Classical music that makes you smarter

In this episode we will highlight the upcoming concert of the Wellington City Orchestra who are performing Dmitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto #1 and New Zealand composers Douglas Lilburn / Aoteoroa Overture and Anthony Ritchie / Symphony #1

Many listeners own a cat, like cats or just want to get into the current trend of being a cat lady. This episode is dedicated to USA Republican Candidate for vice president J.D. Vance and as well to Taylor Swift who endorsed Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris with a cat friendly special sign off. Lets listen to classical music that have cat themes, either in the title, theme, or through cat-like musical ideas or motifs

In previous "Listen to this!" episodes we highlighted the performance of the Nelson Symphony and their concert called "Travel Plans". Even though its musical program is also about different places, the Christchurch Youth Orchestra’s concert is less about the cultural aspects of a different country and more about the visceral FEELING of the geography of a different land.

Ahhh love….We all want it… sometimes we find it sometimes we lose it. How does classical music bring us love and Romance through the story of the classic story of Romeo and Juliet.

Let’s groove with our modern moves to the old classical beats.

Let’s continue to open up our lives to new feelings, new ways of thinking, new sensations by exploring the world through classical music with the music of The Nelson Symphony Orchestra’s concert, Travel Plans.. Aaron Copland's visit the USA with Appalachian Spring, New Zealand with Natalie Hunt's Only to the Mountain Highest and Spain with Joachim Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez.