Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream sprinkles fairy dust everywhere and the result is simply magic!

Music here: https://youtu.be/WAaF52bP9Tw  or on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ezRoo

And here too, if you want pictures: https://youtu.be/nfhaD7nZ3-0 

Music + intro = 17 mins

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Mahler gives us the ridiculous and sublime, heaven and earth and a bit of silliness in these three songs. 

Music here https://bit.ly/2W2IDl1 and here https://spoti.fi/3eYCEGX

Intro + music = 17 minutes

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The Pines of Rome by Respighi brings us noisy children playing, moments of quiet solitude and Roman legions rolling in to leave you awestruck and maybe a bit deafened.

Music here: https://spoti.fi/359cfBD or here: https://youtu.be/TdUVA0odZ6Y

Intro and music = 24 mins

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The sight of swans inspired Sibelius in his 5th symphony but this is music that ends up about so much more... 

Music here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2S6bMKX

and on youtube (no pics): https://youtu.be/BDUhu-c0f3U

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Drama, heartbreak and transcendental music from the end of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. 

Music here: https://bit.ly/2yJk0ln

and on spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bA0vdD

The ballet on video: https://bit.ly/3atb7K3 if you want to watch dance. Act 4 begins at 1:43:15, but they've snuck an extra dance into the middle of the final number! It's nice and all, but not what Tchaikovsky wrote!

This episode brings you romance, swans and big tunes, from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. [Listening time 4' podcast and 16' music]

Music here on YouTube,

on Spotify here: https://spoti.fi/2VtGpMD

The first truly great full length ballet has so much good music it needs three episodes! Here's the first!

Music here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCXUbmBaA9Oql0vYaX1oy82wtBiSKMOY_ 

or here on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KrTnUU

Listening time c15mins (podcast and music)

Ten minutes of over-the-top operatic show stopper. Pure enjoyment!

Music here:https://youtu.be/FsTVF0Fu5_c

and here:https://bit.ly/CiL8Igor

Forgive me - this is the first introduction where I forget to mention the name of the piece! It's the Mother Goose Suite, by Ravel and I love it. 

The music's here: 

https://youtu.be/o3rir1bWTyI 

or here on Spotify: https://bit.ly/CiLRavelMG

Time to get all deep and meaningful?  Maybe not too much. Here's my intro to Haydn's wonderfully entertaining 22nd Symphony.

And the music is here:

On Spotify: https://bit.ly/CiLHaydn22

and here with video: https://youtu.be/D8h3nT3F_V0