Recent Episodes
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 ...
Aug. 21, 2025
Opera. An Introduction
I get it that for some people opera is just noise that they are not ever going to enjoy but if there are listeners out there with a bit of curiousity and an inquiring mind… and that is how I would describe anyone listening to...
Aug. 14, 2025
Tchaikovsky. Deep Emotion Of A Russian Soul – Part Two
The second of a two episode special. His music uniquely blended Western European compositional techniques with distinctly Russian melodic and harmonic elements, creating a style that was both internationally appealing and unm...