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Episodes
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Wednesday Jul 08, 2020
Maurice Ravel wanted his Piano Concerto to be lighthearted and brilliant, and not aim at profundity or at dramatic effects... and then wrote one of the most beautiful slow movements there is!
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Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
Wednesday Jul 01, 2020
One of the great pieces of music for children, Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. Vanessa [7] loved this and is demanding repeat hearings, and I'm embarrassed at having resisted it so long...
Music here: https://youtu.be/6Kpytem6nX4
or on spotify: https://spoti.fi/2ZrjlPu
Listening time 31' total - but won't feel long at all!
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Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
When the organisers of the Paris Universal Exposition in 1889 invited gamelan players from Indonesia they introduced French composers to a whole world of new and exciting possibilities and a new direction in music.
Debussy led the way and his piano pieces Pagodas and Gardens in the rain are fabulous pieces of aural picture painting.
No separate music on this episode - it's in the podcast, played by François-Joël Thiollier, piano. The gamelan music is Ladrang Wilujeng, slendro manyura specially recorded for Cacophony by Southbank Gamelan Players, with thanks to Southbank Centre.
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![45. Beethoven's under-rated genius: Symphony No. 8 [part 2]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog4369571/Cil45_image_aitof_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
If there's such a thing as an underrated Beethoven Symphony, it's this - his 8th.
Short, punchy, joy-filled, playful, brilliant!
This is the intro to the 2nd half of the piece.
Total listen time - 15 mins
Music here:
https://youtu.be/9-f3iKeUJm4?t=777
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https://spoti.fi/31exMZA [tracks 3 & 4]
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![44. Beethoven's under-rated genius: Symphony No. 8 [part 1]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog4369571/cil44_image_b_8m7w8_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
Wednesday Jun 24, 2020
If there's such a thing as an underrated Beethoven Symphony, it's this - his 8th.
Short, punchy, joy-filled, playful, brilliant!
Music here: https://youtu.be/9-f3iKeUJm4
or here on Spotify:
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Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Fabulous and fun singing from Rossini's Barber of Seville in honour of my first haircut in the hands of a 7 year old (and in tribute to my friends growing magnificent lockdown beards)!
Music here, with pictures: https://youtu.be/-ipb9xbXSAY
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Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
Wednesday Jun 17, 2020
There are some pieces of music that everyone knows - Wagner's Wedding March is one - and then it turns out to be quite different in its original setting.
Music here: https://youtu.be/_7Su2qPT_P0
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Monday Jun 15, 2020
Monday Jun 15, 2020
I love this movement from Mozart's 5th - and last - violin concerto, written to play himself, at the age of 19. It's elegant and sophisticated and then wild and free.
It's a great piece for a dance around your living room!
Music here:
https://youtu.be/KtkkD9maPSw?t=5960
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![40. Gustav Mahler meets Trollface Quest [briefly]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog4369571/CiL40image_300x300.jpg){kind=logo}
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
I'm inspired to play this by the video game TrollFace Quest! ...where a little snippet of fanfare reminds me of Mahler's brilliant first symphony. Intro here,
Music here: https://youtu.be/gexnIbK-pJA
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Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
In music that was ground breaking and influential - especially to modern film composers - Gustav Holst takes us on a spectacular, mischievous and mysterious journey to Uranus and Neptune and asks the question what else is out there...
Music here: https://bit.ly/2XPaIi7
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