florio traverses this beautiful land for days at a time, in all weather conditions, listening, learning, and becoming a part of the land. Through his images, we are able to walk alongside him. Engineered by Jim Ruberto and Monte Nickles Produced, Narrated, and Music by Zachary...
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A Love of the Land
Tippet Rise was created in the spirit of celebrating life on the land. It welcomes the people who cultivate the soil, the good stewards, the people who love the land. Additional texts from _Cosmology Brought Down to Earth_ by Peter Halstead. Halstead, Peter and Cathy. _Tippet Rise Art Center_.…
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The Synergies of Tippet Rise
Music is not about notes. Sculpture is not about shapes. Land is not only about dirt. They’re metaphors that operate just over the horizon, just out of sight, on the tips of our tongues, not entirely visible. Based on the essay _The Synergies of Tippet Rise_ by Peter Halstead. Halstead, Peter and...
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Words of Solace and Joy
Read by members of the Tippet Rise team, this episode of the Tippet Rise Podcast explores poetry and prose during these difficult times.
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Music and Sounds of Reflection
Music and the sounds of nature offer us a calm and quiet place for reflection. We hope this episode is meaningful and useful as you continue to take shelter and stay safe.
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A Healthy Forest
Wildfires can be devastating and are a major concern for Montanans. Listen to how this community is working and thinking together in order to reduce this risk. Collaboration not only yields a healthy forest, but also a healthy community.
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Francis Kéré
Hosted by the award-winning classical music radio announcer, Naomi Lewin, this episode of the Tippet Rise Podcast features a conversation with Francis Kéré, the world-renowned architect behind the art center’s latest installation, Xylem.
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Julien Brocal: Shared Beauty
What is it about landscape and nature that brings us back to center? In his artist residency at Tippet Rise, pianist and composer, Julien Brocal, composes and shares two new piano pieces inspired by this uniquely personal, yet universal, experience.
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Jenny Chen: A Devotion to Music
From the youngest student at the Curtis Institute of Music to a veteran performer at Tippet Rise, Jenny Chen lives a life of musical dedication and discovery.
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Peter at the Piano: Overtones - The Unseen and Unheard
Music can be more than music and our relationship to our surroundings is shaped by things we can’t see or hear, but which nevertheless control the world we live in. Tippet Rise cofounder, Peter Halstead, examines how music composition can illustrate social theories, the evolution of humans, and...
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Making Xylem: Circles, Senses, and Community
World-renowned architect Francis Kéré has designed Tippet Rise’s new 2,100-square-foot pavilion, Xylem. Ten teams of highly skilled and passionate people worked together to build the natural gathering space where communities can meet, share, and listen. Nestled in a grove of aspen and cottonwood...
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From Far-reaching Places
In the summer of 2018, Yevgeny Sudbin, Johannes Moser, and Vadim Gluzman traveled to Tippet Rise, crossing land and sea to share their passion for the intimate dialogue of chamber music and the characters and inspirations behind it. They inspired us: not only through their extraordinary...
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Two Pianos in One
Like every pianist, pianos have their own unique characteristics. Choosing the perfect pairing of musician and instrument can be a challenge, but it can also be a lot of fun. In this podcast, Michael Brown, Adam Golka, and Roman Rabinovich seek the perfect piano on which to record three solo…
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Paris in a piano
Whether it‘s nature, culture, the freedom of improvisation, or the metallic sound of bells, inspiration comes in many forms. Like Paris in the 1920’s, Tippet Rise Art Center strives to serve as an intersection of art, music, land, and sky, to provide an environment where conversations and…
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Winter Rise
As we move from winter to spring, we take a moment to reflect on the beauty and severity of the region we inhabit. Narrative and poems extracted from Peter Halstead’s book A Winter Ride describe the unique environment of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and the humility we experience from being...
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Pedja Muzijevic
Today's episode, produced by Naomi Lewin, features Pedja Muzijevic, the newly appointed Artistic Advisor of Tippet Rise.
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The Pianos of Tippet Rise
Today's episode, produced by Naomi Lewin, is about the extraordinary pianos at Tippet Rise – including one that belonged to legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz.
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Aaron Jay Kernis
Hosted by the award-winning classical music radio announcer, Naomi Lewin, this episode features Aaron Jay Kernis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer, and explores two pieces he wrote for Tippet Rise: First Club Date, for piano and cello, and Oasis, for string quartet. We hear musicians,...
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Tippet's Snippets: National Identities
Our identities are shaped by the cultures that surround us. In this episode, we journey around the world to hear how the national identities of three composers influenced their music. Featuring music by Frédéric Chopin, Isang Yun, and Francisco Mignone.
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Tippet's Snippets: Love Songs
Love can completely transform us – for better or for worse. In this episode, we listen to musical songs (with and without words) that convey this transformative power of love. Featuring music by Gabriel Kahane, Richard Wagner, and Arnold Schoenberg.
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Tippet's Snippets: Encores
Join our host, Devanney Haruta, as she takes a deeper look into the history of encores.
About this show
Tippet Rise celebrates the synergy of art, architecture, music, and nature, out of which we weave our identities. Through interviews and conversations and by sharing extraordinary musical moments from the art center, the Tippet Rise podcasts explore these connections.
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