Recent Episodes
Dec. 19, 2025
Holiday Music (You Can Actually Listen To)
I n this episode there will be an amount of Christmas music from the western tradition… which I think you might have to expect from a podcast with the word ‘classical’ in the title but this is not really a celebration of mang...
Dec. 12, 2025
Lullabies and Reveries
Music from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Morten Lauridsen, Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Philip Glass and Benjamin Britten… chosen pretty deliberately for its calming qualities. I’m guessing that quite a few of you are ba...
Dec. 6, 2025
Forgotten Vivaldi… and the Rescue of his Music
The title of this episode is perhaps a little misleading and it certainly contains a contradiction… namely, if I have a recording, and I can play it to you, then really, is ‘forgotten’ the right adjective? But it is, I hope y...
Nov. 29, 2025
Sunday Night Special 5… ‘Low’ Symphony by Philip Glass
The name comes from the night of the week when for some of us, the demon of insomnia hits the hardest… and because my preferred antidote is getting lost in some music. Of course this series is for everyone… but it is perhaps ...