All of Cacophony – the big list of all there is

This page contains a listing of all episodes of Cacophony. It’s handy if you know which piece you’re looking for… otherwise find a picture you like and see if the music matches up!

154. Wedded Bliss! A 30th anniversary gift: Stravinsky, Dumbarton Oaks

153. Ecstasy, beauty, and ripping the universe open: Messiaen, Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus – with Rolf Hind

152. An injection of flavour and joy: Nohl, Spices

151. An unbeaten 50 of flair and panache! Haydn, Symphony No.50

If plankton made music what would it sound like? Norway: Maja S K Ratkje

Music from a global melting pot: Brazil / Gabriella di Laccio

Music with intention, for those with an open mind. Canada: Melissa Hui

“Music is integral, it’s like breathing”: Roxanna Panufnik/ England

Living through the ups and downs of creation: Elena Kats-Chernin/ Australia

Mountains, olives and the vastness of existence: Spain/ Inés Medina-Fernández

Music as a thing for shared connection: Netherlands/ Marion von Tilzer

Super excited and hyped up! Sage Shurman/ USA

“Planting women’s music in the collective memory of society” Katharina Nohl/ Switzerland

150. Nine is the magic number! Farrenc, Nonet

149. Keeping us fresh since 1784: Haydn, Piano trio No.19

148. Rituals, a riot and a revolution: Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring

147. Music in the blood and poetry in the soul: Williams, Penillion

146. Risk and adventure: Tower, Fanfare for the uncommon woman

145. Representation and taxation: Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

144. On the edge of possibility: Beethoven, “Appassionata” Sonata

143. Genesis and Resurrection: Fanny Mendelssohn, Easter Sonata

142. In search of happy music: Arnold, English Dances

141. Songs from a disappearing world: Vaughan Williams, Norfolk Rhapsody

140. Hidden pigeons & dancing farmers: Kaprálová, Rustic Suite

139. Escaping to a happier place: Tailleferre, Little Suite

138. Ballet music that packs a punch: Stravinsky, Petrushka

137. I must go down to the sea again: Debussy, La Mer

136. Where the walls of heaven are thin as a curtain: Simon Clark on Talbot, Path of Miracles

135. Uplifting melancholy and passionate languor: Granados Spanish Dances

Not the World Cup of (largely) classical music: revisited! Highlights and talking points

134. The sound of the solar system? Kepler: Harmony of the World

Wishing you a very Cacophonous Christmas, everyone!

133. A woman on the money: Clara Schumann, Piano Trio

132. The strange disappearence of Emilie Mayer: Mayer, Symphony no.7

Spine-tinglers for Halloween

131. Into the woods: Weber, Der Freishütz overture

130. Talking about a revolution: Webern, Six Pieces for orchestra

129. Hitting the sweet spot at sixteen: Mozart, Divertimento K.136

128. Salute to the sun: Handel, Eternal source of light divine

127 A whole new world: Bach, Cello Suite no.1

126. Into a black hole… and out the other side? Thovaldsdottir, Metacosmos

125. Ain’t no mountain high enough: Strauss, Alpine Symphony

124. Heading North by Southwest with Willie Ruff: Strayhorn, Suite for The Duo

123. Emptiness and space: Sculthorpe, Kakadu

122. The height of passion? Haydn, Symphony No.49

121. An unbearable lightness of being? Robert Schumann, Symphony no.4

120. A forgotten French flower: Bayon Louis, Overture ’Mayflower’

119. Dancing into Immortality: Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet

118. Songs from the greatest ever musical! Bernstein, West Side Story

117. The greatest Musical? Bernstein: West Side Story, Symphonic Dances

116. Uneasy listening. Scary music for modern times: Bartók, Music for strings, percussion and celesta

115. A superstar symphony, but not a miracle: Haydn, Symphony No.96

114. Direct to you from London: Urban Living, Shirley J Thompson

113. London’s the place for me: Coates, London Suite

112. Dancing on Love Island? Ravel, Daphnis & Chloé

111. Glimpses of the Divine: Esmail, Darshan

110. Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, and how great art knows no borders. Tchaikovsky, The Tempest

109. When personal pain becomes universal: Shostakovich String Quartet No.8

108. A short break for bread and Beethoven

107. Made in America: Florence Price, Symphony No.1

106. Ugly, unnatural, ghastly: Dvořák, The Noon Witch

105. Roots Manouvre: Dvořák, Slavonic Dances

104. A timeless tale of unrequited love? Schubert, Fantasy in F minor for piano duet

103. Tis the season for watching box sets: Wiseman: Wolf Hall

102. Nightmare before Christmas? Schnittke‘s ‘Silent Night‘

101. Music from an arc-angel! Corelli, Christmas Concerto

100. Music is life! Nielsen, Symphony no.4

99. Heaven is a place on earth: Mahler, Symphony No.4

98. Searching for answers and getting Marmite: Bruckner, Symphony no.3

97. Shake it off and get transcendent! Adams, Shaker Loops

96. Flights of Fancy: Debussy, Piano préludes

95. A dying woman’s cry from the abyss: Boulanger, Psalm 130

94. Olympic magic and the best of the human spirit: Williams – Olympic Fanfare

93. Celebrate good times! Come on! Haydn, Symphony no.48

92. A quick and tasty Italian feast: Verdi Nabucco Overture

91. Songs of lost love and lost youth – Butterworth, A Shropshire Lad

90. Highland Fling? Mendelssohn, ‘Scottish’ Symphony (pt2)

89. Highland Fling? Mendelssohn, ‘Scottish’ Symphony (Part 1)

88. Funeral for a friend: Heinrich Schütz, Funeral Music

87. Dancing in the Dark? Anna Clyne: This Midnight Hour

86. Beethoven at the theme park? Symphony No.4

85. Soul Solutions: Beethoven’s healing balm: String Quartet op132

84. Pump up the volume (and everything else)! Beethoven, Coriolan

83. A perfect parting gift: Bartók, Piano Concerto no.3

82. Love is the Drug: Wagner – Tristan & Isolde

81. Politics, protest and a bit of opera – Ethel Smyth, The Wreckers

80. Life’s still a rollercoaster baby – Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.4 [Part 2/2]

79. Life’s a rollercoaster: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.4 [Part 1/2]

78. A Modern masterpiece for choir: MacMillan Miserere

77. Music’s greatest mistake? Allegri – Miserere

76. Murderous legends, happy moods, and geo-politics: Smetana – Ma Vlast

75. Four go to the Beach Club! Amy Beach – String Quartet

74. Searching for simplicity: Tavener Svyati

73. Time for a short break? 3 perfect Intermezzos by Brahms

72. Old French fancies reimagined – Adès: Three Studies from Couperin

71.Star spangled banners and unanswered questions – Ives: 3 Places in New England

70. Blast your ears into the New Year at some Roman Festivals

69. The best Christmas treat! Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker

68. An unheard masterpiece from a forgotten master: Henriëtte Bosmans

67. Bad trip. Berlioz – Fantastic Symphony Pt3

66. Escape to the country? Berlioz – Fantastic Symphony, Pt2

65. Can’t get her out of my head: Berlioz – Fantastic Symphony Pt1

64. An Equal Music? France’s first great woman composer – Louise Farrenc, Symphony No. 3

63. The moods of the sea and a sense of place – Britten: Four Sea Interludes

61/62.Generous, positive and humane – Dvorak’s music is great for cheering us up (Symphony no.6)

60 Burgeoning Spring, Love and Fortune: Orff, Carmina Burana

59. Medieval fun and games – and a bit of moralising

58. An extraordinary life and timeless music: Hildegard of Bingen – one of the first known composers

57. Bach’s box of unbelievable delights: Brandenburg Concerto No.5

56. The best late Summer Music – by Samuel Barber

55. Silliness, drama and love – 3 songs from Mozart’s Magic Flute

54. In the flow of life itself: Sibelius – Symphony No.3

53. A riot of colour at The Roman Carnival

52. Sleepless in Havanna? Gershwin – Cuban Overture

51. Creating The Sound of Hollywood: Korngold – The Sea Hawk

50. Christmas ballet music that’s great any time: Nutcracker

49. Something lush, romantic, dreamy and passionate? Rachmaninov – Cello Sonata

48. Ravel – trying not to be profound… and failing; his Piano Concerto

47. A boy, his animal friends, a wolf and a bit of ‘politics’ – perfect young family entertainment!

46. Global connections – How the Indonesians inspired a whole new style of ‘western’ music

45. Beethoven’s under-rated genius: Symphony No. 8 [part 2]

44. Beethoven’s under-rated genius: Symphony No. 8 [part 1]

43. Lockdown haircut for me, and a trip to the Barber for us all!

42. Wedding music – but not as we know it!

41. Mozart mixing elegance with fun

40. Gustav Mahler meets Trollface Quest [briefly!]

38. To Uranus, Neptune and beyond… Two of Holst’s Planets

38. Minimalist genius – Reich, Mallet Quartet

37. Pachelbel’s Chicken or Pachelbel’s Canon?

36: Scary organ music – the original and best! Bach’s Toccata & Fugue

35: Brilliant music for a classic film: Walton – Henry

34. A bit on race, colour and hope: Coleridge-Taylor’s music for Othello

33: Summer! All paddling pools and ice-cream?

32: Tragic by name but not really by nature – 13 minutes of perfect Brahms

31: Wanna go to the ball? Cinderella’s going!

30: Better left alone? Mussorgsky’s witches party uninterrupted – Lockdown Music

29: Magical Adventures from the 1001 nights – Lockdown Music by Rimsky-Korsakov

Lockdown Music 28: Witches’ big night out – Mussorgsky, Night on Bare Mountain

Lockdown Music 27: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – Lift off with John Adams

Lockdown Music 26: Energy, Optimism and feeling Expansive: Nielsen Symphony No.3

Lockdown Music 25: Party like its 1800 – Beethoven Piano Concerto No.1

Lockdown Music 24: The most beautiful piano music there is – that no one knows!

Lockdown Music 23: Serious Fun! – Ligeti Romanian Concerto

Lockdown Music 22: Five Play Dangerous Music ! ( by Ligeti)

Lockdown Music 21: The Original Greatest Showman’s Half-time Show – Handel’s Concerto Grosso No 6

Lockdown Music 20: Raucous celebration, accidents and bad traffic: Handel’s Fireworks Music

Lockdown Music 19: A 200 year-old piece for the Dance Music generation – Beethoven’s 7th Symphony

Lockdown Music 18: The best piece ever? Rossini’s William Tell Overture

Lockdown Music 17: Pianist, prodigy, wife, mother, composer – meet Clara Schumann

Lockdown Music 17: Joy by the river – Robert Schumann’s 3rd Symphony

Lockdown Music 16: Away with the Fairies – Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Nights Dream

Lockdown Music 14: Preaching to the fish and singing to the donkey – songs by Mahler

Lockdown Music 13: Postcards from another time and place – The Pines of Rome

Lockdown Music 12: Sixteen Swans a Singing – Sibelius 5

Lockdown Music 11 – Swan Lake, the end!

Lockdown Music 10: Swan Lake – romance

Lockdown Music 9 – Dances from Swan Lake

Lockdown Music 8: Borodin Prince Igor

Lockdown 7: Ravel – Mother Goose

Lockdown 6: Haydn’s Philosopher

Lockdown 5: Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

Lockdown 4: Copland Clarinet Concerto

Lockdown 3: Copland – Quiet City

Music for the lockdown Episode 2: Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No.1

Music for the lockdown Episode 1: Bartok – Romanian Folk Dances

Smiling music: Dvorák Symphony No.8

Walking the tightrope: Shostakovich Symphony No.6

Gardens of Discovery

Epic and intimate piano: Schubert Piano Sonata No.20

New Beginnings

Mozart celebrates – Symphony No.35

A Violinist’s Stream of Consciousness: Sibelius Violin Concerto