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CSO Program Notes: Chopin & Tchaikovsky

CSO Audio Program Notes - April 15, 2024 15:54 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Tugan Sokhiev conducts Tchaikovsky’s youthful First Symphony, nicknamed Winter Dreams for its cozy evocation of Russian winters. Chopin’s exuberant Piano Concerto No. 1 features Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, described by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as “a one-woman powerhouse” who “stole the s...

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Kevin Mayse, Part 1: Trumpet Instructor, Ensembles Director, and Department Chair of the exciting program at Riverside City College

Anthony Plog on Music - April 14, 2024 05:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Kevin Mayse is the wind ensemble conductor, trumpet teacher, and chair of the Department of Music at Riverside City College. Even though RCC is a two year college, what Kevin has been able to accomplish has been exceptional. His wind ensemble not only performs major works but also has a vibrant ...

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CHRISTINE COLLISTER - Child of the Sea!

Manx Radio Live Lounge - April 13, 2024 21:49 - 31 minutes
Christy was joined by Christine Collister in the Live Lounge this evening, talking about her new release: the book, art project and album 'Children of the Sea'. You can get your hands on copies of the book/album at ChristineCollister.com and at her launch gig, at the Peel Centenary Centre on Apr...

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An intriguing and informative chat with Chris Newstead from Watford Jazz Festival

Harmonious World - April 12, 2024 16:00 - 17 minutes
Send us a Text Message. If you like jazz, you should get along to Watford Jazz Festival, 12-19 May 2024. If you don't know much about jazz (yet), do the same. I had a chat with founder and festival director Chris Newstead, who ran through all the delights on offer this year, so if you can, yo...

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Rael Jones - UK Based Film Composer - Les Miserables, Suite Francaise, Sherlock, My Cousin Rachel, Harlots, Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris, and Seize Them

Spoiler Alert Radio - April 12, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Rael’s musical background, rooted in classical training, began at the age of 6. He graduated from the Tonmeister Course with First Class Honors, winning both available prizes for composition. Rael has worked on a variety of roles in film, including: Composer, Music Producer, Orchestrator, Mus...

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#8 | Rudy Mancuso has the Música in him

Score: The Podcast - April 10, 2024 05:02 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 380 ratings
YouTuber Rudy Mancuso has been following SCORE for years, as a musician and composer in his own right. He joins Kenny Holmes and Matt Schrader to discuss his breakout hit film from SxSW ‘MÚSICA’ out now on Prime Video — a semi-autobiographic film, years in the making, that pushes musical possibi...

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Score Guide – Chicken Run (2000)

Sideshow Sound Radio - April 09, 2024 12:30 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Welcome to Hut 41 of Sideshow’s soundtrack farm for the next Score Guide. Will & Wend return to Dreamworks to count their chickens and guide you through the memorable score to the 2000 stop-motion claymation, Chicken Run by John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams. Your regular armchair musicologis...

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Helga Returns For A Sixth Season!

Helga - April 09, 2024 08:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 158 ratings
Get ready for a new season of fearless conversations that reveal the extraordinary in all of us. Critically acclaimed actress, singer, writer and composer Helga Davis returns for a new season of soulful conversations with artists and thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including Brittany Ho...

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Ep. 228 - NICKEL CREEK ("Celebrants")

Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters - April 09, 2024 00:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 207 ratings
Grammy winners and astonishingly fabulous musicians Chris Thile, Sean Watkins, and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek join us to chat about their fresh approach to songwriting on their most recent album, Celebrants.  PART ONE Paul and Scott chat about musical virtuosity, Beyonce, Ricky Skaggs, and th...

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FRANCESCA MAY, and a tribute to SARAH PUZZAR

Manx Radio Live Lounge - April 08, 2024 14:03 - 22 minutes
As well as speaking with young rapper Seb Garood in the Live Lounge this week (which you'll find as a separate podcast), Christy also caught up with singer songwriter Francesca May ahead of her returning to London to further her career (pictured with partner and producer Andrew Johnson below) an...

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SEB GARROOD

Manx Radio Live Lounge - April 06, 2024 21:12 - 18 minutes
15 yr old Seb Garrood found UK rap and realised it helped him deal with his emotions in a really powerful way. Christy chats to him about his music and learns about the complicated current rap scene along the way. 

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NMNM - Robert Pritchard

New Musings on New Music - April 06, 2024 12:00 - 49 minutes
Robert Pritchard's webpage. Keith Hamel one of Bob's teachers and a prof at UBC Megumi Masaki, one of Bob's collaborators  An article about Bob's work with Vancouver's Turning Point ensemble. There is a great video link here. Bob's students: Kiran Bhumber there is beautiful video work here....

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Kaya Inan - Swiss Film Editor - Above and Below, African Notebook, Hausen, In The Aisles, My Wonderful Wanda, and Stand Up My Beauty

Spoiler Alert Radio - April 05, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Kaya's documentary work includes: Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open, Above and Below, African Notebook, and Stand Up My Beauty. Kaya's narrative feature editing work includes: In The Aisles, Zone Rouge, My Wonderful Wanda, Borga, Dark Satellites, and Haunted Under The Ferris Wheel.

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CSO Program Notes: Mendelssohn Elijah

CSO Audio Program Notes - April 04, 2024 19:04 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
The 19th century’s most enduring oratorio, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, sung here in English, depicts the story of the biblical prophet Elijah, complete with his ascent to heaven on a flaming chariot. James Conlon leads the assembled forces, including Chicago favorite Lucas Meachem in the mighty title r...

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In live conversation with Mark Wade

Harmonious World - April 04, 2024 17:00 - 22 minutes
Send us a Text Message. We start season 16 of Harmonious World with another in-person conversation, This one was with bassist Mark Wade, who first appeared on the podcast in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. It was great to chat with Mark in the wonderful setting of Benslow Music. Thank yo...

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CSO Program Notes: Klaus Mäkelä & Sol Gabetta

CSO Audio Program Notes - April 02, 2024 16:24 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
Sol Gabetta, whose “enthusiastic music-making and animated style are completely infectious” (Classical Voice), makes her CSO debut in Shostakovich’s captivating Cello Concerto No. 1 — a riveting journey through themes of defiance, sorrow and triumph. Electrifying conductor Klaus Mäkelä frames the...

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29: Tembisa Jordaan on Marine Science & "Ulwandle Lushile"

IN HER LENS - April 02, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Tembisa Jordaan (she/her) is a South African marine scientist and filmmaker, living in in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Tembisa is the Biodiversity Stewardship & Biodiversity Economy senior manager at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. She is also the coordinator for the Biodiversity Economy Initiative (BEI) in th...

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Track Swap #27 – What a Bunch of A-Holes

Sideshow Sound Radio - April 02, 2024 10:43 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
Synopsis:Ready for something Marvelous? Natalie is back on Track Swap! Her and Lasse talk about two scores from two successful, but also kind of divisive sequels within the MCU. And be warned: It’s getting quite emotional!

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Season 16 trailer

Harmonious World - April 01, 2024 13:00 - 2 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Welcome to season 16 of Harmonious World. I hope that 2024 is a happy and healthy year for you all so far. Some of my guests and listeners are in parts of the world where that probably seems impossible, and I really hope that we see some progress in seeing a return to s...

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Home, Belonging, "Heimat" with Valentina-Katharina Georgoulopoulos

Between The Bars - March 30, 2024 08:48 - 39 minutes
  In this episode, MCO's Outreach and Education Manager, Valentina-Katharina Georgoulopoulos, joins host Yannick Dondelinger to explore the concept of "Heimat" (home and belonging). With members originating from 27 diverse countries, "Heimat" holds much significance for the MCO. Valentina s...

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Episode 54 - Finally

Classical Guitar Composers Podcast - March 29, 2024 23:53 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In this episode I talk about the unfortunate passing of the great Armand Coeck, and my encounter with a new way of playing guitar. The show ends with a great suite by Javier Contreras. 

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Jon Armstrong, Part 1: The Highly-Creative and Innovative Jazz Saxophonist, former LA Freelancer, Bandleader, Composer and current Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at Idaho State University

Anthony Plog on Music - March 29, 2024 21:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Jon Armstrong is an amazingly versatile performer, composer, educator and thinker. Perhaps that should come as no surprise, since as a young man in his home town in Oregon, Jon not only played in a Buddhist marching band but also worked 12 hour shifts in a diaper factory! After a highly successf...

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Milena Fessmann - German Music Supervisor - Pina, In The Aisles, I'm Your Man, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, Perfect Days, and Club Zero

Spoiler Alert Radio - March 29, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
Milena's recent television work includes: Oh Hell, The Empress, The Swarm, and One Trillion Dollars. Milena's film work includes: In The Aisles, Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything, I'm Your Man, All Quiet On The Western Front, and Club Zero, and Wim Wenders' Pina, Anselm, and Perfect D...

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Tim Boniface joins me to discuss 'Psalter: Themes for Peace'

Harmonious World - March 29, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes
Send us a Text Message. Welcome to a special Easter episode of Harmonious World with sax player and Chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge, Tim Boniface. Although I set out to discuss Tim's latest composition - jazz suite Psalter: Themes for Peace - we also discussed his Christmas suite The Inf...

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Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis discuss 'Feels Like Home'

Harmonious World - March 27, 2024 14:00 - 35 minutes
Send us a Text Message. This is my second episode with Paul Edis (the first is here), and this time he's joined by sax player Vasilis Xenopoulos to discuss their forthcoming quartet album Feels Like Home. This album reminds me of the ethos behind Harmonious World itself, in that it's about all...

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28: "Climate Spring" with Lucy Stone & Victoria Steventon

IN HER LENS - March 26, 2024 17:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratings
Climate Spring is a global organization that uses the power of the screen to transform how people see and respond to climate change. They offer early-stage development funding for scripted and unscripted content, and high-level pro-bono editorial consulting on the climate elements of feature fil...

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From the Vault – Score Guide – Shrek (2001)

Sideshow Sound Radio - March 26, 2024 11:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 39 ratings
We welcome you and all fairytale creatures across the land to our 37th Score Guide! Will & Wend set off from Duloc to embark on a great and noble quest to guide their loyal listenership through the masterful score to the 2001 Academy Award-winning, DreamWorks animation, Shrek by Harry Gregson-Wil...

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Ep. 227 - ALAN BERGMAN ("The Way We Were")

Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters - March 26, 2024 00:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 207 ratings
Ninety-eight-year-old Songwriters Hall of Famer Alan Bergman chats with us about a wide-ranging career that started with Johnny Mercer and continues to today.  PART ONE Paul and Scott talk about the Abba Voyage virtual concert and scare themselves with the possibilities of digital technology.  ...

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🔒 Subscriber special - March 2024

Harmonious World - March 25, 2024 17:00 - 2 minutes
Subscriber-only episode Send us a Text Message. It's been too long in the making, but here's a Subscriber Special episode. March has already been a great month for Harmonious World, with lots of new listeners. I'd like to thank all my subscribers for your support - if you haven't already rec...

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Simon Rea from Truman Falls, lost in Silverdale

Manx Radio Live Lounge - March 23, 2024 22:27 - 33 minutes
Simon Rea tells Christy about Truman Falls' new album - their third in fact - which is inspired by and dedicated to one of his favourite places on the Isle of Man. Silverdale is released on Good Friday. https://youtu.be/lfGAxw1DbjI?si=3v_2HXI69zZ4UW-1