Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes – politics, power, greed, the abominable, magic, lust, comedy.
On today’s show he is joined by Mezzo-soprano Lauren Easton and opera director Frederic Wake-Walker to discuss Glyndebourne’s latest opera, “The Yellow Sofa,” in which a Portuguese Sofa comes to life in a tumultuous household full of adultery and the threat of revenge.
Originally broadcast on 8th November 2012
Live music on Hello GoodBye today from; Shimmy Rivers and and Canal, The Hankdogs & Goodbye Leopold.
Recently reformed Beefheart’esque abstract pop paragons Shimmy Rivers and and Canal join us in the studio. Rod Hunt and Ben Polhill perform live in the studio and give us a sneak preview of some of their newly recorded materiel.
UK Americana stalwarts The Hankdogs come by the studio to delight us with a clutch of newly penned originals.
Also, a-capella female trio Goodbye Leopold return to the show with their contemporary choral pop music and discuss their involvement with ‘The Fish Tales of Alaska‘ (taking place at the Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick between November 7th – 24th)
PLAYLIST:
The Rude Mechanicals – Bird In My Gutter
Halo Halo – Mananangal
Andy Hankdog – Hardy Tree (LIVE SESSION)
Andy Hankdog – A380
Andy Hankdog – ‘Interview’
Andy Hankdog – Blue Barley (LIVE SESSION)
Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou – For A Minute There
Nott – Lake Keitele
Shimmy Rivers & & Canal – Food I Hate (LIVE SESSION)
Shimmy Rivers & & Canal – Eat Stupid (LIVE SESSION)
Shimmy Rivers & & Canal – Song Evolution (LIVE SESSION)
Shimmy Rivers & & Canal – Rusty China Toad (LIVE SESSION)
Shimmy Rivers & & Canal – Swansong
Shimmy Rivers & & Canal – Minced Oaths
Woman’s Hour – Our Love Has No Rhythm
Peepholes – Living In Qatar
Goodbye Leopold – In 40 Years
The Unhidden Collective (Olivia Preye Bradbury, Rosemary Hudson & Frances Donohoe) – ‘Interview’
Goodbye Leopold – What Are You Searching For?
Presenters: deXter Bentley & Dan Frost
Live sound engineers: Joe Oldfield & Tom Kemp
Hello GoodBye ft: Shimmy Rivers, Andy Hankdog & T.U.C. [ 1:29:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadPanel Borders: Millar World
Starting a month of shows on Panel Borders about the art of writing superhero comics, Alex Fitch talks to Mark Millar, a 2000AD alumnus who now has his own anthology comic CLiNT, featuring popular alt-superhero saga Kick-Ass and other strips intended for forthcoming movie adaptations. Alex and Mark discuss the latter’s experiences in British and American comics, the relationship of his Catholic faith to strips American Jesus and Saviour, and the genesis of super-villain heist caper Super Crooks with film maker Nacho Vigalondo. (Originally broadcast 04/11/12 on Resonance FM)
Covers of 2000AD Prog 842, Swamp Thing #159, American Jesus: Chosen #1, CLiNT vol. 2 #1, Super Crooks #1
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Regular listeners to Wavelength will be aware of Captain Maurice Seddon who has contributed, usually by telephone, to this programme. He was taken into a hospital in Slough on January 6th and is presently still there. He allegedly suffered a stroke, might have vascular dementia and now has an infection. At my last visit to him he was almost comatose which is possibly due to some sort of liquid cosh. His dogs are being fed. In his absence, the local council entered his house and grounds apparently with an enforcement order to sanitise his environment which is considered to be a hazard to the health of the local community. “UTA (long version)” by Pipilotti Rist and Anders Guggisberg from the CD The Cake is in Flames. Maria Callas sings “Suicidio!” by Ponchielli from La Gioconda followed by “Maria Callas” by Christian Marclay from More Encores.
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