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

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 6th June 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

This edition features:

An extended interview with Mirusia Louwerse the Australian soprano who delighted audiences around the world with Andre Rieu and the JSO…tells us about her career highlights to date, and the latest CD/DVD “Live In Concert” Expect a few songs, including The Morning Bird from the new album released 4th June 2021

Live in Concert (Live CD)

Classical guitarist Craig Ogden will be performing Spanish music at Broadway Arts Festival, in the Marquee on the Green, Broadway, on Wednesday 9th June 2021. Craig tells us about his musical start, and current projects….

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New releases from Chandos records… featuring the music of Sibelius,Mozart, Berlioz, Nelson Riddle, Szymanowski – Variations on a Polish Theme, ..

And a first play (world first?) for a World Premiere recording…. “The Ugly Duckling” by the English Symphony Orchestra, with Hugh Bonneville narrating.

Fiddles, Forests and Fowl Fables: New storytelling works for narrator and orchestra
https://www.eso.co.uk/product/fables/

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

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 30th May 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

On this week’s edition:

Martin Anderson tells us about Toccata Classics500!!

Martin Anderson (Toccata Classics)

We learn about the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (Courtesy Crossover Media.)

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

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 7th February 2021. 9pm-11pm, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Tracks from the new album “Timelapse” from Orchestra Of The Swan with previous recorded comments from Debbie Jagla and David Le Page.
SIGCD662 - Timelapse
“Timelapse”

4 New Releases from Toccata Classics , courtesy Martin Anderson.

  • Grigory Krein: Deux Poemes and Deux Mazurkas.(Piano Music)
Grigory Krein: Piano Music
  • Livia Teodorescu-Ciocanea… “Le Rouge et Le Noir” Ballet – Prologue/Epilogue
Livia Teodorescu-Ciocănea, Le rouge et le noir
  • Francis George Scott.. 8 Songs(transcribed by Ronald Stevenson)
Francis George Scott: Complete Music for Solo Piano

  • Arnold Griller: Night Music (from “Concerto Grosso”)
Arnold Griller, Orchestral Music, Volume Three

Plus: Andre Rieu and the English Symphony Orchestra.

Sunday 7th February 2021…9-11pm 1st broadcast. Repeats Tuesday and Friday.

Available on Listen Again (7 days) and on Mixcloud.. (for a while longer!!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 17th January 2021. 9pm-11pm, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Featuring:

  • From Brazil… Bruno Lima tells us about his passion for Holst’s music, and has a couple of 1920’s recordings of The Planet Suite.. conducted by Holst..
Bruno Lima(left) and Peter S Lewis- Bringing The Cotswolds and Brazil together!!

  • Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett  chats about his latest classical acoustic album “Under A Mediterranean Sky”
Steve Hackett.(Copyright Acknowledged)
“Under A Mediterranean Sky” Album Cover.

Expect Holst and Hackett music tracks!! And a little Scott Joplin!

Sunday 17th January 2021…9-11pm 1st broadcast. Repeats Tuesday and Friday.

Available on Listen Again (7 days) and on Mixcloud.. (for a while longer!!)

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Cooler Classics.(Sunday 3rd January 2021. 9pm-11pm, various Repeats, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Featuring: An NCCR Vienna New Year Concert!!.. and new music (highlighted below!)
Playlist:

Andre Rieu: Second Waltz

Andre Rieu: Grande Valse Viennoise

Andre Rieu: And The Waltz Goes On.

Rudolf Kempe: Die Fledermaus (Overture) Wiener Philharmoniker)

Rudolf Kempe: Tales From The Vienna Woods.

Rudolf Kempe:Leichtes Blut (op 319) (Polka)

Rudolf Kempe: Gold & Silver(Lehar)

Andre Rieu: You Are My Heart’s Delight(Lehar)

Lauren Scott: In A Landscape/Away For A While/ Across The Universe.

Quartetto di Cremona:  Mozart String Quartet No 1 “Lodi”.

Andre Rieu: Skaters’ Waltz/ Snow Waltz

Andre Rieu: Radetsky March/Bugler’s Holiday/Marino Waltz/Strauss & Co

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Lauren Scott-Beyond The Horizon(copyright acknowledged)
Quartetto di Cremona - Wikipedia
Quartetto Di Cremona(Copyright Acknowledged)