"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Felt – in session for Janice Long – September 30, 1984 – BBC Radio 1 – Felt to end up the working week – Cited as a major influence for such bands as The Charlatans, Belle & Sebastian and Manic Street Preachers, they formed in 1979 in Water Orton,...
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Winds – Student Orchestra of the Paris Conservatory – Fernand Oubradous, cond. – 1952 Broadcast performance – ORTF-Paris – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although far from being overlooked and under appreciated, Charles Gounod is primarily thought of as a composer of Opera and Choral...
Salzburg Festival 1980 – Gidon and Elena Kremer Recital – August 17, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another historic recital. This week it’s from the 1980 Salzburg Festival featuring Gidon and Elena Krember in music of Pärt, Beethoven, Schubert, Franck, Satie and Milhaud. From his Biography at Gidon...
John Houseman – interviewed by Caspar Citron – March 30, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – John Houseman is a name probably most people draw blanks over these days. And those who do, mostly likely remember him in the 1970s from a TV series based on the Academy...
Thiriet – La Nuit Venitienne – ORTF Orchestra – Pierre-Michel LeConte, cond – ORTF-Paris circa 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Maurice Thiriet this weekend. A prolific composer of many orchestral and instrumental works, Thiriet was also extremely prolific in writing film scores. With some 70...
Suzi Quatro – live in Rimini, Italy – August 15, 1975 – RAI Radio 2 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Suzi Quatro this week. One of those names synonymous with the 70s and certainly with Glam, Suzi Quatro became part of the hit-making machine of Chinn and Chapman who...
Joseph Szigeti, violin – New York Philharmonic, Dmitri Mitropoulus – Frank Martin – Violin Concerto (U.S. Premier) – Nov. 16, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Joseph Szigeti, the legendary Hungarian violinist and The New York Philharmonic conducted by it’s then-Music Director Dimitri Mitropoulos in the American premier of...
– Orchestre de Paris – Pierre Boulez, cond. – Bertrand Chamayou, piano – Dec. 21, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Part 1 – – Orchestre de Paris – Pierre Boulez, cond. – Bertrand Chamayou, piano – Dec. 21, 2011 – Radio France Musique – Part 2 – Classic concert...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Australia – Interview with Pier Angeli – Sept. 26, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Since we’re within hours of Hollywood‘s Biggest Night, I thought I would run a couple of interviews with Stars on the...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – The Wands – Live at 3VOOR12 – December 1, 2014 – VPRO/3VOOR12 And a Psychedelic word or two from Copenhagen tonight, by way of The Wands, a Danish Psych-duo (Mads and Christian and guest artists) who are...
