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2019
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Good Listening takes you back to Christmas 1989 when the Berlin Wall had come down, and Leonard Bernstein marked the occasion with a performance of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy recast as the Ode to Freedom.
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Cyrus Meher-Homji presents the entire range of classical voices - soprano, mezzo, tenor and bass - from the intimacy of Brahms to the heft of Wagner.
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Three violinists, a guitarist, and a conductor go to the movies in this episode of Good Listening, presented by Cyrus Meher-Homji.
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Cyrus Meher-Homji presents an emerging style of classical music that blends elements of classical with alternative music, designed to inspire through mindfulness.
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Cyrus Meher-Homji presents delectable chamber music by Faur� and Mendelssohn, and intimate songs by Wagner and Schubert on this episode.
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Cyrus Meher-Homji presents one of the most musical of all families - the Kanneh-Masons - and travels to Bayreuth for a remarkable staging of Wagner?s Lohengrin.
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Good Listening takes a contemporary bird?s eye view of Britain?s rugged mountainsides and watercolour landscapes, and presents the piano from three very different points of view.
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The Seekers are part of Australia’s DNA. Their Farewell Concert, recorded in 2013, is finally released and is profiled as part of this edition of Good Listening.
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The recorder and the piano are two of the most studied instruments for children. Cyrus Meher-Homji presents stars of each instrument - Lucie Horsch and Lang Lang.
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Good Listening enters the Forbidden City and mines the archive for the first studio recording of Wagner’s Götterdämmerung, starring Kirsten Flagstad.
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Russian art and culture reached deep into mainland China, given the strong connection between the two countries. Good Listening today features both, Chinese-born Yuja Wang and Russian-born Daniil Trifonov.
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Good Listening takes on the flavour of the festive season, from Walt Disney’s spin on The Nutcracker to the Vienna Boys Choir singing the music of the waltz king, Johann Strauss.
Episodes 2018
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Good Listening devotes an entire program to Johann Sebastian Bach, and Cyrus Meher-Homji explores the worlds of Bach as both creator and recreator.
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Be serenaded by superb soprano Nadine Sierra and the wonderful Andrea Bocelli and son Matteo, in this heartwarming episode of Good Listening.
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Leonard Bernstein’s symphony 'The Age of Anxiety' is frenetic. But Apple Music launches a new playlist called Peaceful Music that slows down time. Accessibility of classical music has never been better thanks to streaming services, and we explore the phenomenon of time in this episode of Good Listening.
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Bach from 17-year-old Daniel Lozakovich, Aled Jones duetting with his son Lucas, and the tender songs of Australian composer Calvin Bowman grace this episode of Good Listening.
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Countries and continents merge in this episode of Good Listening as Chinese pianist Moye Chen casts light over the music of Rachmaninov, Horowitz and Grainger.
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'There’s no place like home' - that familiar expression finds voice in Greta Bradman’s new album, 'Home', featured in this episode.
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Good Listening travels to the Middle East for this episode, presenting an Iranian cellist playing Schubert and a Syrian refugee violinist who braved trauma to find a haven in musical spheres.
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Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata has a new visionary in Murray Perahia, Lisa Batiashvili tackles Prokofiev and we remember Johann Johannsson, in this episode of Good Listening.
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