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Family friendly | Fun | Joyful | Orchestra

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

20/07/2021 by Steve

Even more irresistible than the Italian football team and their ace national anthem is Verdi’s overture to Nabucco. It’s rousing and joyous and simply one of my favourite things. [13 minute listen]… Listen

Orchestra | Singing | transcendent

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

23/04/2021 by Steve

When Tristan & Isolde take a magic love potion it’s not exactly happy ever after. Love wins in the end, it’s just they’re both dead. Passionate, overwhelming, transformative music from Richard Wagner sends them on their way and leaves us all in a state of transcendent bliss. Listening time 30 mins… Listen

Music | Orchestra

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

17/04/2021 by Steve

Democracy and our rights, that earlier generations fought and went to prison to obtain, are fragile and always need to be looked after closely. Ethel Smyth’s life and terrific music serve as a good reminder to us all that we need to be ready to stand up and make our voices heard in order to make change happen. (19mins)… 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

Family | Family friendly | Fun | Joyful

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

16/09/2020 by Steve

My daughter’s bed time reading inspires a brief trip to the opera, for some great singing – high drama and high silliness from Mozart’s Magic Flute. Listen time 14 mins… Listen

Fun | Music

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

19/06/2020 by Steve

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

Music

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

17/06/2020 by Steve

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

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