Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 3rd July 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Alisa Weilerstein tells us about the Beethoven Sonatas for cello and piano.
Alisa Weilerstein.
  • Brazilian cellist Antonio Meneses is delighted to have finally recorded 2 Brahms cello sonatas.
Antonio Meneses.
  • Adam Philp(The Symphonist) explains the background to his twittering.
Adam Philp(The Symphonist)
  • Maxwell Rafeian introduces us to his piano compositions..
Maxwell Rafeian.
  • With music from Copland, Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, Vaughan Williams,Samuel Barber... and featuring Julien Van Mellaerts, English Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, the Hallé Orchestra,Vienna Philharmonic.

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 12th June 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Nimrod Borenstein updates on his commissions and recording programme…
Nimrod Borenstein.
  • Pei-wen Liao (Violin, Taiwan) and William Goldstein(Piano, Los Angeles) explain their collaboration on “Brushstrokes, The Intersection of  Art and Music” (With special thanks to Crossover Media.) 
Pei-wen Liao & William Goldstein (Picture courtesy: Crossover Media)
  • And music from: Schumann, Russell Watson, Jamie Lonsdale, Giorgia Fumanti, Faure, Max Richter, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Alisa Weilerstein,Inon Barnatan.

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

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 25th July 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • The 3Choirs Festival is in full swing, so interviews and world premieres!
  • Kenneth Woods (ESO) describes the concert on 28th July at Kidderminster.
Kenneth Woods
  • Steve Elcock explains his Symphony No 8, to be premiered on 28th July.
Steve Elcock
  • Emily Doolittle shares her love of sounds and the work “Woodwings”(Premiere)
Emily Doolittle
  • With additional music from Gabriel Jackson, Julian Lloyd Webber, Edward Elgar,Allan Petterson,Andre Rieu and Beethoven

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

www.nccr.co.uk.