Cacophony

Give yourself a fright with a witches party on Bald Mountain! Scary stuff: Music here: https://youtu.be/52iOdAVU4C8 or here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Tenwfk Please listen, like, share subscribe on iTunes or your favourite podcast provider! Visit cacophonyonline.com

Hard to play, a lot of fun, a huge noise! John Adams sums up his own music nicely and this is a modern great to leave you uplifted and exhausted. Music here: https://youtu.be/5LoUm_r7It8 and here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Z04UmY Like, share, comment and subscribe Visit cacophonyonline.com  

This is punchy music that still swings and sings and sends an energising message of optimism and generosity of spirit... though the composers claims would have been more modest. Music here: https://youtu.be/LXgeRS4i4ME And here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2T1WWWy   Please like, share, subscribe, comment Visit cacophonyonline.com      

I love the fun and exuberance of this movement from Beethoven's 'first' Piano Concerto.   For Beethoven, playing the piano at the first performance would have been the least of his worries.  Music here: https://youtu.be/BF7pmimzjBs?t=1580. 3rd Movement starts at 26'20" but the whole thing is fab if you have the time. and here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3dInLXN Please listen, like, comment, share and subscribe! visit cacophony online.com

This is a personal discovery for me. The slow movement of this piano sonata by Schubert is so simple, beautiful and moving, I want to share it with everyone. The music's included in the podcast for this one, so don't turn off before it plays! The pianist is Jeno Jando.    Please listen, comment, like, share, subscribe. Visit cacophony online.com

This great piece is slightly schizophrenic - is it a serious piece of music over-run by people having fun, or a fun piece that's occasionally trying to be serious? Ligeti was showing his love for Romania, but the Soviet Hungarians weren't impressed.... Music here: https://youtu.be/Y3Q1t9wMgms and on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2La29Hr Please listen, like, comment, share and subscribe to the podcast! visit www.cacophonyonline.com

The Soviet authorities banned the last of Ligeti's excellent and entertaining Six Bagatelles for wind quintet - too dangerous and subversive. Were they right? Music here on film - highly recommended: https://youtu.be/txMWXvD8kL4 and here: https://spoti.fi/2WxMx5R Total listen time 17' Please listen, like, comment, share, subscribe Visit cacophony online.com

The composer Handel knew what the people wanted - and it was normally more Handel. Here’s a piece written to go in the interval of a Handel show!  Emotional, passionate, invigorating. Music here:https://youtu.be/htDf0bpFIys And here: https://spoti.fi/3fwQkt1  Total listen time 20' Please listen, like, comment, share, subscribe Visit cacophony online.com

I was going to play something quiet... and then came across this Handel's Fireworks Music. It's brilliant - these performances are raw, raucous and exuberant and it's more fun than this great piece has ever been. Music here with pictures (recommended!): https://youtu.be/fNqJ8mED1VE or (noise only) here: https://spoti.fi/2YmPokG Total listen time 20' Please listen, like, comment, share, subscribe Visit cacophony online.com

This actually might be the best thing ever: the end of Beethoven's 7th Symphony. Intro in the pod, music here: https://youtu.be/ikb-2XRcQdk here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35tS4OP or here, with pictures: https://youtu.be/-4788Tmz9Zo, 4th movement starting at 34'00 It's a piece so full of relentless energy it almost belongs in a nightclub. You'll either be bouncing around or feel pinned to the spot! 13' total time for intro and music. Please comment, like, share, subscribe to the podcast Visit cacophony online.com  

My daughter declares this the best music ever! It's the William Tell Overture by Rossini. Do you agree?  Podcast is the intro with music here: https://youtu.be/IkUlPLNzoBs or here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2zRTdEf Into & music = 15 mins Please comment, like, share, subscribe to the podcast. Visit cacophonyonline.com    

This is a big favourite in our house. No one matches Schumann when it comes to joyful music! Music here: https://youtu.be/wEUn3Axq6jg or on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2xgHSMW Please comment, like, share, subscribe!   Visit cacophonyonline.com

Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream sprinkles fairy dust everywhere and the result is simply magic!   Music here: https://youtu.be/WAaF52bP9Tw  or on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ezRoo And here too, if you want pictures: https://youtu.be/nfhaD7nZ3-0  Music + intro = 17 mins   Please like, share, subscribe. cacophonyonline.com

Mahler gives us the ridiculous and sublime, heaven and earth and a bit of silliness in these three songs.  Music here https://bit.ly/2W2IDl1 and here https://spoti.fi/3eYCEGX Intro + music = 17 minutes   Please comment, like, share, subscribe! Visit Cacophonyonline.com

The Pines of Rome by Respighi brings us noisy children playing, moments of quiet solitude and Roman legions rolling in to leave you awestruck and maybe a bit deafened. Music here: https://spoti.fi/359cfBD or here: https://youtu.be/TdUVA0odZ6Y Intro and music = 24 mins Please like, comment, share and subscribe! cacophonyonline.com

The sight of swans inspired Sibelius in his 5th symphony but this is music that ends up about so much more...  Music here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2S6bMKX and on youtube (no pics): https://youtu.be/BDUhu-c0f3U     Please like, share, comment, subscribe on iTunes or similar podcast platform! Visit Cacophonyonline.com

Drama, heartbreak and transcendental music from the end of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.  Music here: https://bit.ly/2yJk0ln and on spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bA0vdD The ballet on video: https://bit.ly/3atb7K3 if you want to watch dance. Act 4 begins at 1:43:15, but they've snuck an extra dance into the middle of the final number! It's nice and all, but not what Tchaikovsky wrote!  

This episode brings you romance, swans and big tunes, from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Music here:https://bit.ly/2KpSkEP on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2VtGpMD and with video here: https://bit.ly/3atb7K3, where Act 2 starts at 36'20"

The first truly great full length ballet has so much good music it needs three episodes! Here's the first! Music here: https://bit.ly/ytswanlake1  or here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KrTnUU

Ten minutes of over-the-top operatic show stopper. Pure enjoyment! Music here:https://youtu.be/FsTVF0Fu5_c and here:https://bit.ly/CiL8Igor