Recent Episodes
Jan. 8, 2026
Antonio Salieri – An Injustice Redressed
Antonio Salieri was born near Verona in 1750 but lived most of his life in Vienna. And in the 1780s he was possibly the most successful composer in Europe… writing the music for over forty operas. Later in life he taught Schu...
Dec. 31, 2025
Sunrise (Music for The New Year)
Classical Music for New Years Eve seems to be dominated by nineteenth century Viennese waltzes and eighteenth century music for fireworks. All nice stuff but I wasn’t after something for New Years Eve. I wanted music for New ...
Dec. 28, 2025
Music For Young People (and their grown-ups)
Sorcerers, Toys, Wolves, Volcanoes and Fossils. Music for young people… but why them… and why now? In some parts of the world people are having a bit of a holiday as this episode goes out… and you may have your children… or n...
Dec. 19, 2025
Holiday Music (You Can Actually Listen To)
I n this episode there will be an amount of Christmas music from the western tradition… which I think you might have to expect from a podcast with the word ‘classical’ in the title but this is not really a celebration of mang...