SoundCloud has a variety of “Explore” channels. These are basically very long playlists of whatever has been recently posted. They include Folk, Rock, Deep House, Trip Hop, and a bunch of other genres about which I know nothing. The service also has a “classical” channel. The problem is that most of the content on the […]
Rough notes post here: some brainy podcasts that come to mind . . . The New Yorker podcast: Listen to John Cheever fiction read out loud, a reflection on the life of Nina Simone, a summary of the faceoff between feminism and transgenderism, and ongoing meditations about Ferguson, Iraq, and Gaza. The MIT courseware podcast. […]
If you are a classical music lover, 8tracks.com offers many great playlists. They are perfect for inspiration and/or background for study. Here are some recommendations: evening: an excellent piano oriented mix. Lots of Chopin and French impressionist music. It is 47 minutes long and has eleven tracks, including a nice improvisation on Satie’s Gynopedie. The […]
BBC Two has released a list of ten classical music pieces that it hopes will prompt children to listen to the genre more often. Here they are: John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (1st movement) Britten: “Storm” Interlude from Peter Grimes Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King […]
Here’s this week’s classical radio news. It starts dour but gets better, so please keep reading. In the United Kingdom, a retrenchment plan to pare down 15 percent of BBC radio staff will result in two divisions, administrators say: ‘pop music’ and ‘classical and speech.’ These “hubs” will constitute the framework of BBC radio following […]
WCVT of Vermont is changing formats, marking the end of the state’s only commercial radio station. The signal has been airing classical music since 1977. According to Vermont NPR news, WCVTs’s popular morning show announcer disclosed his retirement on Friday. His leaving and the presence of Vermont Public Radio’s classical service convinced the owners of […]
Last Friday Nashville Public Radio paid the cash necessary to finalize its ownership of WFCL Classical 91.1 FM, once Vanderbilt University’s vibrant student run radio station. I, a classical music/classical radio lover, decided to tune into the signal today and look the website over. Here’s my review: Zzzzzzzzzz. Yes, just what the world needs, another […]
The first portion of my Radio Survivor classical music page is up, and I was thinking as I put it together about the classical tunes that I love to hear in the morning. Would one of you classical radio deejays out there please play some of these pieces? “Bailero,” from Chants d’Auvergne. The composer Joseph Canteloube […]
Faro Radio, Guatemala’s classical radio station (104.5 FM), recently faced going dark, so the signal resorted to a desperate gambit. It announced that it would bury the composer Ludwig von Beethoven yet again (he last died in March of 1827). The Adland Commercial Archive blog explains: “In Guatemala, when a person passes away, you express […]
United Kingdom classical radio station Classic FM has released its latest composer popularity poll, and British composer Ralph Vaughn Williams’ violin meditation The Lark Ascending is the top listener choice. It bumped Rachamaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto down to second place. Kerry Andrew of the UK Guardian dissents: “So what does it say about us as […]
