Sleeping Beauties
Did 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...
30 Marras 201830min
From Mandalay to Tinseltown: an excursion with Rudyard Kipling
This episode focuses on music inspired by the works of Rudyard Kipling, the celebrated journalist, editor, poet, and novelist. Kipling's literary works continue to attract the attention of composers a...
16 Marras 201823min
Carlo Gesualdo – a chromatic scale of life.
He murdered his wife and her lover, then paid a price of torment for the rest of his life, the anguish often oozing from his searing harmonies. This podcast from the Naxos Sounds Interesting series re...
2 Marras 201821min
