Jeff Curnow, Associate Principal Trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra (Gary and Ruthanne Schlarbaum Chair), former member of the Empire Brass and classical music cartoonist (yes, that is a thing...!) and Tony Prisk, the watch obsessed, latte art making Second Trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra joined me on an epic hang to talk about orchestra life while making lasagne.

0:00 Series Introduction
0:26 Jeff and Tony intro; Samuel Schiedt Canzon Cornett0; fresh lasagne noodle recipe
02:59 How I met Jeff; Empire Brass, works by Albinez and Turina; tomato passata recipe
04:38 Choosing the cheese top; making the ricotta filling
06:15 Jeff's biography; Seymour Rosenfeld, Philadelphia-Cleveland-Chicago Gabrieli album; Empire Brass Live (courtesy John Dante); Mahler 1 live clip (courtesy Philadelphia Orchestra)
10:10 Tony biography; High School marching band; Arutunian Concerto with Temple University; Tony gives advice to trumpet students; Pines of Rome (Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormondy)
13:58 Relationships, family and orchestra; engagement video (courtesy Philadelphia Orchestra)
15:36 Making lasagne with the Godfather (courtesy of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and the DR Koncerthuset) and the Wizard of Oz
17:26 Setting the table and serving; Prokofiev Symphony 5 (courtesy of Philadelphia Orchestra); evolution of the orchestra and music; Class Brass Polovetsian Dances; Mahler 1, Eugene Ormondy, Phildelphia Orchestra
21:07 Philadelphia Orchestra string sound; Mahler 1, Ricardo Muti, Philadelphia Orchestra; shifting rehearsal schedules; Beethoven 9, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra; changing repertoire and student goals; Gershwin, American in Paris, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra
26:38 Curnow Cartoons; end of the hang

Huge thanks to:
Jeffrey Curnow
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   / @jeffreycurnow156.  .

Tony Prisk
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   / @tptboy1974  .

An extra big thank you to The Philadelphia Orchestra for their support of this project and for bringing these fantastic musicians on tour so we could make this episode!
https://www.philorch.org/
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John Dante for use of the live recordings of Empire Brass
https://jondante.com/
   / @uch7yantw_fz.  .

Danish Radio Orchestra and the DR Koncerthuset for the Godfather Suite
https://symphony.live/danish-national...
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https://www.drkoncerthuset.dk/
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   / @koncerthuset.  .

Temple University Esther Boyer College of Music for the video of the Arutunian Concerto
https://www.temple.edu
https://boyer.temple.edu
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   / @boyercollege  

And always to The Empire Brass, their albums are still some of the most inspirational brass playing ever recorded. Many thanks to Scott Hartman and Martin Hackleman for their kind support of this project as well.

The lasagne recipe will be available in full on my Instagram, subscribe there for instructions!
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