Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy.
On today’s show we chart the continuing influence of the Bible and its stories on opera composers, looking at Strauss’s erotic and perverse Salome, the blind and desperate Samson as portrayed by Handel and Saint-Saens and Schoenberg’s unfinished Moses and Aaron.
Originally broadcast on 1st November 2012
Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy.
In this week’s show we talk to opera director Netia Jones about her upcoming productions of Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pipplety Pop, Knussen’s two fantasy operas, at the Barbican. And we’ll be hearing extraordinary excerpts from both the Knussen operas as well as highlights from some other childishly fantastical opera scores!
Originally broadcast on 25th October 2012
Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy.
This weeks opera hour looks at when poetry and opera collide. We’ll be asking the question, what happens when a composer commissions a poet to write their libretto? And we’ll be hearing some of the greatest ever librettos written by poets as diverse as William Shakespeare, Gertrude Stein, Paul Muldoon, W.H. Auden and June Jordan.’
Originally broadcast on 18th October 2012.
Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy. On The Opera Hour this week we will be joined by Glyndebourne’s Young Composer in Residence, Luke Styles, who’ll be telling us about his upcoming operas and his experiences at Glyndebourne. We’ll also be hearing some live singing from his new opera Lover’s Walk, which has its premier in a few weeks time and Luke will be talking about some of his favourite ever music from Wagner to Purcell to Eddie Vedder.’
Originally broadcast on 11th October 2012
Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes. In today’s Opera Hour we talk to opera director Ted Huffman, who is currently directing English Touring Opera’s production of Peter Maxwell Davies’ opera The Lighthouse, which relates the mysterious events of boxing day 1900 when 3 lighthouse keepers vanished without a trace; and we’ll also be looking at ghosts and fevered imaginings in Britten’s terrifying ghost opera The Turn of the Screw.’
Cassette – Discoveries
Charity shop worker and musician Peter Smith discusses surprising audio tapes which arrive in the collection. Resonance FM listens in to an anonymous journalist’s 1976 interview tape featuring a known journalist, Paul Foot, some music never intended for release and stumbles on a hoax meditation tape on the way. All crammed onto two sides of a C30 cassette.
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Cassette covers the history, culture, and future of the audio cassette tape. Each episode takes a cassette-based theme and brings together enthusiasts and experts to shed further light on it.
Produced and presented by Naomi Christie.
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Originally broadcast on 28th April 2012
A cavalcade of singers, musicians and poets for this end of series finale.
Resident poet in the house, Jazz Man John with serial portrait artist, Annalouise Oakland.
Guests include: Razz, Maggie Swampwino, Kath Best, Miss Morgan, Steev Burgess, Amy Acre, J.J. Von Der Heydt, Sh’maya, Claudine Franks, Achilles, Nia Nin and Graham Pollack, plus, Zeuila, Victor and, David Ellis.
Produced and presented by Dean Stalham.
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Originally broadcast on 29th April 2012
Cassette covers the history, culture, and future of the audio cassette tape. Each episode takes a cassette-based theme and brings together enthusiasts and experts to shed further light on it.
Produced and presented by Naomi Christie.
Driving tapes: “Resonance 104.4FM jumps into an old nissan micra with some near-strangers to find out what cassettes are playing. Journalist Virginia Bridgewater and programmer Joe Lambourne discuss the tapes they like to play in the car ranging from 90s rave to teach yourself Spanish. Then actress Isabelle Schoelcher remembers childhood car journeys in Syria listening to Jean Michel Jarre on tape”.
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Originally broadcast on 21st April 2012
Cassette covers the history, culture, and future of the audio cassette tape. Each episode takes a cassette-based theme and brings together enthusiasts and experts to shed further light on it.
Produced and presented by Naomi Christie.
Mix tape
“On Side B of an imagined C60 cassette tape Naomi Christie speaks with Sinead Doyle about the mix-tapes her parents used to make when they lived in Nigeria. Scott Bradbury and Michael Garrad from band Chips for the Poor return to talk about their love affair with tapes and Will Evans from Tape Club Records is once again in the studio to play some cassettes from his personal collection on the Resonance 104.4FM tape-deck.”
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Today’s show features poetry from regular co-host Jazz Man John with guest Joe Duggan.
Music from Hassan Craftz, SHÊ, Molly Morrissey and the Apollo 5 with thumb piano and song from Annalouise Oakland.
Produced and Presented by Dean Stalham
An edit of the show originally broadcast on 15th April 2012
