Repetition, repetition, repetition
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This podcast episode from the Sounds Interesting series takes repetition as its theme, a musical technique that has long served composers very well, time and time and time again.
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Phrases of the Loon
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This podcast episode from the Sounds Interesting series spotlights music expressed through the prism of madness in a range of contexts, from the world of fantasy to the theatre of war.
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You ditty rats!
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This episode takes rats as its theme, a topic that, perhaps surprisingly, has caught the attention of composers across the world and down the ages.
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Found in Translation
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This episode examines how a musical composition can be pampered by alternative wardrobes, when an original is dressed in different presentations of style and instrumentation while retaining its core character.
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Oxymoron for Orchestra
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This episode focuses on a selection of concertos written not for household-name soloists, but for the collective virtuosity of an orchestra's serried ranks.
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Sounds disastrous
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This episode introduces a selection of classical music items associated with natural disasters, from Biblical times to modern eras.
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Barbers of the Quill
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This episode introduces a selection of classical music items associated with male personal grooming experts, either by profession or name.
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Alma: Her Life, Loves, Lieder
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
The life of Mahler’s wife, Alma, was as multi-faceted as her several talents, that ranged from competent composer to sizzling socialite. This episode peels back the intriguing layers beneath the common perception of her as simply the hard done by wife of the illustrious Gustav.
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In the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
This episode spotlights a collection of unfortunate musicians who became hostages of war at the outbreak of the First World War and whose story is as inspiring as the music that sustained them. The setting is Ruhleben, a racecourse in Berlin.
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From Winding Stairs to Whippoorwill
Naxos: Sounds Interesting
An overview of the life, times and music of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, whose free spirit ranged both musically and geographically during the first half of the 20th century.
info_outlineDid you know J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations were originally written to help alleviate a nobleman’s insomnia? Knowing few bounds, music is well placed to invoke lullabies, the onset of sleep, and its otherworldly, dreamy state. Nightmares add the yang to the yin. This episode spotlights musical works about various stages of somnolence. If you fancy a bit of music for simply day-dreaming, this is the episode for you.