This week’s selection comes from Andrew Ormsby, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. Caitlín Maude was an Irish poet, playwright, actress and traditional singer from Rosmuc, Connemara, in the west of Ireland. Her version of the tr… read more
This week’s selection comes from Jonathan Summers, Curator of Classical Music Recordings. German born British musician Geroge Henschel was born in 1850 and became a close friend of Brahms whom he met in 1874 when the composer was 41 years of age. A mul… read more
This week’s selection comes from Lucy Armstrong, Audio Project Cataloguer for Unlocking our Sound Heritage. This is an extract of a recording of Introduction and Allegro by Edward Elgar from 1940. Like many recordings in the Stuart Pollard Collection, … read more
Suzanne Joinson introduces her work on Barbara Mullins, Juliet Pannett, and Ann Sutton. read more
This week’s selection comes from Cheryl Tipp, Curator of Wildlife & Environmental Sounds. Many birds are a dab hand when it comes to singing their name and the Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferous) is no exception. This nocturnal bird inhabits woodla… read more