The Joy of Classical Music

• The Joy of Classical Music – Ep 120 - Leftovers - 15-09-2025

  This weeks it’s leftovers, music I’d selected for previous episodes and ran out of time to play. It’s an eclectic mix that takes us from the contemporary through to the medieval. Dame Kiri Te Kanawa performs Vissi d’arte from Act 2 of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo performs Missy Mazzoli – A Thousand Tongues. Jeremy Denk plays Doulz amis by Guillaume de Machaut. The NZ String Quartet performs Long Zhou - Song of the Ch’in. Luciano Pavarotti performs Mamma, quel vino è generoso from Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. VOCES8 performs Ola Gjeilo’s Northern Lights Robert Wyatt performs John Cage - Experiences No 2 Bernard Herrmann on Film Music Simon Ghraichy performs Arturo Márquez: Danzón’s No. 2 Kiri Te Kanawa performs Franz Liszt - Oh, quand je dors

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• The Joy of Classical Music Ep 119 - Music Inspired by Science Fiction Part 2 - 08-09-25

  Part 2 - Music Inspired by Science Fiction The centrepiece of Part 2 of Music Inspired by Science Fiction is David Bedford’s City and the Stars Cantata, a work inspired by Arthur C Clarke’s 1956 novel of the same name. There’s more from sci-fi icon Ursula Le Guin and an aria from Voyagers, a sci-fi themed opera by Philip Glass. And yes, there’s more Sci-Fi Classical to come. 1. Ursula Le Guin and Todd Barton – Dragonfly Song from Music and Poetry of the Kesh. 2. Philip Glass talks about his operatic adaptation of Doris Lessing’s novel The Making of the Representative from Planet 9 3. Mari Morya and the MDR Radio Choir perform Philip Glass - The Voyage: Act 1 Scene 3 - In My Secret Heart 4. David Bedford - The City and the Stars Cantata featuring Arthur C Clarke A radio show and podcast created and first aired at Free FM 89.0, a member of the Community Access Media Alliance Aotearoa/New Zealand. Supported by NZ on Air. freefm.org.nz and @freefm89 on Facebook and Instagram

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• The Joy of Classical Music EP 118 - Music Inspired by Science Fiction Part 1 - 01-09-2025

  Classical Music inspired by science fiction is one of classical musics most obscure sub-genres and over the last few weeks I’ve been compiling a list works that I hope will offer new light on this hidden corner of art music. Ursula Le Guin and David Bedford - Funeral Procession from the “Space Opera” Rigel 9 Tod Machover - Valis, Pt. 1: We Appear to be Memory Coils Tod Machover - Valis, Pt. 1: You Know, I Have These Dreams of a Strange Place Tod Machover - Death and the Powers, Part 1: Simon and the System Jerry Goldsmith - Christus Apollo: Part III Ralph Lundsten - Alpha Ralpha Boulevard David Bedford - An Extract From 'Star's End’ Peter Pears performs David Bedford - The Tentacles of the Dark Nebula A radio show and podcast created and first aired at Free FM 89.0, a member of the Community Access Media Alliance Aotearoa/New Zealand. Supported by NZ on Air. freefm.org.nz and @freefm89 on Facebook and Instagram

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• The Joy of Classical Music - Ep 117 - The Seldom Heard Sounds of South America Part 2 - 25-08-25

  Episode 117 picks up where we left off in episode 116, in search of the seldom heard music of South America. Much of the music in the episode dates from the mid-20th century and follows a pattern we find in North America, Australia, and Aotearoa NZ, composers seeking to blend the physical and cultural landscapes of their homelands with inherited European musical traditions. Anna Moffo performs Heitor Villa-Lobos - Brazilian Bachianas No. 5: Aria Jason Vieaux performs Julian Orbon - Danza Carlos Chavez - Xochipili (Imagined Aztec Music) Leo Brouwer - One Day in November Alberto Ginastera - Bomarzo, Op. 34: Act II: Scene 12: Song to the Minotaur. Alberto Ginastera - Bomarzo, Op. 34: Act II: Scene 12: Second Strophe of Song Clara Rodriguez performs Teresa Carreño - Basket of Flowers John Williams performs Agustin Barrios - La Cathedral Antonio Estevez - Noon on the Prairie Adam Kent performs Tania Leon - Homenatge

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• The Joy of Classical Music - Ep 116 - The Seldom Heard Sounds of South America Part 1 - 18-08-25

  Episode 116 of the The Joy of Classical Music finds us strolling through rarely explored territories of South American music in search of the interesting and unusual. Gilberto Mendes - Motet in D minor Drink Coca-Cola Gilberto Mendes – Santos Football Music Cláudio Santoro - Ponteio Silvestre Revueltas - Sensemayá Alberto Ginastera: Five Popular Argentine Songs Tania Leon - In Motion: 5th Movement - Understanding Astor Piazzolla - Maria de Buenos Aires: Ballad for a Crazy Barrel Organ

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