Cooler Classics, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 20th December 2020. 9pm-11pm, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

2020 Cooler Classics Review:

Featuring: Andre Rieu, Eduardo Garcia(bandoneon), Ivan Stankov,  Thomas Gould, Sarah Class, Sarah Willis, Naxos Records, Jamie Lonsdale, Berit Hagen and Joanna Forest.. .. and the music of Bach, Beethoven, Bizet,Brahms, Copland and more.

Enjoy!!

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Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 13th December 2020. 9pm-11pm, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

On this new edition of “Cooler Classics”:

Main feature….. this is Beethoven250! So, pride of place on this programme.. the highlight of Beethoven’s only opera..”Fidelio”..


Here is the playlist:

Andre Rieu: Tara’s Theme

Henry Dehlinger: Bahnhofstrasse

Ian Sutherland: Skater’s Waltz.

Commander-in-Chief: Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven: Fidelio (all tracks)

Joanna Forest: Rhythm Of Life

And an introduction to the music of Lili & Nadia Boulanger -“Clairieres”.. with Nicholas Phan and Myra Huang.

Courtesy: AVIE Records

So, do tune in…and please note the NEW Time!! 9pm Sunday!!

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Cooler Classics, Interviews

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 6th December 2020. 9pm-11pm, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Featuring.. an interview with writer, broadcaster and former curator at the Gustav Holst Birthplace Museum, and lately curator at Tor Abbey…. Amelia Marriette., now resident in Austria, and the author of “Walking Into Alchemy”

See Amelia’s Blog at: https://www.ameliamarriette.com/

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Expect music from Gustav Holst, Ludovico Einaudi , Beethoven (Pastoral Symphony) and Johann Strauss II (Blue Danube.)

So, do tune in…and please note the NEW Time!! 9pm Sunday!!

Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 29th November 2020. 11pm-1am, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

On this week’s “Cooler Classics”

Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven

Boris Giltburg
  • Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, ‘Pathétique’, Op. 13
  • 1 I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
  • Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, ‘Waldstein’, Op. 53
  • 4 I. Allegro con brio
  • Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
  • 7 I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato

And Berit Hagen(The Commander-in-Chief), with her manager Elizabeth Hilltout tell us about the making of the album “The Virtuoso”, and working with Craig Ogden & John Haywood

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Berit Hagen & Elizabeth Hilltout.
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“The Virtuoso”

With additional music from Andre Rieu & Edward Elgar..

So, do tune in Sunday 11pm…

And later.. on Mixcloud…

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

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 22ndNovember 2020. 11pm-1am, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Kenneth Woods (ESO) and Hugh Bonneville tell us about the ESO Production of “The Ugly Duckling”, being screened on the ESO Diguital Portal on Friday 27th November 2020 at 6pm

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Hugh Bonneville (Copyright Acknowledged)
Kenneth Woods

Martin Anderson(Toccata Classics) updates the “Music For My Love” Project..

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Music For My Love is exactly what it says it is: an extraordinary project to record 100+ pieces of new music for string orchestra written to celebrate a young woman’s life brought to an early end by illness.
Music For My Love aims to wrest some good from the teeth of despair and benefit some important charities… Read More

John Sanderson, principal,Chipping Campden School enthuses over the Performing Arts Centre.

Campden Performing Arts Campaign
John Sanderson,principal,Chipping Campden School.
Performing Arts Centre,Chipping Campden School.

For more information on how to support this outstanding project…..go to https://perform.campden.school/

With music from: Andre Rieu,Danny Kaye, Steve Elcock,Niklas Sivelov, Huddersfield Choral Society, Julian Carrillo, Berit Hagen (Commander-in-Chief) and Craig Ogden.

So, tune in for the first broadcast Sunday 11pm-1am…www.nccr.co.uk