Cooler Classics, Music

Cooler Classics 11th May 2023

A mix of familiar and new music..
Composers include: Copland, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Coward.
Performers include: Dame Felicity Lott, English String Orchestra, Jessye Norman, Sir Adrian Boult.


Four new albums from Toccata Classics:
Brahms by Arrangement, Volume Two: Orchestrations by Robin Holloway


Marc’ Antonio Ingegneri: Volume Three


Marie Joseph Erb: Organ Works, Volume One


Ferenc Farkas: Chamber Music, Volume Six

Currently available on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

An Announcement!!! Starting Sunday 4th June

Cooler Classics

Cooler Classics Sunday 26th March 2023

Music from: JS Bach, Anton Bruckner, Aaron Copland,Georg Philippe Telemann ,Richard Strauss, Gustav Charpentier, GF Handel, Fabio Brum, Nicholas Ho.


With performances from: Berit Hagen-Commander In Chief, Nina Kotova, Vienna Philharmonic, Rachel Willis Sorenson, Renee Fleming. Peter Ustinov.


An excerpt from a classic ..Wuthering Heights.
And a podcast featuring trumpeter Paul Merkelo (Courtesy Max Horowitz at Crossover Media)

Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music

Cooler Classics Sunday 19th March 2023

Ellen Williams, Welsh Soprano tells us about her latest album.
Tim Ingles, fine arts auctioneer looks forward to The Rosenberg Collection sale (28th March, online)
With music from: Shostakovitch, Richard Strauss, Schubert, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Chopin, Tchaikovsky,
Luciano Pavarotti & Lou Reed, Martin Hayes & The Common Ground Ensemble .
And introducing: Luka Faulisi (violin) & Rafał Blechacz piano.

Now available: mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

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

“Cooler Classics” Sunday 13th September 2020. (Rpeats: Various) www.nccr.co.uk

On this week’s edition of “Cooler Classics”

Roderick Elms tells us about the British Light Music tradition, and his own career to date..

Kenneth Woods enthuses about the ESO Digital portal and the first virtual concert on Friday 18th September 2020 at 7.30pm, featuring soprano April Frederick.

Katalin Kertesz  & Lucy Hewson(Ensemble Burletta) tell us about the Chamber Music for Clarinet by Hans Gal.. and we learn what “Burletta” means too!!

With appropriate music, including some Elgar, Handel, Walton, Richard Strauss..and Laurie Johnson(!!)

So tune in … www.nccr.co.uk at 11pm Sunday, repeats various through the week. Available to download on “Listen Again”… and on Mixcloud too!