#3: Short(ish) Notes on Queen Elizabeth I
If you were wandering around Queen Elizabeth I’s England, what kind of music might you have...
20:36
#3: Short(ish) Notes on Queen Elizabeth I
If you were wandering around Queen Elizabeth I’s England, what kind of music might you have...
20:36
#8: An Interview with Samantha Ege
In this episode I’m talking to Samantha Ege, pianist and scholar. We’re discussing her research...
43:31
#7: Short(ish) notes on Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel
We’re reviewing the opera Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel by Iain Bell (composer) and...
27:32
#6: An Interview with Alexandra Wilson
In this episode I’m with Professor Alexandra Wilson from Oxford Brookes University. We’re...
55:48
#5: Short(ish) Notes on Amanda Maier
In today’s Short Notes, we’re heading to Sweden. We’re investigating the life and music of...
22:01
#4: An Interview with Tess Tyler
In today’s episode I’m with composer Tess Tyler. We’re chatting about how video game music’s...
49:41
#2: An Interview with Simone Menezes
Today I’m with conductor Simone Menezes, talking about her career from starting out playing the...
40:10
#1: An Interview with Sarah Hibberd
How did you stage an avalanche in a nineteenth century theatre? This week I’m with Professor...
34:39
#9: Short(ish) Notes on Dorothy Howell & Lamia
The BBC Proms will be performing Lamia by Dorothy Howell this year, 100 years after Henry Wood...
24:22
#10: An Interview with Gabriella Di Laccio
In this episode I’m talking to Gabriella Di Laccio, founder and curator of the DONNE: Women in...
50:49
#11: An Introduction with Outi Tarkiainen
The BBC Proms season has started! There’s a host of world premieres in the programme, so we’re...
12:20
#12: An Introduction with Errollyn Wallen
The second in our Proms Introductions is with Errollyn Wallen MBE. Her piece This Frame is Part...
04:39
#13: An Introduction with Jonathan Dove
In this introduction to world premieres at the BBC Proms, I’m hearing from Jonathan Dove. His new...
04:25
#14: An Introduction with Dobrinka Tabakova
In today’s introduction to world premieres at the BBC Proms, I’m with Dobrinka Tabakova. She’s...
10:36
#15: An Introduction with Linda Catlin Smith
In today’s introduction to world premieres at the BBC Proms, I’m with Linda Catlin Smith. She’s...
11:10
#16: An Introduction with Freya Waley-Cohen
In this final introduction to world premieres at the BBC Proms, I’m talking to the composer Freya...
06:21
#17 Short(ish) notes on Dora Bright & Ruth Gipps
This week we’re reviewing a new CD featuring the piano concertos of British composers Dora Bright...
18:14
#18: An Interview with Douglas Shadle
Today I’m with Professor Doug Shadle from Vanderbilt University. We’re discussing American...
01:03:52
#19: Short(ish) Notes on Clara Schumann’s Piano Sonata
Today we’re looking at Clara Schumann’s Piano Sonata in G minor, written just a year after she...
18:24