42. Wedding music – but not as we know it!
There are some pieces of music that everyone knows – Wagner’s Wedding March is one – and then it turns out to be quite different in its original setting. [Intro 3′, Music 8′] Music here: or here on Spotify: Please … Listen
41. Mozart mixing elegance with fun
We love this movement from Mozart’s 5th – and last – violin concerto, written to play himself, at the age of 19. It’s elegant and sophisticated and then wild and free. It’s a great piece for a dance around your … Listen
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: or here on Spotify: Please comment on Facebook.com/cacophonyonline, subscribe to the podcast, … Listen
38. 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 question what else is out there… Music … Listen
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: or here on Spotify: Please like and comment on Facebook.com/cacophonyonline; subscribe to … Listen
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: and here – a must watch: Courtesy of Twosetviolin … Listen
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… …crank up the volume so … Listen
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/RI6ChQJSC Spotify link follows… Total listening time 20 mins
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 orchestra, Chineke! Music here: [First 17′ of the … Listen