Looking forward Sunday mornings to enjoy the newest episode of Classics Count.

A very quickly put together five minutes from our Mendelssohn rehearsals this weekend. Come to our concert on Saturday May 17th, 7.30pm at Reading Blue Coat School for the full effect plus some wonderful Mozart, too!

Mendelssohn Medley

The worlds greatest music without add breaks... two hours of superb classical music with informative links to keep you engaged.

Classics Count Sunday 29 October 2023

Classical music show presented  by Martin Clarke and Heather Harrison for Wycombe Sound 106.6

Classics Count Sunday 26 November 2023

A chance to listen again to the interview with Hannah Stephens (Clarinettist) and John Brennan (Conductor) with the Audentior Symphony Orchestra. Plus some fine classical music. Classics Count is presented by Martin Clarke and Heather Harrison and can be heard every Sunday from10am to 12 noon on Wycombe Sound 106.6

Classics Count Sunday 031223 Episode 11 Part 1

Taken from the 1973 Classics 100 album (LP), this wonderful, orchestrated version of Chopin's Nocturne in E flat major... Hear this and many other greats every Sunday on Classics Count on Wycombe Sound 106.6 (10am to 12 noon)

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Nocturne in E Flat Major

A Christmas Special from the Classics Count radio team for broadcast on Christmas Eve on Wycombe Sound 106.6
To listen live online go to wycombesound.org.uk from 11am (UK)

The Nutcracker story narrated by Heather Harrison and produced for radio by Martin Clarke

Nutcracker Promotional Trailer

The Christmas story narrated by Heather Harrison and produced for radio by Martin Clarke (with music from Tchaikovsky’s ballet).

Nutcracker Story set to music

Jaques Offenbach (composer) - Barcarolle from the Opera 'The Tales of Hoffman'
Taken from a 1973 double album 'Classics 100' released by K-tel Records. This is the first album I ever owned and started my lifelong love of classical music.
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Bacarolle from 'The tales of Hoffman'

Classics Count show that went to air on Sunday 14th January. A great mix of music and information.

Classics Count Sunday 14 January 2024

Classics Count, presented by Martin Clarke and Heather Harrison for Wycombe Sound 106.6
On this show they share two interviews, the first with Stuart Dunlop (conductor of the Watford Symphony Orchestra) and the second with Sofia Piccoli (flautist from the Hemel Symphony Orchestra).
The show is live every Sunday from 10am to 12 noon on local radio station Wycombe Sound 106.6 www.wycombesound.org.uk

Classics Count Sunday 28 January 2024

On this week’s show listen out for:

 

A lively Provencal dance, the Farandole, from Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite (pictured George Bizet)

 

Debussy’s Arabesque No 1 conjuring up the atmosphere of Arabic architecture

 

Mozart’s sensitive andante from Sinfonia Concertante K364 thought to have been composed as a way of coping with the loss of his mother

 

Tchaikovsky’s Barcarolle, his offering for June from his commissioned work The Seasons

 

Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto which took 6 years to finish with a little help from a friend

 

A farewell waltz written by Chopin when in ill-health he ended his engagement to his betrothed

 

Rossini’s cheeky Thieving Magpie, who was the real culprit in the theft of the silver spoon

 

One of Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances which intensified interest in his work across Europe

 

The coffee break with two of Mozart’s 27 piano concertos

 

A flute concerto from German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist Telemann

 

Possibly Beethoven’s finest composition, Symphony No 9

 

Pachelbel’s Canon in D composed as a gift for JS Bach’s older brother’s wedding

 

The dreamy andante from Schubert’s Symphony No 2 composed when he was just 18 years old

 

Sibelius’ exhilarating march from the Karelia Suite

 

Marcello’s lively oboe concerto

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