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Beth Cohen and Plains FM 96.9 Christchurch New Zealand

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Happy
23/12/2025 | 27 mins.
Listening to certain works of classical music can help your state of emotional well being.
Let’s Argue! The Concerto Part 1 Bach
04/12/2025 | 26 mins.
Discussion, even arguing is a fact of life. How does classical music helo present a heated back and forth? The concerto. We listen to a Bach’s Keyboard Concerto #1 in D minor.
Classical music that makes us smarter
30/11/2025 | 25 mins.
Studies have shown that listening to classical music can make you smarter. What composers are best for the brain?
Fate and Feeling
30/11/2025 | 26 mins.
Whether it is confronting big life issues or daily problems the music of Mozart and Tchaikovsky can show us how to challenge our fate with feeling.
Fate and Feeling: The Garden City Orchestrs
11/11/2025 | 26 mins.
Tchaikovsky’s Symohony #5 and Mozart’s Overture to the opera, Idomeneo show us how to challenge our own fate with feeling.

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Whether you are an experienced classical listener, new to classical, or don't like or listen to classical music, this show is for you. Hosted by Beth Cohen, an orchestra and concert bands conductor, and a music educator and consultant with a PhD in music education. Beth will help you to engage and connect with classical music in a deeper and exciting new way. Find Listen to this! on Plains FM 96.9 Canterbury New Zealand every other Sunday evening at 6:00 PM or on Apple podcasts and Spotify. Facebook: listentothis!@plainsfm

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