"Foot Tragedies and 'Artistic' Naked Bits": Strozzi & Lully
FOR NEVER WAS A STORY OF MORE WOE... THAN THIS OF STABBING YOUR FOOT WITH A SHARP STICK, FO SHO. Today we discuss two small but wonderful fish in one of our favourite musical ponds (beginning with "B"...
11 Mar 201933min
"Infant Body-Builders and Lip Baking": Brass
DOOT DOOOOOT yes we're back with another orchestral watcha-ma-call-it, and today it's BRASS. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a one way ticket to brass-town, via dodgy names for the trombone, dancing pri...
12 Feb 201929min
"Exiled Bum-Pinchers and Half-Naughty Monks": CHRISTMAS III
CHRISTMAS WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT A TRADITIONAL "BUM-PINCH" [AND AN ILLEGAL MINCE PIE] ... YES it's time once again for our annual festive episode, featuring a seasonal smattering of Christmas f...
17 Des 201830min
"Football Opera and Century-Straddlers": The Romantic Period
BRACE YOURSELVES FOR THE MUSICAL EQUIVALENT OF FIFTY SHADES. Yes that is 100% correct and accurate, because it's time for something Romantic with a capital R!! This time we dive into the "wishy-washy"...
3 Des 201835min
"Opium-Cheese Nightmares and 'Opening-Up' Music": Berlioz & Mendelssohn
DO YOU ENJOY A GENEROUS SLICE OF GOUDA BEFORE BED? If so, you may have something in common with Hector Berlioz, who's life and nightmarish works we'll be discussing in this TRES FANTASTIQUE new episod...
5 Nov 201843min
"Blatant Child Favouritism and Eagle-Waving": Copland & Korngold
WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? YOU'VE FOUND THE CLASSICAL MUSIC EQUIVALENT OF "ISN'T SHE LOVELY"???! FINALLY! Yes it's true, we've literally found it, it's in this episode and it's PRETTY GOOD ACTUALLY. Also in...
18 Sep 201830min
"Two-Hit Wonders and Prima Donna Fisticuffs": Pachelbel & Handel
OUT OF THE WAY LADS, THE MOST IMPRESSIVELY BORING MAN IN MUSICAL HISTORY IS COMING THROUGH (BUT WE STILL THINK HE'S A BIT OF ALRIGHT). This time on That Classical Podcast we discuss one (and two) hit ...
6 Aug 201835min
"Mantelpiece Modesty and Fingerpendence": Chopin & Liszt
EVER FANCIED SOMEONE YOU ALSO THINK IS A BIT MINGING? WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO NOT GET BURIED ALIVE?? SHALL WE COMPARE FINGER-WEBBING??! All these questions are frankly up for debate and discussion in t...
9 Jul 201834min
