Category: Church and Culture Radio interviews 2021

• Guy Rickards joins me to continue our discussion about the music of Sir Michael Tippett. In the second half, we focus on one of Tippett’s masterworks, The Vision of St. Augustine.

  

  Deal Hudson

  July 9, 2022

  Church and Culture Radio interviews 2021, Music

  Deal Hudson, Guy Rickards, Michael Tippett, Music, The Vision of St. Augustine

• Kenneth Woods, the conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, joined me to play and discuss some marvelous music he has recently recorded. Ken plays music by the British composers Matthew Taylor and Philip Sawyers.

  

  These new words by Matthew Taylor and Philip Sawyers both demonstrate the tradition we call ‘classical music’ remains vitally alive.

  Deal Hudson

  July 9, 2022

  Church and Culture Radio interviews 2021, Music

  classical music, Deal W Hudson, Ken Woods, Matthew Taylor, Philip Sawuers

• Prof. Francis O’Gorman talks about an informal group of scholars attempting to revive liberal education.

  

  Deal Hudson

  July 7, 2022

  Church and Culture Radio interviews 2021, Literature

  Church and Culture, Deal W. Hudson, Francis O’Gorman, liberal education

• Guy Rickards plays and discusses the early symphonic works of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. 

  

  We discuss the amazing facility of the young Sibelius, his ability to utilize the capacities of a large orchestra.  Thanks, Guy! We will be exploring all his later symphonies on future shows.

  Deal Hudson

  July 5, 2022

  Church and Culture Radio interviews 2021, Music

  Deal Hudson, early symphonies, Jean Sibelius, spirituality

• Music critic Guy Rickards guides us through the middle symphonies of Jean Sibelius, from the romantic #2 and classical #3 to the mysterious #4.

  

  Deal Hudson

  July 5, 2022

  Church and Culture Radio interviews 2021, Music

  Deal Hudson, Guy Rickards, Jean Sibelius, Symphonies