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Episode Five of The Forgotten Melodies Podcast is now online at www.forgottenmelodiespodcast.com. This week, to mark the 100th anniversary of his death in 1907, Danny focuses exclusively on the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Born in Bergen to a musical family, Edvard Hagerup Grieg...

Episode Four of The Forgotten Melodies Podcast is now online at www.forgottenmelodiespodcast.com. On this week’s show, Danny Grimwood plays pieces by two Russian composers, Lyapunov and Rachmaninov. Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924) studied under Balakirev and was heavily influenced by him. He was...

Episode Three of The Forgotten Melodies Podcast is now online at www.forgottenmelodiespodcast.com. This week, Danny focuses on two French composers, Charles Valentin Alkan and Francois Couperin (and finishes with a spot of JS Bach for good measure!). Alkan (1813-1888), a contemporary of...

Welcome to Episode Two of The Forgotten Melodies Podcast. This week, Danny Grimwood traces a path from the green fields of Ireland to the icy steppes of Russia, as he discusses how two western composers played a significant part in the development of Russian piano music. To demonstrate this...

Hello everyone Just a quick message to introduce myself. My name is Mike O'Hara, I'm a new member, and I'm looking forward to joining the community. I'm an amateur musician myself, with a love of classical music, particularly the late romantic period. I've just started producing a...