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

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 26th December 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

  • Looking back on 2021
  • Mirusia.. the youngest ever winner of the Dame Joan Sutherland prize, her time with Andre Rieu and the JSO, and new music…
Live in Concert (Live CD)
Mirusia.(Copyright acknowledged)
  • Rodney Earl Clarke tells us about the track “Mantra”
Rodney Earl Clarke
  • Nadia Eide reflects on her career and “Mad World”
Nadia Eide
  • Jamie Lonsdale shares memories and the making of “White Doves Of Peace”
Jamie Lonsdale
  • Russell Watson, celebrating 20 years as an international tenor, remembers those club performances and more!!
Russell Watson
  • With music from: Andre Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra, Il Divo, Sally Ann Howes & Dick Van Dyke, April Frederick & the English Symphony Orchestra, Mario Frangoulis.

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 20th June 2021. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

Featuring:interviews with:

  • David Lewiston Sharpe: Oxford born composer outlines his musical journey, reads some poetry, and introduces us to Capriccio.
David Lewiston Sharpe.
  • Lisa Mayo, (Head of Gloucestershire Music) enthuses over the services available to help young children (and older children!)  gain access to playing musical instruments together!
Lisa Mayo,Head Of Gloucestershire Music.

With additional music from: 

  • Mirusia, (Phantom Of The Opera)
  • Anne Hathaway(Les Miserables)
  • Bill Whelan(Riverdance) 
  • Jerod impichchaachaahaTate (Fire & Light) ,
  • Sir Andras Schiff and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment play Brahms.
  • Sarah Willis plays Mozart y  Mambo.
  • Oscar Rossignoli (Heartbeat)
  • Isata Kanneh-Mason – Beach  By the Still Waters

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!)

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

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!)

www.nccr.co.uk.

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NCCR “Cooler Classics” .. this week only Tuesday 10pm!!

Following a power failure in the district today, NCCR programming has been disrupted..

So, the expected “Cooler Classics” for tonight (11pm- midnight) is now scheduled for Tuesday evening..at 10pm..

..and will be a treat for fans of Andre Rieu..

It‘s a special of the Andre Rieu Maastricht Concerts held in the Vrijthof Square..

Tracks will include the Platin Tenors, Carmen Monarcha, Carla Maffioletti, Mirusia and Kimmy Skota..

Do listen.. and enjoy!!   www.nccr.co.uk