This mini episode sees Stephen having flashbacks to the most challenging piece of music he’s ever had to play, Joanna asks about composers who've been lost in time, and we investigate the first ever real opera...
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Feb 2024
The Piano Tuner
This week Joanna and Stephen are joined by a very special guest, Stephen's personal piano tuner, David Widdicombe. From concert grands, upright 'domestics' and honkytonks, David has tuned them all. Having worked with the world's most prestigious piano makers, Steinway, for 3 deca ... Show More
19 m
Feb 2024
The Bohemians: Martinů & Janáček
This week we’re diving into two 'bohemian' heroes of classical music, Bohuslav Martinů and Leoš Janáček. Stephen remembers encountering the music of Martinů at Cambridge, and being confronted by ‘pure simple joy’ of it. From the lyricism of Martinů, we work back towards Janáček – ... Show More
34m 46s
Dec 2022
Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 3 Episode 9
Feeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 9 of the third Series of Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this themed episode, I perform for you a number of piano arrangements from original works by composers including Bach, Moza ... Show More
35m 59s
Oct 2023
Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 4 Episode 6
Feeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to Episode 6 of Series 4 in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you some contemporary piano music by a current composer and host of this podcast, James Quinn, and the ... Show More
38m 11s
May 2022
Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 3 Episode 2
Feeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 2 of the third Series of Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Field, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Scriabin, and the first offering of a movem ... Show More
33m 57s
Dec 2022
Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 3 Episode 8
Feeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 7 of the third Series of Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this episode, I perform for you music by Scarlatti, Padwereski, Grieg, MacDowell, Tchaicovsky, and the Second Movement from ... Show More
31m 46s
Jan 2024
Relaxing Piano Playlist Series 4 Episode 10
Send us a textFeeling tired? Need to unwind? Then how about some gentle, soothing piano music? Welcome to the Episode 10 of the Fourth Series in the Relaxing Piano Playlist! In this very special episode, I perform for you music by Jean Louis Nicodé, Dora Pejacevic, Edward MacDowe ... Show More
38m 38s