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Classical For Everyone

by Peter Cudlipp

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  • Longing

    October 24, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

    We bring meanings to music that the composers often didn't intend. And this episode is going to be an example of that. There is something in some music that for me triggers a sort of longing. The writer and composer Jan Swafford describes…

  • Sviatoslav Richter - Part One

    October 18, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    The Soviet pianist Sviatoslav Richter, as I hope this and the following episode will illustrate, is one of the greatest musicians of the recording era… unsurpassed technical expertise matched with a profound depth of musicality. But those…

  • Mozart Opera Overtures

    October 10, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

    Why Mozart Opera Overtures? Well, whilst they were not really intended to be stand-alone pieces they have in many instances become favourites of concert programmers and broadcasters, not to mention the public. And with most of them being…

  • Film Music

    October 4, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

    Who knew that Camille Saint-Saens of 'Carnival of the Animals' fame wrote the world's first film score? Or that the Pulitzer Prize for music has been given to only one work for the screen. Or that five composers, including the American…

  • Diving For Pearls – Part Two

    September 25, 2026 · 42 min

    [Please feel free to leap straight into this second part of the 'Diving for Pearls' episode but there's background information in the first half you might enjoy if by chance you have missed it.] How did the term 'baroque', the French…

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  • Diving For Pearls – Part One

    September 25, 2026 · 48 min

    How did 'baroque', the French version of a very old Portuguese term for a misshapen pearl… which became an insult applied to complicated music… and was then rehabilitated as a description of an ornate style of art and architecture… become…

  • Night and Darkness

    September 13, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

    It could be argued that Night and Darkness are sort of the same. The Night is Dark. That's kind of the point. But there are brightly moonlit nights and there are very dark nights; in more ways than one, and then there is darkness that is…

  • Frederic Chopin

    September 6, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    I have been asking myself why it has taken close to a hundred episodes before I got around to one devoted to Chopin. When I was chatting with Claude about doing the episode he described my neglect of the composer as, and I quote, 'an…

  • Germans In Italy

    August 30, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

    Let's be fair, this is a deeply flawed title. Why? Well the idea is to play music written by German composers when they were living in or visiting Italy. But in the 18th century… which is when most of the music comes from… Germany and…

  • Chamber Music Three + A Festival Conversation

    August 23, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    In two earlier episodes I have referred to Chamber Music as 'Music For Small Spaces'. But if you search more broadly for that term you will come up with very little. If you want music for small groups of instruments often performed in…

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    August 17, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min

    In the latest episode of the 'Classical For Everyone' podcast… Scottish caves and rescuing Bach, becalmed boats and banking intrigue, Shakespearean fairies and a garment sellers' orchestra, a prophet in the wilderness… and a stolen statue…

  • Music For The Very, Very Young

    August 6, 2026 · 46 min

    A good friend asked if I could do an episode of music for her very young daughter. So, welcome to a bit of a Classical For Everyone podcast experiment. On the plus side for the intended audience… There's not a lot of talking. And the show…

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About the show

Five hundred years of incredible music. No expertise is necessary. All you need are ears. If you've ever been even slightly curious about classical music then this is the podcast for you.