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Family friendly | Fun | Orchestra

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

10/04/2022 by Steve

I’ve come over all nostalgic at the prospect of returning to London in a few days, so here’s a swaggering piece of escapism back to the heady optimistic days of the 1930s in Eric Coates London Suite. Listening time 21 mins… Listen

Family friendly | Fun | Music | Orchestra

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

10/06/2021 by Steve

Come on the fantastic – and fantastical – musical adventure that is Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour. You’ll be thrilled, excited, maybe a bit scared, ultimately consoled… or maybe not! What does this great music do to you? (Listening time 19 mins)… Listen

Family

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

21/10/2020 by Steve

Some music conjures up a sense of place perfectly and no one has done it better than in Benjamin Britten’s depiction of the Suffolk coast of England. Bleak, angry, foreboding and special – this is Four Sea Interludes from the opera Peter Grimes. Listening time: 23 mins [Intro podcast 7′, Music 16′]… Listen

Music | transcendent

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

10/06/2020 by Steve

In music that was ground breaking and influential – especially to modern film composers – Gustav Holst takes us on a spectacular, mischievous and mysterious journey to Uranus and Neptune and asks the question what else is out there… Music … Listen

Music

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

03/06/2020 by Steve

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

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