Recent Episodes
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...
Nov. 14, 2025
The Clarinet... Masters and Masterworks.
An episode back in late May 2025 featured music written for the clarinet from the 20 th century. This is a companion show goes back to close to the invention of the clarinet with a work from 1755 and then finishes up with a g...