Tag: William Grant Still

Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music

Cooler Classics on Mixcloud.. Sunday 5th March 2023

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Bennet Cerven introduces the music of The Trouble Notes

Dr Alexander Lingas tells us about his role in the forthcoming Coronation of King Charles III on 6th May 2023.


Music from Heitor Villa-Lobos, Giuseppe Verdi, Maurice Ravel, Samuel Barber.
Performances from: Russell Watson, Claudio Abbado and London Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian National Gypsy Orchestra , Andre Rieu and Johann Strauss Orchestra.
Latest releases from: Hélène Grimaud and Konstantin Krimmel (pay homage to Valentin Silvestrov)
Umeå Symphony Orchestra play Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) Chamber Symphony No. 1 .
James Gilchrist tenor, Eric McElroy piano perform “Tongues of Fire (SOMM Recordings)
The Catalyst Quartet – Uncovered, Vol. III: play the music of George Walker, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still.

Available now on mixcloud.com/peter-lewis15

Cooler Classics, Interviews, Music, NCCR

Cooler Classics.(Sunday 7th August 2022. 9pm-11pm, Repeats Thursday midnight, Listen Again & on Mixcloud)

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Featuring:The music of:   

  • Frederick Loewe
  • Franz Schubert
  • Franz Lehár
  • Valentin Sylvestrov
  • Jean Sibelius
  • William Grant Still 
  • Antonin Dvořák

With performances from: 

  • Sinfonia Of London(John Wilson)
  • Orchestra Della Fondazione Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova(Frédéric Chaslin)Soloist: Rachel Willis-Sørensen.
  • Oslo Philharmonic.(Klaus Makela)
  • Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra(Christopher Lyndon-Gee)
  • Gewandhausorchester(Herbert Blomstedt)
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic( Gustavo Dudamel)

A conversation with Avlana Eisenberg about the album Summerland, featuring the music of William Grant Still. (With the Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

Avlana Eisenberg

And a podcast(Courtesy Max Horovitz and Crossover Media) entitled “We Will Sing One Song”,  about the music of  Eve Beglarian (with the Apollo Chamber Players)

Image Courtesy Crossover Media.

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

https://nccr.co.uk