Aria Code podcast

Aria Code podcast

This podcast, produced by the classical-music station WQXR and the Metropolitan Opera anaylses one well-known opera aria per episode. There are ten episodes in total. Rhiannon Giddens is the host and the chosen aria is discussed by a singer (these include Plácido Domingo, Joyce DiDonato and Elina Garanča) who offer insights into the aria that they perform. Two other speakers on each episode provide insights too and these people include writers, pyschologists, musicians, musicologists and academics. At the conclusion of each podcast there is a recording of the chosen aria performed by the participant in the podcast. This is a wonderful podcast that is interesting, informative and illuminating. One could easily listen to these podcasts many times.

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Alan Lomax, a pioneering sound recordist featured on BBC Great Lives

Alan Lomax, a pioneering sound recordist featured on BBC Great Lives

Term Two 2019 dates