Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 19th September 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Jean Martyn, BGT winner reflects on her life ..and pupils..such as Daniel Johnson!
Jean Martyn
  • Nimrod Borenstein explains his thoughts on composing, and completing projects 
Nimrod Borenstein.
  • Russell Watson, operatic tenor recalls those club gigs and missing out on being a Rock Star!!
Russell Watson
  • Plus music from: James Last, Janine Janson (Stradivari), Seon-Jin Cho(Chopin) Daniel Johnson and Nadia Eide

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

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Cooler Classics, English Symphony Orchestra, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 5th September 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Featuring :

  • Helena Cavan explains the music and poetry of The Cavan Trio,(Janine Parsons, piano; Corinne Frost, cello; Helena Cavan; poetry) next appearing on 19th September 2021 at Greet,Nr Winchcombe.
Helena Cavan.
  • Music on this programme will come from 
  • Orchestra of The Swan,(Eno)(Hans Gal)
  • English Symphony Orchestra & April Frederick (Elgar,Mahler)
  • Pierre -Laurent Aimard (Beethoven)
  • Giselle Ben-Dor and Juanjo Mosalini(bandoneon) (Piazzolla)
  • Tom Kerstens (Enrique Granados)
  • Paavo Järvi (Arvo Paert)
  • Emmanuele Baldini & Pablo Rossi(Villa-Lobos)
  • Anita Rachvelishvili( Otar Taktakishvili)

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

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Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 29th August 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • RIOPY(below)- the French-English pianist’s latest album ‘Bliss’ is our focal point.
  • Helen Meissner(Helefonix (below)) explains how she came lately to her music.
  • Amartya Paul(US) is an 11year old classical composer and performer..watch this space!!
  • Dan Rank (Vers Le Silence) and Christoph Croise (Solo Album) are two AVIE Records artists whose works we sample.
  • With additional music from Andre Rieu  and Sarah Willis.

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

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Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 22nd August 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Interview with Giselle Ben-Dor about her career to date, and the album “Cien Anos”(Hundred Years) celebrating the bandoneon music of legendary composer Piazzolla.Review of 4 recent Toccata Classics albums:

  • Axel Ruoff Complete Works For Organ Vol2.
  •  Josef Schelb: Orchestral Music Vol 3 3 Concertos
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Complete Violin Sonatas
  • Emil Tabakov Complete Symphonies Vol 6.Symphony No 7

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

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Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 15th August 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Featuring:

  • Lesley Duncan recalls the music of Douglas Munn… her brother  .. and how his mathematical career led him into GCHQ…….
  • Mario Frangoulis recounts his musical journey, and his latest “crossover” album, “Blue Skies-An American Songbook”.
  • Martin Malmgren discusses his project about an obscure composer, Moses Pergament.

Plus music from:

  • Hans Gal Piano Trio in E, Op. 18  2. II. Allegro violento, played by Sarah Beth Briggs(piano), David Juritz(violin) and Kenneth Woods (‘cello)
  • Mark Knopfler’s Going Home.(Sacha Puttnam & the Classic Film Orchestra)
  • Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major (Krystian Zimmerman and the LSO with Simon Rattle conducting.

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

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