Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music

Cooler Classics for Sunday 4th February 2024 on thefeelgoodstation.uk (9-11pm) and on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15.

Interviews with:

  • Ryan Liatsis, composer of scores for top selling video games, tells us about the standalone piece “Elephant Battle”
  • Acclaimed international pianist Burkard Schliessmann explains his musical philosophy.
  • Jamie Lonsdale has a new song – with the aid of 40 Ukrainian refugees – called “Freedom”

Additional music from:

  • Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, JS Bach, Frederic Chopin, Calvin Jones, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederick Schiller, Vincent Oppido.
  • Performances from: London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Tuarida Symphony Orchestra, Andre Rieu & JSO, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Great Britain, Mario Lanza, Enrico Caruso, Mark Milhofer.

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

And on wbrs belgium( https://wbrs.online/) Saturday 10am -12noon

Thereafter on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

Cooler Classics, Events and Shows, Interviews, Music

Cooler Classics for Sunday 3rd December 2023 on thefeelgoodstation.uk (9-11pm) and on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15.

Featuring:

  • Katherine Blake(below) of Mediaeval Babes tells us about  their latest album and tour.
  • Kaplan Kaye looks forward to his tribute show to Anthony Newley (Nearly Newley) on Monday evening.

With music from:

  • Andre Rieu,Gustav Mahler, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Joseph Bologne, Yo Yo Ma, JS Bach, Conspirare- Craig Hella Johnson, Anthony Newley, Franz Schubert, Vladimir Feltsman, Adrian Chandler, La Serenissima, Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello.

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

And on wbrs belgium( https://wbrs.online/) Saturday 10am -12noon

Thereafter on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

Cooler Classics, Interviews, Literature, Music

Cooler Classics for Sunday 26th November 2023 on thefeelgoodstation.uk (9-11pm) and on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15.

Janet Horvath recalls the events and trauma of the Holocaust in her book “The Cello Still Sings- A Generational Story of the Holocaust and the Transformative Power Of Music “

With music from:

  • Daniel Johnson, Andre Rieu, Carl Maria von Weber, Georges Bizet,
  • Guiseppe Tartini, Guiseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, George Gershwin, 
  • Hans Gal, Herb Alpert, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederick Schiller, Leonard Bernstein
  • and a moving performance of Kol Nidrei.

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

And on wbrs belgium( https://wbrs.online/) Saturday 10am -12noon

Thereafter on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

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

Cooler Classics for Sunday 5th November 2023 on thefeelgoodstation.uk (9-11pm) and on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15.

  • Interview with international cellist Matthew Barley, who will be at Stratford Playhouse with The Orchestra of The Swan performing a programme “From Bach to Barber, via Brazil)
Courtesy Matthew Barley & OOTS
  • With music from: Bill Brennan, Brian Eno, JS Bach, Maurice Ravel, Richard Wagner, Jean Sibelius, Jamie Lonsdale, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gustav Holst, Andre Rieu,Piotr Tchaikovsky, Bernard Herrmann, Aaron Copland.

And don’t forget…….

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

Thereafter on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

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