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Classical Connections

Celebrations, Siblings and Singing out of Tune!

Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio UlsterLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Foyle

This week, John talks to Michael McHale, who is celebrating a milestone birthday by performing in Belfast next weekend:

Dr. Trevor Agus from QUB's Sonic Arts Research Centre gives us a flavour of his talk on the science behind being in tune.....

Finghin and Dearbhla Collins tell us about their upcoming Two-Piano Recital at the Portico

We have some Elgar in a live performance from the Ulster Orchestra, as we look ahead to their BBC3 Lunchtime Concert in the Ulster Hall on Thursday:
https://www.ulsterhall.co.uk/what-s-on/bbc-radio-3-romantic-radical/

Our CD of the Week is from Composer Iain Farrington: Classical Changes, 'a second disc
by the Art Deco Trio,which treats favourite classical pieces to delightful
and often dazzling jazz-accented re-workings in variegated arrangements' Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
John Toal
Assistant Producer:
Danny O’Neill

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