GaySA Radio About Music

About Music

Music is meant to ignite our emotions—so if we hear it yet feel nothing, isn’t that a missed opportunity?

Through a series of engaging conversations, enriched with musical examples, I want to introduce you to a new way of experiencing music—one that uncovers how it stirs the soul and evokes deep emotions.

Let me be your guide on this journey to a more profound and immersive way of listening.
Weekly English South Africa Music · Music History
7 Episodes

about Music Programme 95 Easter at Home

Programme 95 Easter at Home Edward Elgar - Nimrod (Lux Aeterna) A calm beginning J.S. Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Familiar and graceful, this brings a quiet sense of hope. Gabriel Fauré – Pavane Opus 50 Light and melodic, full of elegance and calm beauty. Ludovico Einaudi –…
21 Apr 1 hour

Programme 94 Dvorak and Elgar Variations Programme description

In today’s programme we are continuing to look at the topic the use of Theme and Variations, after Beethoven. We have music by Elgar and Dvorak. Edward Elgar (1857–1934) Enigma Variations, Op. 36 – 14 variations each portraying a friend of the composer Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) Symphonic Variations, Op. 78…
13 Apr 1 hour

about Music Programme 92. Brahms Variations

about Music Programme 92. Brahms Variations: Programme description Brahms, as arguably the closest follower of Beethoven in the Romantic period, wrote many sets of variations as did Beethoven. Today we listen to his variations on themes of Paganini, Schumann, and Haydn, including the first set of Variations written for orchestra…
6 Apr 1 hr 12 min

Programme 90 Liszt and Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Paganini.

As an appetizer for today, we listen to Rachmaninov’s Prelude in G minor. In today’s programme there are another three works. Two major items and then another shorter work to conclude. The first big work is Rachmaninov’s Variations on a theme of Paganini. Then we hear Liszt's "Variations on a…
24 Mar 1 hour

Programme 89: Beethoven and Brahms Variations. Programme

Today we are continuing our exploration of the influence of Beethoven on later composers, especially Brahms, by listening to some compositions of each, which are in the popular category of Theme and Variations. Three sets are by Beethoven, based on God Save the King, Rule Britannia, and one of his…
17 Mar 1 hour

about Music: The Art of Listening Programme 88. Beethoven and Schumann Variations.

Beethoven’s Piano Variations and Fugue in E-flat major, Op. 35 (also known as the “Eroica” Variations) and Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 are two of the most ambitious variation sets of the 19th century. While both works are built on variation techniques, they approach form, texture, and thematic development in…
2 Mar 59 min