Lockdown Music 15 - Away with the Fairies - Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream
Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream sprinkles fairy dust everywhere and the result is simply magic! Music here: https://youtu.be/WAaF52bP9Tw or on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ezRoo An...
2 Mai 20202min
Lockdown Music 14: Preaching to the fish and singing to the donkey - songs by Mahler
Mahler gives us the ridiculous and sublime, heaven and earth and a bit of silliness in these three songs. Music here https://bit.ly/2W2IDl1 and here https://spoti.fi/3eYCEGX Intro + music = 17 minute...
29 Apr 20204min
Lockdown Music 13 - Postcards from another time and place - The Pines of Rome
The Pines of Rome by Respighi brings us noisy children playing, moments of quiet solitude and Roman legions rolling in to leave you awestruck and maybe a bit deafened. Music here: https://spoti.fi/359...
28 Apr 20203min
Lockdown music 12: Sixteen Swans a Singing - Sibelius 5
The sight of swans inspired Sibelius in his 5th symphony but this is music that ends up about so much more... Music here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2S6bMKX and on youtube (no pics): https://youtu.b...
27 Apr 20203min
Music for lockdown 11: Swan Lake - the end!
Drama, heartbreak and transcendental music from the end of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Music here: https://bit.ly/2yJk0ln and on spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bA0vdD The ballet on video: https://bit.ly/3at...
25 Apr 20201min
Music for lockdown 10 : Swan Lake [2/3]
This episode brings you romance, swans and big tunes, from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. [Listening time 4' podcast and 16' music] Music here on YouTube, on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2VtGpMD
24 Apr 20203min
Music for Lockdown 9: Swan Lake - National dances
The first truly great full length ballet has so much good music it needs three episodes! Here's the first! Music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9Oql0vYaX1oy82wtBiSKMOY_ or here on ...
23 Apr 20202min
Music for lockdown 8: Borodin Polovstian Dances
Ten minutes of over-the-top operatic show stopper. Pure enjoyment! Music here:https://youtu.be/FsTVF0Fu5_c and here:https://bit.ly/CiL8Igor
22 Apr 20202min
