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Dive into Episode 4: JOY, where we move beyond fleeting happiness to explore a deeper, more enduring emotional state. This episode thoroughly defines joy—not just as a feeling of great pleasure, but as a profound, internal state of being that can even coexist with struggle. You'll learn the key distinctions between joy and happiness: joy is long-lasting and internal, tied to meaning and values, wh...

In this powerful episode of The Balanced Mind, we confront one of the most intense and consuming human emotions: Jealousy. Host Deon Bicycle breaks down the common definition of jealousy—envious resentment of someone's achievements or possessions—to reveal its deep root: a desire to achieve or obtain something that is demonstrated by someone else, leading to a perceived deficit in one's own life.

Welcome to The Balanced Mind, where counselor Deon Bicycle explores the vital role of emotions in achieving emotional maturity. This episode focuses on an often-misunderstood emotion: Sadness. We define sadness as a normal, temporary emotional response to loss, disappointment, or difficult circumstances. The episode will guide you in understanding the origins, impact, and transformative potential...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Balanced Mind with counselor Deon Bicycle, a podcast dedicated to achieving emotional maturity and building a practical toolkit for resilience. In this deep dive, we unpack one of the most misunderstood emotions: Anger. Often dismissed as purely negative, this episode reveals that anger is a complex, natural human emotion that serves a crucial purpose.

Our programme today traces an expressive journey from the elgance of the Baroque and Classical Masters to the warmth of Romantic melody and the modern rediscovery of the bassoon’s deep sonorous heart. So we have a journey from Baroque brilliance to Romantic elegance, celebrating the eloquent voice of the bassoon and in two short pieces, its deeper cousin, the contrabassoon. From the brightness of...

A concert celebrating the wit, warmth, and expressive voice of the bassoon — that most human of instruments, capable of both laughter and lyric song. Few instruments have as much personality as the bassoon. With its long wooden body and curling metal crook, it looks slightly eccentric — and sounds gloriously human. The bassoon can laugh and sigh, sing tenderly or mutter in comic complaint. Its voi...

Sundowner Classics Programme description. This is a light, listener-friendly programme — Classical concertos, a lyrical modern gem, and the familiar warmth of Dvořák. Ideal for a Thursday concert where elegance and accessibility are key. Welcome to “about Music” with Brian. Continuing from where we left off on Monday, I have another three works for you, featuring the big brother of the Oboe, namel...

Welcome to today’s edition of “about Music” with Brian. Last week we listened to the Oboe, a double reed instrument with a bright treble penetrating sound. It is the familiar voice of the family. There are two more family members. The oboe d’amore, pitched lower in A, has a warmer, more intimate, pastoral sound — favoured by Baroque composers like Bach. The cor anglaise or English Horn, pitched in...

Today I have four more oboe concertos for us, to allow us to become really familiar with the sound of the oboe. Vivaldi, Antonio Oboe Concerto in A minor, RV 461 10'00" A sparkling Baroque concerto with Vivaldi’s trademark rhythmic vitality and lyrical slow movement. An elegant and uplifting opener. Haydn, Joseph (attrib.) Oboe Concerto in C major 12'00" Classical elegance and melodic charm, offer...

Welcome to “about Music“ with Brian. In our exploration of the woodwind instruments of the orchestra, we have listened to members of the flute family, which are all played by blowing air across or into an opening, and members of the single reed family, which have a single reed that vibrates against a mouthpiece. These were the clarinet and the saxophone. We come now to the double reed instruments,...

Welcome to “about Music” with Brian. The Saxophone music I played has proved popular and requests for more have followed. Today we turn to a lighter side of the instrument, exploring short pieces that are arrangements of popular orchestral and piano compositions, arranged for the Saxophone. Claude Debussy - Golliwogg's Cake-Walk from Children's Corner Suite Performed by Branford Marsalis with the...

In our last programme, we heard the saxophone in its serious concert setting — through Glazunov, Ibert, and Creston. Today we turn to a lighter side of the instrument, exploring short pieces that highlight the many sizes of the saxophone family: soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone, as well as ensemble arrangements. Deep Sounds_ Soprano Sax Jazz Music Collection · Richard Rodney Bennet - Sopr...

Welcome to “about Music” with Brian. In our last programme, we heard the saxophone in its serious concert setting — through Glazunov, Ibert, and Creston. Today we turn to a lighter side of the instrument, exploring short pieces that highlight the many sizes of the saxophone family: soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone, as well as ensemble arrangements. Deep Sounds_ Soprano Sax Jazz Music Collection...

The Saxophone in the Concert Hall The saxophone is one of the youngest members of the woodwind family. Invented in the 1840s by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax, it combines the single reed mouthpiece of the clarinet with the brass body of a trumpet. This hybrid design gives the saxophone its unique timbre — bright yet mellow, capable of both singing warmth and commanding brilliance. Today...

In our previous programme we explored Mozart and Weber, who established the clarinet as a solo instrument of both lyricism and drama. Today we continue with three more concertos that show its remarkable versatility. Carl Stamitz – Clarinet Concerto No. 3 in B-flat major (c. 1770s) Louis Spohr – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26 (1808) Aaron Copland – Clarinet Concerto (1948) written for j...

In our second concerto programme, we followed the clarinet’s journey from its Classical beginnings with Carl Stamitz, through the drama of Spohr’s Romantic concerto, and into the twentieth century with Copland’s jazz-inflected masterpiece. These large-scale works showed the clarinet as a commanding soloist on the concert stage. Today’s companion programme offers a more intimate view. Instead of gr...

In our programme on Monday evening, we explored the clarinet through its greatest Classical and Romantic concertos — Mozart’s sublime concerto of 1791 and Weber’s brilliant Romantic showpiece. Today we add to that picture with a series of shorter works, each one offering a different perspective on the clarinet’s sound world. Together, these works remind us why the clarinet has captured the imagina...

The Woodwind Family, The Clarinet Family In recent programmes we explored the flute, one of the oldest and most enduring of instruments. Today, we continue our journey through the woodwind family. The woodwinds form four main branches: • Flutes, where sound is made by blowing across or into a hole. • Clarinets and Saxophones, which use a single reed vibrating against a mouthpiece. • Oboes and Cor...

Programme 25: Lighthearted and Playful programme description - a sparkling assortment of whimsical and witty works that dance with humour, imagination, and irrepressible charm. Kabalevsky, Dmitry The Comedians – Gallop 1:45 A wild, joyful dash that kicks off the programme with carnival energy. Offenbach, Jacques Orpheus in the Underworld – Can-Can 2:15 This high-kicking number remains the epitome...

Programme 110 – Concertos for Flute and Recorder – Programme Description. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach – Flute Concerto in G Major, Wq. 169 Performed by Emmanuel Pahud and the Kammerakademie Potsdam, conducted by Trevor Pinnock C.P.E. Bach’s G Major Concerto showcases the expressive intensity of the empfindsamer Stil. Emmanuel Pahud’s nuanced playing brings a refined sensitivity to the slow movement...

Programme 24: Light and Graceful Elegance — a refined and luminous collection of pieces that exude charm, poise, and understated beauty Composer (Surname, Forenames) Title Duration Programme Note Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Divertimento in D major, K. 136 – I. Allegro 4:00 Sparkling and buoyant, this youthful work radiates classical balance and lightness. Gluck, Christoph Willibald Orfeo ed Euridice...

Programme 109 Concertos for Flute and Recorder. Programme Description. Georg Philipp Telemann – Concerto for Recorder & Flute in E Minor, TWV 52:e1 Performed by Michael Schneider (recorder) and Karl Kaiser (flute) with La Stagione Frankfurt This double concerto exemplifies Telemann’s elegant integration of contrasting timbres. The recorder and flute engage in melodic dialogue, each instrument play...

Programme 23: Light Classics with Spirit and Joy— a sparking set of light classical gems totalling approximately 55 minutes. 🎶 Light Classics Nicolai, Otto The Merry Wives of Windsor – Overture 8:00 A spirited and tuneful curtain-raiser blending humour, elegance, and German charm. Rossini, Gioachino La scala di seta – Overture 5:45 A bubbling, quicksilver overture full of playful wit and rhythmic...

Today’s easy listening is a selection of music for Violin and for Guitar. We open with Johan Svendsen’s - Romance, Op. 26 and next up I have what is reputed to be the all-time favourite movement from a violin concerto – the slow movement from Max Bruch’s - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor. If you listened to our programme on Monday evening this week you would have heard the full concerto. We start...

In each group of instruments of the orchestra we have the complete range from high pitches to low pitches represented. In the String section which we already covered we had from highest to lowest Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass. In the Woodwind section which will listen to next the four main groups of instruments are flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. However, each of these also has higher an...