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

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

  • Sean Friar(Composer) & Michael Mirzahli(Now Ensemble) tell us about “Before & After”
Sean Friar (composer)
Michael Mirzahli(Now Ensemble)
  • Christopher Tyler Nickel updates on his projects…. and his piece for Inbal Segev’s “20 for 20″ project..”Fractures of Solitude”
Christopher Tyler Nickel

With additional music from:

  • James Last….(Mozart)
  • Ludovico Einaudi
  • Daniel Johnson
  • Harpist Magdalena Hoffmann (Respighi, Chopin)
  • Alexander Scriabin
  • Thomas Gould (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

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, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 18th July 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Robert Emery
  • La Serenissima with more Vivaldi.
  • New releases from Konstantia Gourzi, Randall Goosby, D.Ferella, Sebastian Plano.
  • Gemma Wheklan (with the ESO) narrates The Bremen Town Musicians.
Kenneth Woods : Fiddles, Forests and Fowl Fables CD 2 discs (2021) ***NEW***
  • Steve Elcock’s Symphony No 5 (ahead of a premiere of his Symphony No 8 with the ESO at Kidderminster on 28th July 2021
  • And news of the Three Choirs Festival.

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 11th July 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • And we start off with “Extra Time”!!!!(La Serenissima)

  • Kenneth Woods explains Mahler’s music.
Kenneth Woods.
  • The Voice Finalist, Nadia Eide, tells us about her singing career ahead of an autumn tour including a visit to Stratford-upon-Avon PlayHouse in October.
Nadia Eide
  • And music from:: 
  • Albinoni, Bizet,,Budd, Bruckner,  Mahler,Mozart, Puccini, Tchaikovsky,Verdi.
  • Performances from:
  • Sarah Brightman,Mario Frangoulis, Gustavo Dudamel,April Frederick,ESO, BBC Philharmonic.

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, 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!)

www.nccr.co.uk.