English – CACOPHONY

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

22/07/2023 by Steve

It’s Cacophony… at the Women’s Football World Cup! A glorious celebration of music from around the world, all written by women, and chosen specially for Cacophony by leading female musicians.

This episode focusses on England, with Roxanna Panufnik’s choice of rich and satisfying pieces from a line up of stellar composers.
We shift the focus to England, with Roxanna Panufnik’s choice of rich and satisfying pieces from a line up of stellar composers.… Listen

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