Classical Journey Episode 56 - Sheku's Bright Star

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

A comprehensive school student from Nottingham has scooped the 2016 BBC Young Musician award. Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason saw off a French horn player and a saxophonist to claim the prize. The schoolboy performed Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No.1 at the Barbican in London. Then, we celebrate 150 years of Erik Satie. Also, Mozart's Prussian Quartets.

Classical Journey Episode 45 - The Chinese Flow

To know Chinese classical music is a very good way to understand Chinese philosophy, since Chinese music is influenced by the eastern philosophy and integrated into life style of Chinese culture. Today, we feature Donald Yu Man Ching, Tan Dun, Liu Sola, Lei Liang, Bright Sheng, Jing Jing Luo and Cong Su.

Bright Sheng

Cong Su

Jing Jing Luo

Lei Liang

Donald Yu Man Ching

Liu Sola

Tan Dun

Classical Journey Episode 44 - Belle Afrique

Angelique Kidjo

Chinwe Enu

Omo Bello

Pretty Yende

Pumeza Matshikiza

Angelique Kidjo last week won the Grammy for Best World Music Album for “Sings,” a collection of her songs infused with Western classical traditions in a collaboration with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. And today, we pay tribute to African women sopranos. Our playlist today includes Omo Bello, Chinwe Enu, Pumeza Matshikiza and Pretty Yende

Classical Journey Episode 43 - The Duke and Company

Today, Classical Journey features Duke Ellington. Then, Elgar and Shostakovich

Duke Ellington

Classical Journey - Episode 42: Hoy en día, somos españoles

Hoy en día , somos españoles. Today, we are Spanish. A feature of 21st Century Spanish composers - Javier Perez Garrido, Octavio Vazquez Rodiguez, Gabriel Erkoreka and Juan Jose Colomer.

Gabriel Erkoreka

Javier Perez Garrido

Juan Jose Colomer

Octavio Vazquez Rodiguez

Classical Journey - Episode 41: Popular meets classical - Soolio, Elvis, Sting, Della et al

What does popular music have to do with classical? The popular works of the likes of Coolio, Elvis Presley, Sting and Della Reese make great connection with the written note.

Coolio

Della Reese

Elvis Presley

Sting

Classical Journey Episode 37: Welcome New Age, Welcome 2016

The first time we featured new age music on this show, I must confess I found its sounds particularly disturbing. I would later come to appreciate its evolution to the present classifications such as being called neo-classical music. Today, we shall feature three of these composers – Yanni, Kitaro and Enya.

Enya

Yanni

Kitaro