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A Winter Serenade A Concert of Chamber Music by Three Piece Suite & David Hamilton Blackheath Presbyterian Church Hall, June 1st, 2014 Rachel Westwood, violin - Valmai Coggins, viola - Deborah Coogan, cello David Hamilton, tenor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hamilton_(tenor) Playlist   (02.39) Henry Purcell/Music For A While Z583   (06.25) Henry Purcell/Fantazia Z734, G min   (09.31) H...

Wavelength World of Music - June 10, 2025 Playlist (00.13) Joni Mitchell/Night In The City   (03.27) Mick Jagger/Strange Game   (06.51) Weyes Blood/Grapevine   (13.16) Pulp/A Sunset   (16.26) Justin Vali Trio/Rambala   (20.42) Kimmie Rhodes/The Corner Of The Bar   (26.09) David Holmes/It's Over, If We Run Out Of Love   (32.50) Jason Fine/Brian Wilson Tribute   (38.11) Beach Boys/I Just Wasn&a...

Wavelength World of Music - June 10, 2025 Playlist (00.13) Waxahatchee/Much Ado About Nothing   (05.02) Anoushka Shankar/Bright Eyes   (09.17) Art Garfunkel/Bright Eyes   (14.44) Phil Collins/Both Sides Of The Story   (21.20) Unloved (ft Raven Violet)/Strange Effect   (25.09) Kate Miller-Heidke/I'll Change Your Mind   (29.00) Marlon Williams (ft Lorde)/Kāhore He Manu E   (31.10) Gram Parsons...

Wavelength World of Music - May 31, 2025 Playlist (00.13) Montaigne/Beyond The Glass   (03.09) Ocean Alley/Home   (06.39) Rosie Flores/So Sad   (10.14) Sparks/Do Things My Own Way   (13.54) Stina Nordenstam/Little Star   (18.07) Three Piece Suite/Aria & Variations 1 & 2, Bach's Goldberg Variations   (23.58) Dave Clark 5/Glad All Over   (26.40) Gerry & The Pacemakers (ft. Anfield s...

Wavelength World Of Music - May 13, 2025 Playlist (00.13) The Cardinals/Get It  (03.54) Avalon Emerson/Sandrail Silhouette   (08.18)Damien Jurado/Ohio   (13.24) Chinawoman/I Kiss The Hand Of My Destroyer  (17.17) Russell Morris/End Of The Beginning   (22.42) Pink Floyd/Echoes Part 1 (from the 2025 remastered film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII)  (31.04) Khruangbin/Pelota   (33.51) Ruby Fields/D...

Classical Cameos - Pt 1 Playlist (00.47) Mikalojus Konstantinos Čiurlionis (Lithuania)/Section 2, The Sea (Jura);  Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, cond. Juozas Domarkas   (07.37) Anton Bruckner (Austria)/Movement #5, Mass #3 in F Minor; NDR Elbphilharmonie & Chor, cond. Herbert Blomstedt, soprano Angela Maria Blasi, alto Cornelia Kallisch, tenor Herbert Lippert, bass Franz-Josef Selig,...

The Cure In Concert BBC Radio Theatre, October 31, 2024  Introduction  (01.13) Alone  (08.16) Pictures Of You  (15.37) A Fragile Thing  (20.14) High  (23.59) A Night Like This  (28.19) Love Song  (31.58) The Walk  (35.34) In Between Days  (38.35) Just Like Heaven  (42.38) From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea  (50.36) End Song  (01.01.25) Friday I'm In Love    Links The Cure   https://en.wikipe...

Wavelength World of Music - April 23, 2025 Playlist (00.14) Black Angels/Grab As Much As You Can  (05.10) Dennis Browne/The Promised Land  (11.29) Joan Armatrading/The Weakness In Me  (15.51) Maire Brennan/To The Water  (19.12) James Mark/When There's A Will  (25.05) The Cure/Alone  (32.11) PJ Harvey/You Said Something  (35.21) The Seshen/Kitty Kat  (40.24) Weather Report/Nubian Sundance (rad...

Wavelength World of Music - April 19, 2025 Playlist (00.12) Amy Shark/All Loved Up  (05.03) Arctic Monkeys/A Certain Romance  (10.21) Sandy Denny (with Fairport Convention)/Down In The Flood  (13.59)Fraser Hayes Four/Nice Work If You Can Get It  (21.02) Florence & The Machine/Free  (24.54) Cigarettes After Sex/Cry  (29.00) Arushi Jain/Richer Than Blood  (34.29) Beatles/Paperback Writer  (36.40...

Gems of the 49th Parallel, Pt 1 A Showcase of Canadian Music, and a tribute to Jim Lanning   Playlist  (02.35) Rita MacNeil/The Music's Going Round   (06.12) Corridor/Topographe   (09.20) Cowboy Junkies/Oregon Hill   (14.06) Michelle Gurevic/Blue Eyes Unchanged   (19.08) Gordon Lightfoot/Rainy Day People   (21.52) Youngblood(now Blonde Diamond)/Broken English   (26.04) Bachman Turner Overdriv...

The Romans;   The Adventure Of English;   Boris Johnson;   1984;   Woke Therapy Group;   Drake Poem;   London Criminals;    The Great Train Robbery;   Coronation St Adult content in this series is marked with an asterisk * Introduction    Listen With Mother Introduction (Eileen Browne)   (02.45) Ian Dury/England's Glory   (06.06) Lewis Hamilton Wins Portuguese GP, 2020   (06.34) Paul Cosgrave...

Gems of the 49th Parallel, Pt 2 A Showcase of Canadian Music, and a tribute to Jim Lanning Playlist Introduction   (02.58) Ian Tyson/Four Strong Winds   (06.48) Tei Shi/Bassically   (11.43) Be Good Tanyas/Waitin' Around To Die (Townes van Zandt cover)   (16.51) Broken Social Scene/Skyline   (20.58) Charlotte Cardin/Faufile   (23.27) Arcade Fire/The Suburbs   (28.34) Mo Kenney/Telephones   (36...

Peter Sellers;   Soldiers;   WW1  &  WW2;   Dr Johnson's Dictionary;   Hancock's Half Hour;   Art Introduction   (01.13) Steeleye Span/The Hard Times Of Old England   (06.17) Peter Sellers & Irene Handl/The Critics   (12.38) Mike Batt/Portishead Radio   (16.18) Pink Floyd/Introduction from When The Tigers Broke Free (film soundtrack version, The Wall )   (16.42) Edward Woodward/T...

Spies;   Sir Henry Rawlinson;   Radio London;   Cromwell & The English Civil War;  Football (Gordon, Motson, World Cup '66);   The Falklands Conflict;   Procol Harum Introduction   (01.10) Jethro Tull/Jack In The Green   (03.32) Documentary Section on Spying - Harold Kim Philby Denies Involvement with Burgess & MacLean, but confirms it later in Stasi Video   (07.50) Vivian Stanshall/I...

Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Sir Michael Caine;   A Clockwork Orange;   The 1984 Miners' Strike;   Shakespeare;   Social Housing;   Peter Cook & Dudley Moore Introduction   (01.27) Roy Harper/One Of Those Days In England   (04.43) *Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon, from The Trip    (06.19) Michael Caine/Rudyard Kipling's If   (08.47) *Official Trailer,  A Clockwork Orange    (10.38) Acker...

The Post Office Horizon Scandal;   Herring Fishing;   Change Ringing at York Minster;   A History Cycle;   Holiday Camps;   The Keeler Affair;   Inside Anfield;   Kenneth Clark's Civilisation ;   Pink Floyd's Postwar Requiem Introduction   (01.17) Al Bowlly/Dinner For One Please, James   (03.03) Excerpt, Harry Enfield, Women, Know Your Limits   (04.28) The Bells & Bell Ringers of Yor...

A Christmas Pot Pourri Ho Ho Ho, and a warm welcome to the Wavelength Christmas Pot Pourri Special.  It's a random jumble of silent nights in several languages, grumpy old men moaning and two hours of Christmas music from around the world - the essential soundtrack, in fact, to your Christmas cooking and consumption.   Wavelength, and all of us here at Sapphire FM, wish you, your family and f...

Dr Who;   Tony Hancock;   Football;   Grumpy Old Men;   The Leveson Inquiry;   Dunkirk;   How To Be A Chap;   Brady, Hindley, Fred & Rosemary West;   Jimmy Savile;   The BBC Introduction   (2.29) Denis Rice/The Evenlode (lyrics Hilaire Belloc;  piano, arrangement & vocal Denis Rice)  (04.09) BBC Radiophonic Workshop; Dr Who Theme; Delia Derbyshire on electronic sound  (05.17) Dr Who, The E...

Introduction People of my generation are increasingly horrified at how quickly a stable, postwar, rules-based order has been changed into something that looks rather like anarchy. Here in Australia, political choices are worryingly limited and uninspiring;  America at this time appears hardly to be working on any level at all, and certainly not politically;  Russia has become a dangerous dictators...

Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute  October 8 marks the anniversary of the death of the great English contralto singer, Kathleen Ferrier, in 1953. She achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar.  Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a...

Playlist This program focuses on the life and work of Merimbula composer and performer, Corinne Gibbons, who boasts an international reputation.  It takes the form of a beach-side conversation with Corinne, and we look closely at her 2009 album Melt . (00.00) Introductions    (05.33) Speak Of The North    (15.12) Silver Flame     (23.44) Switchoff    (32.27) Precious Girl    (44.33) One Voice    (...

This program was made to mark the 100th edition of my (then) weekly live music show, Wavelength, and features a selection of some of my very favourite recordings. The weekly live Wavelength program has now ceased but I'm still recording similar shows for these on demand pages.  They follow a very similar format (album tracks, new music, landmarks and covers) and I'm uploading them as oft...

Introduction Simply put, Irish music and spoken word are incomparable.  Music and speech weave together into textures both refreshingly abrasive and silky smooth with an energy which, for Irish people, is like the air they breathe. Textures to beguile you, make you laugh and always to charm you.  Sometimes, they will confront you. Intentionally impressionistic in style, this program seeks to feel...

Introduction Simply put, Irish music and spoken word are incomparable.  Music and speech weave together into textures both refreshingly abrasive and silky smooth with an energy which, for Irish people, is like the air they breathe. Textures to beguile you, make you laugh and always to charm you.  Sometimes, they will confront you. Intentionally impressionistic in style, this program seeks to feel...

A conversation with Richard Cox, great-great-grandson of William Cox, who built the first road over Australia's Blue Mountains, from Sydney to Bathurst. Cox built the road with a team of 30 hand-picked convicts, whom he treated well.  Cox shared their difficult conditions and most of the convicts received their freedom, in one form or another, following the road's completion. A full acco...