Category: Cooler Classics

Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 11th December 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

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  • Featuring: An interview with Tim Ingles (of Ingles & Hayday, Fine Instrument Auctioneers) on upcoming auctions of the Norman Rosenberg Collection.
  • Plus music from:
  • Eric Coates:Dam Busters March
  • Gustav Holst: Suite 1 For Military Band
  • JS Bach:  “Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe”
  • WA Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
  • L. van Beethoven: String Quartet Opus 18
  • GF Handel: Hallelujah Chorus
  • Ernest Tomlinson: Fantasia on Auld Lang Syne
  • Valentin Silvestrov: Four Songs
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 (1952)

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 4th December 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

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  • Irmela Roelke brings us “Cloches et Carillons” (Bells and Chimes) on Toccata Classics.
  • Nimrod Borenstein updates on a busy few months ahead, recording wise!
  • And music from: Wagner, Borenstein, Beethoven,Rimsky-Korsakov, Camille Saint-Saens, Maurice Ravel, George Enescu, Johann Strauss.
  • Played by: Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Regent’s Ensemble conducted by Ben Woodward, Catherine Woodward, Curtis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä, Quartetto di Cremona, Camerata Alma Viva, Rudolf Buchbinder. 

Press Photo. Photo Credit: Nikolaj Lund

Courtesy Deutsch Grammophon

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 27th November 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

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  • Ben Woodward, conductor, explains his fascination with opera, and Wagner, as we discuss Toccata Classics album “Wagner By Arrangement.
  • Eleonor Bindman returns to talk about her latest album “J S Bach: Orchestral Suites Transcribed for piano duet by Eleonor Bindman, with Susan Sobolewski..
  • With additional performances from Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballe, George Solti, Vienna Philharmonic, Rome,..
  • And three songs from Hans Gal…..

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 20th November 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

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  • Rodney Lister-explaining Faith Based Initiative plus…
  • Duncan Moss with Mnemonics Part 1.. and more to come!
  • Martin Skafte introduces his music released on Toccata Classics.

And additional music from: Bach,Karl Reutter & The Loyal Philhartronic Orchestra,  Angèle Dubeau & La Pieta, Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler.

Sunday 9-11pm and repeated Thursday at Midnight. Plus Listen Again (7 days) and Mixcloud (several weeks!)

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Cooler Classics Extra.(17th November 2022… on Mixcloud only..)

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John Liggins (Stratford Music Festival) , with Toyah Willcox, extend an invitation to a family concert in Stratford-upon-Avon, based on the work of Roald Dahl.


This small programme extra includes music from Orchestra of The Swan and the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

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