Best Black Sea Side Music Podcasts (2024)

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…

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153. Ecstasy, beauty, and ripping the universe open: Messiaen, Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus - with Rolf Hind 37:29

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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 …

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Arkady Antsyrev - Shelkunchik (The Nutcracker) 7:32

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https://antsyrev.bandcamp.com/track/arkady-antsyrev-shelkunchik-the-nutcrackerBy Arkady Antsyrev

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Looks Like 6:20

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Looks Like by Arkady AntsyrevBy Arkady Antsyrev

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Light Cone 6:44

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Light Cone by Arkady AntsyrevBy Arkady Antsyrev

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Ted 6:04

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Ted by Arkady AntsyrevBy Arkady Antsyrev

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Running (Original Mix) 1:00

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Running (Original Mix) by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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Nisin (Original Mix) 1:00

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Nisin (Original Mix) by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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Ollie S. - Literoom (Original Mix) 1:53

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Ollie S. - Literoom (Original Mix) by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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Ollie S. - Reef (Original Mix) 1:41

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Ollie S. - Reef (Original Mix) by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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Ollie S. - Ease (Original Mix) 1:54

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Ollie S. - Ease (Original Mix) by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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152. An injection of flavour and joy: Nohl, Spices 15:15

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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 comm…

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Ben Anthony & Dimitris Michas - The Grind (Arkady Antsyrev Remix) 1:30

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Ben Anthony & Dimitris Michas - The Grind (Arkady Antsyrev Remix) by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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Ben Anthony & Dimitris Michas - The Grind (Original Mix) 1:14

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Ben Anthony & Dimitris Michas - The Grind (Original Mix) by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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Ben Anthony & Dimitris Michas - Flurry 1:23

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Ben Anthony & Dimitris Michas - Flurry by Black Sea Side MusicBy Black Sea Side Music

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Arkady Antsyrev - [ROAV019] Romanian Avantgarde Podcacst 57:46

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Arkady Antsyrev - [ROAV019] Romanian Avantgarde Podcacst by Arkady AntsyrevBy Arkady Antsyrev

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151. An unbeaten 50 of flair and panache! Haydn, Symphony No.50 8:30

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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 …

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Women’s World Cup FINAL of Classical Music: USA v Ireland 2:28

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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 …

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If plankton made music what would it sound like? Norway: Maja S K Ratkje 17:33

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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?…

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Music from a global melting pot: Brazil / Gabriella di Laccio 26:51

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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... Brazi…

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Music with intention...for those with an open mind: Canada / Melissa Hui 25:58

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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…

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”Music is integral, it’s like breathing”: Roxanna Panufnik/ England 19:16

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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. We shift the focus to England, with Roxanna Panufnik's choice of rich and satisfying pieces from a line up of stellar composers. Listening time: podcast 20min…

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Living through the ups and downs of creation: Elena Kats-Chernin/ Australia 22:56

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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. Elena Kats-Chernin presents her choices of music from Australia - composers who all work hard and write music of vitality, invention, intensity and often fun!…

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Mountains, olives and the vastness of existence: Spain/ Inés Medina-Fernández 23:51

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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 epsiode, Inés Medina Fernández presents her choices of music from Spain, carefully chosen from accross the country and including including famous musi…

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Music as a thing for shared connection: Netherlands/ Marion von Tilzer 20:59

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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. This episode features music from the Netherlands and Marion von Tilzer's choices of music that gets us more connected. We'll hear how, when a performer is rel…

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Super excited and hyped up! Sage Shurman/ USA 18:41

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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. This epsiode we hear top young composer, Sage Shurman, getting super excited - in a pretty chilled Californian kind of way - for both the World Cup football a…

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”Planting women’s music in the collective memory of society” Katharina Nohl/ Switzerland 25:55

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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 hear from Katharina Nohl, founder of the Swiss Female Composers Festival, with her choices of music from Switzerland and how giving female …

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150. Nine is the magic number! Farrenc, Nonet 6:37

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By turns grand and genial with moments of great inventiveness and wit, Louise Farrenc's Nonet for wind and strings is a bit of magic! Listening time 37 mins (podcast 7', music 30') Music here on Youtube, Spotify, Amazon and Apple Musics (tracks 7-10) played by the Intercontinental Ensemble with tons of style and (unlike some of the other recordings…

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149. Keeping us fresh since 1784: Haydn, Piano trio No.19 6:36

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Meeting his boss's insatiable desire for new content 'forced' [his word] Joseph Haydn to write original, inventive music that sounds as fresh and full of life today as when it was written. And he wrote so much great music that I only heard this piano trio for the first time this week - and it's wonderful stuff. Listening time 19 mins (podcast 6', m…

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148. Rituals, a riot and a revolution: Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring 12:34

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110 years ago in Paris, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring caused a furore and changed music forever. Did the police have to be called? It's still a piece that shocks and stuns and is filled with something amazing every second. Listening time c45 mins (podcast, 12', Music 33') Music here on Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music played by the Junge Deutsche …

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147. Music in the blood and poetry in the soul: Williams, Penillion 6:48

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A rarity from Wales (a Welsh rare-bit?), Grace Williams's orchestral piece Penillion surprises, delights and has an epic grandeur. It's terrific stuff and I think you'll love it! Listening time 25 mins (podcast, 7', Music 18') Music here on Youtube played by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes What do you think? Tell…

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146. Risk and adventure: Tower, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman 5:32

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Another great, short piece, here's the first of Joan Tower's Fanfares celebrating risk-taking and adventurous women. This is both celebratory and substantial, plus a workout for brass and percussion. Listening time 8 mins (podcast 5.5', music 2.5') Listen to the music, Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No.1, here on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Music or Am…

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145. Representation and taxation: Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man 5:49

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A short podcast about the shortest of pieces, yet Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man still packs a punch and seems to point to big issues. 'No taxation without representation'? Perhaps today's call should be 'No representatives (from the Head of State down) who don't pay their taxes!' Listening time c10 minutes (podcast 6', music 3') Listen…

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144. On the edge of possibility: Beethoven, ”Appassionata” Sonata 9:41

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Often on the edge, in life and music, Beethoven goes to extremes on the piano to show us the extreme depth of his feelings. His Appassionata Sonata is every bit as intense as its name suggests! Listening time 33 mins (podcast 10', music 23') Listen to the whole piece here, played by Maurizio Pollini on piano on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Music (this l…

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143. Genesis and Resurrection: Fanny Mendelssohn, Easter Sonata 10:59

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Lost for 150 years and then, because it was so good, presumed to have been written by her brother, Fanny Mendelssohn's Easter Sonata for piano is passionate, intense, lyrical and dramatic... and the story of its rediscovery is no less compelling. Listening time c36 mins [11' podcast, 21 or 25' music] The complete music is here in the original 1970s…

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142. In search of happy music: Arnold, English Dances 6:04

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English folk music is often typically nostalgic and melancholy. Cacophony goes in search of happiness with Malcolm Arnold's English Dances - pretty, witty and bright! Listening time 24 mins (podcast 6', music 18') Music here, played by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Penny on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Music (tracks 1-8 English D…

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141. Songs from a disappearing world: Vaughan Williams, Norfolk Rhapsody 7:39

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Haunting and melancholy music from my hometown, Vaughan Williams's Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 features the old songs of fisherman and the last days of a way of life. Like the local landscape it's bleak but beautiful! Total listening time 18 mins (podcast 7', music 11') Here's Joe Anderson, James ‘Duggie’ Carter and the Reverend Alfred Huddle: The music …

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Intechlligent Podcast 071 - Arkady Antsyrev 1:01:36

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Intechlligent Podcast 071 - Arkady AntsyrevBy Arkady Antsyrev

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140. Hidden pigeons & dancing farmers: Kaprálová, Rustic Suite 5:04

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Packed with memorable Czech songs about pigeons, nightingales, love, life and unploughed fields, Vítěslava Kaprálová's Rustic Suite mixes countryside charm with the confident orchestral swagger of a 23 year old receiving acclaim in Paris and London. Music full of life and good tunes! Listening time 21 mins (music 16', podcast 5') The music is here,…

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139. Escaping to a happier place: Tailleferre, Little Suite 7:27

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Small but perfectly formed, Germaine Tailleferre's Little Suite is seven minutes of innocent delight from a composer looking to escape from the trials of a difficult life. It may be short, but it's packed with memorable tunes and a joyous spirit. Irresistible! Listening time c14 minutes (podcast 7', music 7') It's not available commercially, but th…

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138. Ballet music that packs a punch: Stravinsky, Petrushka 13:35

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It's a riot of colour at the carnival in Stravinsky's wonderful ballet, Petrushka, with dancing (of course), puppets, romance (kind of), fighting, and a wild bear. It's got everything - even a French song about a woman's prosthetic limb, but you have to listen for an explanation...! Total listening time 48 mins (podcast 13', music 35') The music is…