Recent Episodes
Sept. 11, 2025
Astronomy… and a little bit of astrology
Music that takes its inspiration from humanity’s gaze out into the cosmos and from our attempts to reach beyond this fragile planet we call home. And to access some music that predated the quite modern science of ‘astronomy’ ...
Sept. 5, 2025
Vienna… 22/12/1808
I am being a little deliberately opaque with the title of this episode. There is a certain logic to letting people know what they are going to get. But not today. Because I am hoping that for a good selection of listeners out...
Aug. 28, 2025
South America… Chôros, Tangos and a little bit of Opera.
‘Unfairly neglected’ is a bit of a cliché and pretty subjective but I do think it could describe a mass of great music that a lot of us (us Anglos at least) are missing out on… music from South America. Before I put this epis...
Aug. 23, 2025
Sunday Night Special 2… Bruckner’s 7th Symphony
The name comes from the night of the week when for some of us, the demon of insomnia hits the hardest… and because my preferred antidote is getting lost in some music. Of course this series is for everyone… but it is perhaps ...