CACOPHONY: GREAT CLASSICAL MUSIC

40. Gustav Mahler meets Trollface Quest [briefly]

I'm inspired to play this by the video game TrollFace Quest! ...where a little snippet of fanfare reminds me of Mahler's brilliant first symphony. Intro here, Music here: https://youtu.be/gexnIbK-pJA ...

12 Juni 20204min

39. To Uranus, Neptune and beyond... Two of Holst's Planets

In music that was ground breaking and influential - especially to modern film composers - Gustav Holst takes us on a spectacular, mischievous and mysterious journey to Uranus and Neptune and asks the ...

10 Juni 20203min

38. Minimalist genius - Reich, Mallet Quartet

Modern yet timeless, Dynamic yet static, Hypnotic yet energising The brilliant combination of tuned percussion instruments and the genius of Steve Reich in his Mallet Quartet Music here: https://you...

9 Juni 20203min

37. Pachelbel's Chicken or Pachelbel's Canon?

Simple pleasures in this episode: One of the most famous pieces of 'early' classical music is Pachelbel's Canon, here in two great versions including one for rubber chicken... Enjoy! Music here: https...

8 Juni 20202min

36: Scary organ music - the original and best! Bach's Toccata & Fugue

No haunted house would be complete without the soundtrack of organ music, right? The supreme example is Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, but the films and TV only ever give us 10 seconds... ...cra...

5 Juni 20203min

35: Brilliant music for a classic film: Walton - Henry

The film may not have aged well but William Walton's music for Shakespeare's Henry V is a fresh as ever and some of it was written in the 1400s! Music here :https://youtu.be/RI6ChQJSCJI Or here on Spo...

4 Juni 20204min

34. A bit on race, colour and hope: Coleridge-Taylor's music for Othello

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a black mixed race Victorian/Edwardian Londoner. I've not heard his great music for Othello for 30 years, but have now found a brand new concert performance by the fab orch...

3 Juni 20205min

33: Summer! All paddling pools and ice-cream?

...Not for Vivaldi His summer is all oppressive heat, flies and sudden storms; brilliantly realised in music that's short, intense and too hot to handle. Music here: https://youtu.be/ZFDrumsjJMk?t=212...

1 Juni 20203min