Hear more. Feel more. Be more! Come with me and dive into some great classical music. For over 1000 years great musicians have explored what it means to live, love, die and everything in between: asking all our deep and universal questions. Escape the cacophony - the noise of your brain and daily life; tune into the music, your feelings and emotions ‘good’ and ‘bad’ …and find the space, stillness and love that underpins everything. NB: May include loud noise, surprises, challenges, cacophonous racket May cause shock, comfort, discomfort, smiles, tears, peace, transcendence
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episode 113: 83. A perfect parting gift: Bartók, Piano Concerto no.3
After three years 'vegetating' in New York, Béla Bartók produced a handful of late great pieces. A dying man's birthday gift to his wife, his life-affirming, often easygoing and playful last piano concerto is, perhaps, my favourite concerto of all ti...
episode 112: 82. Love is the Drug: Wagner, Tristan & Isolde
When Tristan & Isolde take a magic love potion it's not exactly happy ever after. Love wins in the end, it's just they're both dead. Passionate, overwhelming, transformative music from Richard Wagner sends them on their way and leaves us all in a sta...
episode 111: 81. Politics, protest and a bit of opera - Ethel Smyth, The Wreckers
Democracy and our rights, that earlier generations fought and went to prison, to obtain are fragile and always need to be looked after closely. Ethel Smyth's life and music serve as a good reminder to us all that we need to be ready to stand up and m...
episode 110: 80. Life's still a rollercoaster baby - Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.4 [Part 2/2]
Battered, bruised but not broken, Tchaikovsky's emotional rollercoaster ride continues... Does this ride finish with squeals of terror or delight? You may want to listen to episode 79 before this (but it's not essential) Listening time: 34 mins ...
episode 109: 79. Life's a rollercoaster: Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.4 [Part 1/2]
The song goes that life is a rollercoaster, baby, and few can give us all the emotional ups and downs as well as Tchaikovsky. The first part of this ride is stormy, turbulent, passionate and full of loss and yearning, as Tchaikovsky is battered by wh...
episode 108: 78. A modern masterpiece for choir - James MacMillan: Miserere
Punchy, gut-churning and wow-inducing: Miserere by Scottish composer James MacMillan reflects deep religious faith and 1000 years of church music tradition, with music to move all of us, regardless of belief. Music here on Youtube or Spotify. (List...
episode 107: 77. Music's greatest mistake? Allegri - Miserere
Sometimes the best things happen by accident! Allegri's 'Miserere' is famously beautiful, ethereal and transports us out of ourselves - or maybe deeper within. But the 'best bit', when one of the singers soars high above the others, wasn't actually c...
episode 106: 76. Murderous legends, happy moods, and geo-politics: Smetana - Ma Vlast
I'm always a bit surprised to find myself humming bits of Ma Vlast - My Country by one of the Czech's favourite sons. I guess I must really love it! Feared by the Nazis, loved by the Czechs, this is the acceptable face of nationalism, and its full of...
episode 105: 75. Four go to the Beach Club! Amy Beach - String Quartet
American composer Amy Beach was so popular that her followers held ‘Beach Clubs’* to play and listen to her music! Her Quartet for strings is lean and powerful, as well as being a great jump-off into the world of string quartets: a place fraught with...
episode 104: 74. Searching for simplicity: Tavener Svyati
Poignant, peaceful, maybe even transcendental music for choir with cello: Svyati by John Tavener is the result of a lifetime of spiritual enquiry and of perfecting a simple and profound musical style. Beautiful. Listening time 19 mins (Intro 5', mu...