Recent Episodes
Oct. 26, 2025
Sunday Night Special 4… Aaron Copland’s Third 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 ...
Oct. 24, 2025
Music for Small Spaces… Number Two
This corner of classical music is more generally known by the odd term ‘chamber music’ but please don’t let that stop you from experiencing some incredible music. This is music originally intended for smaller performance spac...
Oct. 18, 2025
Music from the Upper West Side
I am looking out at the New York skyline as I record this episode and in the distance in particular I can glimpse the Ansonia Building. Completed in 1904 as an apartment hotel, it was for the early decades of the 20 th centur...
Oct. 11, 2025
Mozart’s 1786… Music from a year of Success
On January 27 th 1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart turned 30. He had already written an astonishing amount of music of an incredible standard. He had been happily married to Constanze Weber for three years and their son Karl Thoma...