Fabulous and fun singing from Rossini’s Barber of Seville in honour of my first haircut in the hands of a 7 year old (and in tribute to my friends growing magnificent lockdown beards)! Music here, with pictures: or here on … Listen
There are some pieces of music that everyone knows – Wagner’s Wedding March is one – and then it turns out to be quite different in its original setting. [Intro 3′, Music 8′] Music here: or here on Spotify: Please … Listen
We love this movement from Mozart’s 5th – and last – violin concerto, written to play himself, at the age of 19. It’s elegant and sophisticated and then wild and free. It’s a great piece for a dance around your … Listen
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a black mixed race Victorian/Edwardian Londoner. I’ve not heard his great music for Othello for 30 years, but have now found a brand new concert performance by the fab orchestra, Chineke! Music here: [First 17′ of the … Listen
This is perhaps great classical music at its purest – intense, dramatic, invigorating, uplifting – Brahms ‘Tragic Overture’ Music here: https://bit.ly/2TRBq74 With pictures or here on Spotify: Please like on Facebook, comment, share!
Get swept away on magical adventures, and let Rimsky-Korsakov fire up your imagination with this music from Sheherezade – thrilling and uplifting! Music here: and here on Spotify: Please listen, like, share!
Give yourself a fright with a witches party on Bald Mountain! Scary stuff: Music here: or here on Spotify: Please listen, like, share subscribe on iTunes or your favourite podcast provider! Visit cacophonyonline.com
I love the fun and exuberance of this movement from Beethoven’s ‘first’ Piano Concerto. For Beethoven, playing the piano at the first performance would have been the least of his worries, because he had to arrange the whole concert. Here’s … Listen
Clara Schumann was not only a brilliant and successful internationally famous pianist but found time to write music as well as support her husband, composer Robert Schumann, and raise a massive family. Her Three Romances for piano are great: intimate, … Listen