9: The Classical Spookfest 🎃 (feat. Caitlin Doughty!)

This week, we start out with a spellbinding round of Classical Chronology focused on that deadly medieval tune, the Dies Irae. Hear more about that on the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast.Then we head down to the lab for a dissection of Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre.Then a free-flowing conversation with author, vlogger, and deathfluencer Caitlin Doughty about Haydn’s head, Lully’s foot, and a composer who came back from the dead to write his 9th symphony.Caitlin's video on Haydn's headCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistCAITLINMahler, Kindertotenlieder: “Wenn dein Mütterlein tritt zur Tür herein”WILLVeljo Tormis, Curse Upon IronThe most intense performance of all time:The most insane music video of all timeTIFFANYLiszt, TotentanzKENSHOToshio Hoskawa, Voyage X - NozarashiTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” GET A COPY OF ALEX ROSS’S WAGNERISM FOR OUR BOOK CLUBhttps://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374285937You can reach us at [email protected] and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram