119. Dancing into Immortality: Prokofiev, Romeo & Juliet (Suite No.2)
So much more than just a famous TV theme tune, Prokofiev's music for Romeo and Juliet is full of intensity, drama, passion, wit and the occasional brilliantly pure dance number. Simultaneously drainin...
21 Jun 202210min
118. Songs from the greatest ever musical! Bernstein: West Side Story
Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Cacophony ep.117) features the driving funky rhythms at the expense of the wit, poetry and driving funky rhythms of the song numbers... so this episo...
10 Jun 20227min
117. The greatest Musical? Bernstein: West Side Story, Symphonic Dances
I played this over a week ago and still the tunes dance around inside my head - it's the jazz- and latin-fuelled brilliance of the Symphonic Dances from Leonard Bernstein's smash hit musical, West Sid...
30 Mai 20229min
116. Uneasy listening. Scary music for modern times: Bartók, Music for strings, percussion and celesta
I'm no fan of horror films - too scary for me - but, in any case, nothing really scares us more than the thoughts in our heads! I do love scary music though and Béla Bartók wrote the best. Music for s...
11 Mai 202210min
115. A superstar symphony, but not a miracle: Haydn, Symphony No.96
When Haydn came to London he was treated like a superstar: wined and dined by the great and good, and his concerts were the hottest ticket in town. The 'Miracle' Symphony, no.96, was Haydn's first wri...
2 Mai 202210min
114. Direct to you from London: Urban Living, Shirley J Thompson
A mix of grit, swagger and persistence help us to make it through in the big city. Shirley Thompson's Urban Livinggives us all this plus, perhaps, a tinge of fear and some pheonmenal piano sounds in 7...
25 Apr 20224min
113. London’s the place for me: Coates, London Suite
I've come over all nostalgic at the prospect of returning to London in a few days, so here's a swaggering piece of escapism back to the heady optimistic days of the 1930s in Eric Coates London Suite. ...
10 Apr 20227min
112. Dancing on Love Island? Ravel, Daphnis & Chloé
Bursting full of life, Ravel’s music for this everyday love story of shepherd meets goatherd meets Greek god of nature is dreamy, sensual, and downright thrilling, all delivered in glorious orchestral...
31 Mar 20228min
