CACOPHONY: GREAT CLASSICAL MUSIC

A subtle extremist, in his Symphony no.51 Haydn throws down some extraordinary challenges to his horn players - can they beat the ‘immutable forces of nature’? Listening time 30 mins (podcast 9′, music 21′) Music here on YouTube, Spotify and [with links to first movement only] on Apple and Amazon played by The English Concert, conducted by Trevor Pinnock. They're playing on 'period instruments' which Haydn would recognise including valveless natural horns played by Anthony Halstead and colleague. You can buy the recording as a download from Presto music (on its own or with a whole bunch of other Haydn symphonies) What do you think? Tell me with a comment below! I’d love to hear from you! Check out the playlist of 126 pieces by different women composers from the 32 countries that played in last year's Women’s World Cup of Classical Music: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9Orj2ENFMutv-X1u6DO162hA&si=nw23RYztmTC-ntyr If you’d like to support Cacophony there are easy, great, ways: – help with the costs of running it (and me) with a one-off contribution or with a regular payment at ko-fi.com. https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline – share this episode with someone you know – share the 100 second trailer: http://cacophonyonline.com/trailer – subscribe/ review and keep listening! More episodes at: www.cacophonyonline.com/ Thanks for listening!

A cool and funky wedding anniversary present - a 15 minute classic from the most famous composer alive, Stravinsky's Dumbarton Oaks is stylish, sophisticated and hugely enjoyable! Listening time 23 mins (podcast 8', music 15') Music here, played by the Ensemble InterContemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez, on Youtube, Spotify, and (links to the 1st movement) on Amazon and Apple Music. If you like to watch people playing, this video is also good. You can buy a hi quality download at Presto Music for a few quid. What do you think? Tell me with a comment at www.cacophonyonline.com! I'd love to hear from you! If you’d like to support Cacophony there are easy, great, ways: – help with the costs of running it (and me) with a one-off contribution or with a regular payment at ko-fi.com. https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline – share this episode with someone you know – share the 100 second trailer: http://cacophonyonline.com/trailer – subscribe/ review and keep listening! More episodes at: www.cacophonyonline.com/ Thanks for listening!

Pianist Rolf Hind introduces one of the epics of piano music. A heady mix of virtuoso composing and devout faith, Olivier Messiaen's 20 reflections on the infant Jesus, Vingt regards sur l'infant Jésus, brings us a two-hour deep dive of awesome power and beautiful stillness. Listening time 38 mins (plus music 2hrs 8') Music here on Youtube, played live in concert by Rolf Hind. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W34IlnsDX8&t=4521s] Be quick and go see Rolf play this at Durham Cathedral. Visit Rolfhind.com for more information on our excellent guest! What do you think? Tell me with a comment at www.cacophonyonline.com! I'd love to hear from you! If you’d like to support Cacophony there are easy, great, ways: – help with the costs of running it (and me) with a one-off contribution or with a regular payment at ko-fi.com. https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline – share this episode with someone you know – share the 100 second trailer: http://cacophonyonline.com/trailer – subscribe/ review and keep listening! More episodes at: www.cacophonyonline.com/ Thanks for listening!

Hot off the press! The wonders of modern tech allow us to enjoy Katharina Nohl's rhapsody for piano and orchestra, Spices, before it's even been performed by live musicians! And Katharina joins us to talk us through the recipe. Listening time 33 mins (podcast 15', music 18') The complete music here on Youtube. What do you think? Tell me with a comment at www.cacophonyonline.com! I'd love to hear from you! Check out our earlier conversation with Katharina about her life and Swiss female composers as part of Cacophony's Women's World Cup of Classical Music... and visit https://www.katharina-nohl.ch/ If you’d like to support Cacophony there are easy, great, ways: – help with the costs of running it (and me) with a one-off contribution or with a regular payment at ko-fi.com. https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline – share this episode with someone you know – share the 100 second trailer: http://cacophonyonline.com/trailer – subscribe/ review and keep listening! More episodes at: www.cacophonyonline.com/ Thanks for listening!

Always entertaining the crowds, Haydn brings up his 50 with typical style (before settling down for 50 more symphonies). Not a famous piece but well worth a listen! Listening time 27 mins (podcast 9', music 18') Music here on Youtube, Spotify, Amazon and Apple Musics played by the Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Béla Drahos. You can buy the recording as a download from Presto music: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7926758--haydn-symphonies-volume-27 What do you think? Tell me with a comment at www.cacophonyonline.com! I'd love to hear from you! Check out the playlist of 126 pieces by different women composers from the 32 countries that played in the Women's World Cup: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9Orj2ENFMutv-X1u6DO162hA&si=nw23RYztmTC-ntyr If you’d like to support Cacophony there are easy, great, ways: – help with the costs of running it (and me) with a one-off contribution or with a regular payment at ko-fi.com. https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline – share this episode with someone you know – share the 100 second trailer: http://cacophonyonline.com/trailer – subscribe/ review and keep listening! More episodes at: www.cacophonyonline.com/ Thanks for listening!

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! And it's THE FINAL! USA vs Republic of Ireland Complete music here: hthttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OoRjafAn_k1zTnHR8cH9qyj Please listen to the music and then: vote here: https://forms.gle/XJoU1Vr3MfWraQL48 Voting open NOW Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know and getting them to listen and vote! If you want to explore further, there are podcast interviews with some of our curators at cacophonyonline.com or wherever you listen to Cacophony. And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

Maja S K Ratkje joins Cacophony at the Women's World Cup to explore the fun and joy of writing music and choose pieces by her Norwegian colleagues. But there must be something in the Norwegian water, as there's the same tiny inspiration for several of the composers! The complete pieces on Maja's list can be heard here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9Orpqp5R5jfX-LzBIjoUeRim Listening time 31 min (podcast 18', music, 13') Discover more about Maja and her music at her website: https://ratkje.no and check out more of Cacophony's conversations with female composers. What do you think? Leave a comment or easy voice-message at Cacophonyonline.com If you can, please consider making a donation to support Cacophony at Ko-fi.com. If you’d like particularly to support female composers leave an appropriate message! Please share the podcast with everyone you think would enjoy this… Any contributions, shares and support most gratefully received! Come back for more next time. Thanks for listening! Cacophony/ Women’s World Cup of Classical Music logo created by Vanessa and Emmie Thomas.

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! And it's the semi finals. After 120 pieces of music just 4 countries remain: Here's the second semi-final, Republic of Ireland vs England Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OqXAyfSjGcHdhcIAPACGBUA (23 mins total listen) Please listen to the music and then: vote here: https://forms.gle/ArHkWHnDJNZiEgV99 Make sure you play the other semi-final too, USA vs Spain Voting is open until late on 18 August: Some of the poetry by Fukuda Chiyo-ni which served as an inspiration for Linda Buckley cool clear water and fireflies that vanish that is all there is. only in the river darkness flows fireflies moonflowers the beauty of hidden things Poem by Dora Maar which inspired Charlotte Bray: I rested in the arms of my arms I no longer slept It was night in the summer, winter in the day An eternal shivering of thoughts Fear love fear love Close the window open the window You’ll see you’ll see The hummingbird motionless as a star. Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know and getting them to listen and vote! If you want to explore further, there are podcast interviews with some of our curators at cacophonyonline.com or wherever you listen to Cacophony. And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! And it's the semi finals. After 120 pieces of music just 4 countries remain: Here's the first semi-final, USA vs Spain Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OpFLi3G5eGIszdc3xE_8ekJ (25 mins total listen) Please listen to the music... and then vote here: https://forms.gle/F2Pr1PZS9TgZvoSh7 Make sure you've listened to and voted in the other Semi-final: Republic of Ireland v England Voting is open until 18 August Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know and getting them to listen and vote! If you want to explore further, there are podcast interviews with some of our curators, including Sage Shurman and Inés Medina-Fernández at cacophonyonline.com or wherever you listen to Cacophony. And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! And it's the quarter finals - just 8 countries remain. Two matches here: Republic of Ireland vs Morocco England vs Brazil Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OqPCjANvZq4JBMnFdjHLhc9 (22 mins total listen) Please listen to the music... and then vote here: https://forms.gle/4hyhdmwDDAbxdMuTA There are other 'matches' still in play so please check them out too at www.Cacophonyonline.com/wwc Voting is open until 14 August Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know and getting them to listen and vote! If you want to explore further, there are podcast interviews with some of our curators, including Roxanna Panufnik (England) and Gabriella di Laccio (Brazil) at cacophonyonline.com or wherever you listen to Cacophony. And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! And it's the quarter finals - just 8 countries remain. Two matches here: Switzerland vs USA Spain VS Portugal These 'games' are now over and the results are in: USA beat Switzerland and Spain beat Portugal! The other quarterfinals [QF3&4] are still on - check them out at www.cacophonyonline.com/wwc Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OqbB7IRXYcb0kwq0DVpEV-5 (22 mins total listen) Please listen to the music... and then vote here: https://forms.gle/kCcpLfNf3uhx3Lxz7 There are other 'matches' still in play so please check them out too at www.Cacophonyonline.com/wwc Voting is open until 13 August Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know and getting them to listen and vote! If you want to explore further, there are podcast interviews with some of our curators, including Katharina Nohl (Switzerland), Sage Shurman (USA) and Inés Medina-Fernández at cacophonyonline.com And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's Cacophony… at the Women’s Football World Cup! A glorious celebration of music from around the world, all written by women, and chosen specially for Cacophony by leading female musicians. Singer, Gabriella di Laccio is our guide to music by women from Brazil - a melting pot of traditions and cultures that ends up with music that sounds... Brazilian! Listening time: podcast 27mins, music playlist 20 mins The complete music is available in the YouTube playlist. You can discover more about Gabriella di Laccio on her website: https://www.gabrielladilaccio.com; Donne - Women in Music, home of Gabriella's indispensable 'Big List' of Women composers is here at: https://donne-uk.org What do you think? Leave a comment or easy voice-message at Cacophonyonline.com If you can, please consider making a donation to support Cacophony at Ko-fi.com. If you'd like particularly to support female composers, or sponsor Brazil - leave an appropriate message! Please share the podcast with everyone you think would enjoy this... Any contributions, shares and support most gratefully received! Come back for more next time. Thanks for listening! Cacophony/ Women's World Cup of Classical Music logo created by Vanessa and Emmie Thomas.

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! We’re at the knock out stages: 16 countries remain, and 8 round 2 games will send half 'home'… Two matches each day: Morocco v France Brazil v Germany Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OpVdvOxIuHYs0TIIOjiRoHk (20 mins total listen) Please listen to the music... and then vote here: https://forms.gle/MVmuQSdQd6zjyynT8 There are other 'matches' still in play so please check them out too. The quarterfinals (last 8 teams) begin on 11 August '23 Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know. And if you want to explore further, there are podcast interviews with some of our curators at cacophonyonline.com And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! We’re at the knock out stages: 16 countries remain, and 8 round 2 games will send half 'home'… Two matches each day: China v Republic of Ireland Nigeria v England Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9Oo-LmNLFWz31kxSBFO47Dv2 (20 mins total listen) Please listen to the music... and then vote here: https://forms.gle/LuianYpCjzbW2WzH9 There are other 'matches' still in play so please check them out too. Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know. And if you want to explore further, there are podcast ionterviews with some of our curators including England's Roxanna Panufnik at cacophonyonline.com And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! We’re at the knock out stages: 16 countries remain, and 8 round 2 games will send half 'home'… Two matches each day: USA v Argentina Sweden v Portugal Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OqtuiT4QJV1mFMXF_dHIknJ (19 mins total listen) Please listen to the music... and then vote here: https://forms.gle/6ckkBYLYzxrFjeua6 There are two round 1 groups [groups F & H] still in play, plus yesterday's knock out games (Round 2 Day 1), so please check them out too. Please share the podcast widely, by telling people you know. And if you want to explore further, there are podcast ionterviews with some of our curators including Sage Shurman from USA at cacophonyonline.com And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's the Women’s World Cup of Classical Music! We’re at the knock out stages: 16 countries remain, and 8 round 2 games will send half 'home'… Two matches each day: Switzerland vs Costa Rica Spain vs Philippines Complete music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OrIqbA4g82KKV1x7xb38pDI (14 mins total listen) Please listen to the music... and then vote here: https://forms.gle/4VNrVAPrMUZhzFKP7 There are two round 1 groups [groups F & H] still in play, so please check them out too. And if you want to explore further, there are conversations with some of our curators, Katharina Nohl for Switzerland, Ines for Spain and others at cacophonyonline.com Pleasse share the podcast widely, by telling people you know. And if you're able to, you might like to buy us a coffee, and support women composers, which you can do at www.Kofi.com/cacophonyonline Come back for more next time and thanks for listening!

It's Cacophony… at the Women’s Football World Cup! A glorious celebration of music from around the world, all written by women, and chosen specially for Cacophony by leading female musicians. In this episode we turn to Canada, where Melissa Hui's selection is typically diverse with living composers who are first nations, Canadian born and immigrant. Melissa brings her thoughtfulness and insight to a playlist that might challenege our perceptions, but will leave us satisfied. Listening time: podcast 26mins, music playlist 31 mins The complete music is available in the YouTube playlist. You can discover more about Melissa and her music on her website: https://sites.google.com/view/melissahui/home What do you think? Leave a comment or easy voice-message at Cacophonyonline.com If you can, please consider making a donation to support Cacophony at Ko-fi.com. If you'd like particularly to support female composers, or sponsor England - leave an appropriate message! Please share the podcast with everyone you think would enjoy this... Any contributions, shares and support most gratefully received! Come back for more next time. Thanks for listening! Cacophony/ Women's World Cup of Classical Music logo created by Vanessa and Emmie Thomas.

It's the Women's World Cup of Classical Music and the climax of round 1, a group stage where each team plays the others in their group. The teams in the football are replaced by short pieces of music written by women from the countries. Group H: South Korea v Germany and Morocco v Colombia You listen and vote for your favourites! It's a month long glorious celebration of music written by women from around the world. Listen to the music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9Oq8c3anDPZ2wcshVZCwGgHD Vote here: https://forms.gle/1Qjft3Na6Aza3ZfD6 (opens in new window - we don’t take any of your data… so it’s just click to vote and click to send) Step 3: Support your favourites, support your country by telling your friends and sharing! Step 4 - Listen to the other final group games... voting in all of them closes on Thursday 3 August. Steps to infinity: Please share the podcast with someone you know, someone who you think would enjoy this, someone from one of the countries involved Share it on all your social media! Dive deeper - explore Cacophony...at the Women's World Cup a series of podcast interviews with leading female musicians including Germany's Marion von Tilzer. Donate - if you're able to, please visit https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline and make a small or large donation - why not sponsor a country! Thanks for listening, thanks for supporting! Come back next time!

It's the Women's World Cup of Classical Music and the climax of round 1, a group stage where each team plays the others in their group. The teams in the football are replaced by short pieces of music written by women from the countries. Group G: South Africa v Italy Argentina v Sweden You listen and vote for your favourites! It's a month long glorious celebration of music written by women from around the world. Listen to the music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OoxDCDChr5or9nhkhaJCzQy Vote here: https://forms.gle/7dzVuAfq4iWfe28q7 (opens in new window - we don’t take any of your data… so it’s just click to vote and click to send) Step 3: Support your favourites, support your country by telling your friends and sharing! Step 4 - Listen to the other final group games... voting in all of them closes on Thursday 3 August. Steps to infinity: Please share the podcast with someone you know, someone who you think would enjoy this, someone from one of the countries involved Share it on all your social media! Dive deeper - explore Cacophony...at the Women's World Cup a series of podcast interviews with leading female musicians. Donate - if you're able to, please visit https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline and make a small or large donation - why not sponsor a country! Thanks for listening, thanks for supporting! Come back next time!

It's the Women's World Cup of Classical Music and the climax of round 1, a group stage where each team plays the others in their group. The teams in the football are replaced by short pieces of music written by women from the countries. Group F features: Panama v France Jamaica v Brazil You listen and vote for your favourites! It's a month long glorious celebration of music written by women from around the world. Listen to the music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9OrmBPt7yOFTxfiCo_mkuBi8 Vote here: https://forms.gle/XG1LwEiUbjur9ky4A (opens in new window - we don’t take any of your data… so it’s just click to vote and click to send) Step 3: Support your favourites, support your country by telling your friends and sharing! Step 4 - Listen to the other final group games... voting in all of them closes on Thursday 3 August. Steps to infinity: Please share the podcast with someone you know, someone who you think would enjoy this, someone from one of the countries involved Share it on all your social media! Dive deeper - explore Cacophony...at the Women's World Cup a series of podcast interviews with leading female musicians. Donate - if you're able to, please visit https://ko-fi.com/cacophonyonline and make a small or large donation - why not sponsor a country! Thanks for listening, thanks for supporting! Come back next time!