Recent Episodes
Dec. 6, 2025
Forgotten Vivaldi… and the Rescue of his Music
The title of this episode is perhaps a little misleading and it certainly contains a contradiction… namely, if I have a recording, and I can play it to you, then really, is ‘forgotten’ the right adjective? But it is, I hope y...
Nov. 29, 2025
Sunday Night Special 5… ‘Low’ Symphony by Philip Glass
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 ...
Nov. 28, 2025
Young Brahms… before the Symphonies.
From playing piano in the waterfront bars of Hamburg in his teens, through the failed premiere of his first Piano Concerto, his fortuitous friendship with Clara & Robert Schumann, reviving the String Sextet… to writing a Requ...
Nov. 21, 2025
Brilliant Women… No. 1
In recent years music written by women has at long last begun to be commissioned, programmed, performed, recorded, discussed, reviewed, studied, and celebrated. And of course, most importantly, composed… in greater and greate...