Cooler Classics, Events and Shows, Interviews, Literature, Music

Cooler Classics for Sunday 29th October 2023 on thefeelgoodstation.uk (9-11pm) and on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15.

  • Classical Crossover artist Giorgia Fumanti recalls her career to date, and balancing care for her family with touring.
Giorgia Fumanti
  • Amateur actor Nigel Hales tells us about Amelia Marriette’s play “Nay, Remember Me”  which is centrepiece of the First Folio’s 400th anniversary event in Great Malvern(5-12 November 2023.
Nigel Hales
  • 25th October is World Opera Day…. so expect some iconic recordings, and a special treat…the Lost Recordings of Maria Callas are no longer lost!! Enjoy excerpts from her performance in “Lucia Di Lammermoor”.
  • With additional music from: Chandrika Tandon, Jamie Lonsdale, Joanna Forest , Julian Lloyd Webber, Andre Rieu, Freddie Mercury, Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti, La Serenissima, English Symphony Orchestra.

http://www.thefeelgoodstation.uk (9-11pm)

Thereafter on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

Events and Shows, Films/documentaries, In The Cooler, Interviews, Literature, Music

“In The Cooler” Sunday 11th June 2023

  • Trip Jennings (belwo)outlines the thinking behind his latest documentary on Wildfires.
  • Dawn Annandale, best selling author of “Call Me Elizabeth-Wife, Mother -Escort-A True Story” tells us about her 5th book, Why Suicide Is never Painless”
(C)Dawn Annandale
  • Clare Teal shares some early memories ahead of her opening the Guitiing Music Fesitval on 21st July 2023.
Courtesy &(C) Clare Teal
  • Plus music from: Smokie, Allan Clarke, The Hollies,Jamie Thyer, John Young & Lifesigns, Markey Blue, Cosmo Blue, For King & Country, The Eagles, Leo Sayer, Huey Lewis & the News, The Rolling Stones, Peter Sarsdedt, John E Vistic,Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald,Helen Shapiro, Amy Winehouse, Mike & The Mechanics

Cooler Classics, English Symphony Orchestra, Events and Shows, Interviews, Music, NCCR

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

  • 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, Events and Shows, Films/documentaries, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 13th November 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • James Bond.. 25 films in the series!!
  • Gustav Mahler & Edward Elgar in the film “Tar”
  • John Addison..and A Bridge Too Far.
  • Paul Ben-Haim with the Israel Philharmonic
  • Chandos Records Releases: Rachmaninoff,Poulenc,Stravinsky
  • Balmorhea.. six-piece minimalist instrumental ensemble from Austin, Texas,
  • Clare Hammond and the etudes of Hélène de Montgeroult
  • David Garrett and his album “Iconic”
  • Robert Scumann and Daniel Barenboim
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 6
  • And in conversation with Karl Ruetter on the challenges of a classical composer

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

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 6th November 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Nancy Lee Harper explains her love of Iberian music.
  • Robert Emery updates us on his Music Trivia series on YouTube,
  • Nimrod Borenstein outlines his performance and recording schedule.
  • Keith Slade introduces us to the Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra.
  • Ellen Williams tells us about “World In Union”.
  • Plus: Korngold, Queen, Tchaikovsky, Queen, Sinfonia Of London, Berlin Philharmonic, Prague Festival Orchestra.

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

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