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QOTN : Early summer from 2021-12-12T00:16:10

A summer-themed programme …. …. even though Tim hates summer. How strange is that!! Playlist: 05 December 2021 – Janáček: Glagolitic Mass: I. Orchestral Introduction. City of Birmingham Symphony...

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QOTN : World Instruments from 2021-11-30T09:55:17

It’s the world of less common musical instruments in this show. Plus the celebration of William Blake‘s birthday with two different settings of his poem The Lamb. Playlist: 28 November...

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QOTN : Mood music from 2021-11-26T04:37:06

  What mood are you in? Sunny, dramatic, peaceful, energetic, ….? Whatever you’re feeling, there is music to suit in this episode of Queen of the Night. Playlist: 21 November...

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QOTN : Birthdays to celebrate. But …. from 2021-11-09T00:54:48

… surely the stand-out piece in tonight’s programme is The Seal Lullaby. Simply gorgeous! Or maybe you have a different favourite? Playlist: 07 November 2021 – Strauss Jnr: On the...

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QOTN : Polio Day and Bird Week from 2021-11-02T07:22:25

This programme was broadcast on World Polio Day and at the end of Australia’s National Bird Week. And also at the end of a week where the Victorian Pride Centre,...

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QOTN : Artistic Alliteration from 2021-11-01T06:03:31

Get your fill of alliterative composers from Armand Arensky to Richard Rogers. It’s your host, Tim, having a bit of fun in choosing this programme’s magnificent music. 🙂Playlist: 17...

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QOTN : Go Gershwin! from 2021-09-29T05:41:38

  Celebrating George Gershwin on his birthday – an original in terms of crossover music – classical and jazz …. and even pop for those who remember Australian Normie Rowe‘s...

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QOTN : Aaaarrrrrghh!! from 2021-09-20T10:01:34

It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! Who knew so much piratical music has been written and played? Thank heavens Tim spares us! He shares only three pirate jokes 😉Playlist:...

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QOTN : Celebrating TV, film and … Mahler from 2021-09-15T05:06:25

What a bonanza of a show! In this edition of QOTN, Tim brings together music that celebrates old Europeans, a modern Australian, and the era of film, on screens large...

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QOTN : Eclectic Uplift from 2021-09-09T04:02:19

Hopeful, inspiring, uplifting – that’s this podcast … an eclectic mix of classical, opera, film, pop, ambient music. We’d love to hear from you! To make requests and give feedback...

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QOTN : Turning to Pop from 2021-08-30T10:25:55

Mixing it up a bit on Queen of the Night – celebrating what would have been the King of Pop’s 63rd birthday. We hear some of Michael Jackson’s music, jazz...

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QOTN : A (mostly) quieter pace from 2021-08-24T05:55:34

  This more calm and restful programme is not without its kick. You are warned! 🙂Playlist: 22 August 2021 – Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty op. 66: Act II: Scene...

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QOTN : Two Milestones from 2021-08-17T04:09:25

This podcast features music inspired by Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, poet, playwright, and historian, whose birthday it it is on the day of this live broadcast. And we have...

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QOTN : Lockdown Live from 2021-08-10T07:54:28

It’s lockdown No.6 so, in this podcast, we have music featuring that number – opus, prelude, symphony, number, sextet, sei voci …. but Four Seasons??? Playlist: 08 August 2021 –...

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QOTN : The Olympiad Edition from 2021-08-02T09:04

Your presenter, Tim, has Olympic connections so no question that this programme’s music has Olympic connections too – librettists, composers, performers. And it can all be enjoyed without flexin...

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QOTN : Star Spangled from 2021-07-13T07:49:04

This playlist, featuring only US composers, celebrates the 4th of July. It’s a little late due to Tim’s attack by larynx killer bugs. Playlist: 11 July 2021 – Williams: Born...

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QOTN : At the Pride Centre from 2021-06-30T07:38:43

Your host Tim returns to the airwaves, live, after JOY’s move to brand new studios at the Victorian Pride Centre. The (mostly!) joyful music in this podcast suits the successful...

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QOTN : Lyrical Lieder from 2021-05-17T07:05:31

This week’s programme features the work of German poet Friedrich Rückert. Tonight we hear four of his poems which Gustav Mahler set to music. There are three lieder from Strauss...

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QOTN : Opera, Ballet&More from 2021-05-10T01:36

Your presenter Tim’s enthusiasm for opera and ballet is evident as he talks about three productions in Melbourne at the moment – the ballet Swan Lake and the operas Aida...

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QOTN : Making progress from 2021-05-04T08:32:34

From death to life to love and the moon …. enjoy the musical journey. Playlist: 02 May 2021 – Rutter: Requiem: IV. Sanctus. Choir of King’s College, Cambridge&City...

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QOTN: Celebrating houses and homes from 2021-05-04T05:16:45

Tim and his partner have moved house. In exhaustion and relief Tim celebrates with this musical selection. Listeners will enjoy it too! Playlist: 25 April 2021 – Handel: Suite for...

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QOTN : It’s your Big Gun faves! from 2021-04-26T04:25:15

It’s Radiothon time again and your host Tim brings out some of your most popular requests for the occasion. Listeners respond so well to Radiothon that by the end of...

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QOTN : Kia Ora – Celebrating the Oz-NZ Travel Bubble (with fingers crossed!) from 2021-04-14T04:01:20

Your Queen of the Night plays Kiwi-themed music to celebrate the creation of a travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa / The Land of the Long White...

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QOTN : It’s Easter from 2021-04-05T04:54:21

Tim plays Easter music on this Easter Sunday broadcast. Nothing more needs be said …. except Best Easter wishes to you! Playlist: 04 April 2021 – Anfossi: La Morte di...

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QOTN : Happy Birthday, Tim! from 2021-03-28T09:48:42

Your host Timothy Perry made it to 35 a few days before this show was broadcast. In this programme he understandably, and thankfully agreeably, indulges his passions, especially when it...

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QOTN : If you go down to the woods today… from 2021-03-25T07:56:57

A prize – or Congratulations! at least LOL – if you knew it was International Day of Forests on the day this programme was broadcast. It was, and Tim plays...

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QOTN : Love it or hate it! from 2021-03-18T09:56:37

Telephone music and Gilbert&Sullivan – wonderful or woeful? No such controversy about additional Japanese-inspired music that follows. And much more besides … even a Christmas carol sneaks in!.....

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QOTN : After summer… from 2021-03-12T07:38:16

Queen of the Night says “Welcome to Autumn!” Aaaah, those balmy days and cooler nights. Playlist: 07 March 2021 – Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde: II. Der Einsame im...

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QOTN : After summer … from 2021-03-12T07:38:16

Queen of the Night says “Welcome to Autumn!”

Aaaah, those balmy days and cooler nigh...

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QOTN Celebrates Finnish and Chinese Culture from 2021-03-01T07:16:32

This programme celebrates Finnish Culture Day, aka Kalevala Day and, belatedly, Lunar or Chinese New Year. Thus we have music by Finnish and Chinese composers and music with themes from...

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QOTN : Across times and styles from 2021-02-10T06:10:29

This programme crosses centuries and genres. It starts with music of two w...

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QOTN : Across times and styles from 2021-02-10T06:10:29

This programme crosses centuries and genres. It starts with music of two wooden puppets, one Italian, the other Russian. Elvis Presley’s Wooden Heart would fit right in …. but doesn’t...

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QOTN–Morning has broken from 2021-02-01T05:45:55

Wake up, open your eyes, new possibilities await … this week’s theme is sunrise! Listen out for a very ‘special’ first in Tim’s 11 years of presenting Queen of the...

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QOTN : Truly eclectic! from 2021-01-21T10:12:55

From the Wild West to a Zombie Apocalypse to the Antarctic…. What more could anyone possibly want? Well Tim has plenty more for you to enjoy! Playlist: 17 January 2021...

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QOTN : Truly eclectic! from 2021-01-21T10:12:55

From the Wild West to a Zombie Apocalypse to the Antarctic…. What more could anyone possibly want? Well Tim has plenty more for you to enjoy! Playlist: 17 January 2021...

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QOTN welcomes 2021 from 2021-01-10T03:29:51

The calendar has been re-set, looking forward positively. In this podcast, some names that will be heard often during 2021 are introduced, celebrating their lives and the gifts that their...

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QOTN : 2020 comes to an end from 2021-01-03T06:47:16

In the final Queen of the Night programme for 2020, Tim is determined that, no matter what,...

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QOTN : 2020 comes to an end from 2021-01-03T06:47:16

In the final Queen of the Night programme for 2020, Tim is determined that, no matter what, the year has a happy ending …. even if it only comes to...

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QOTN: Christmas Edition from 2020-12-29T03:22:32

Your presenter Tim Perry is overJOYed to be back in the studio, broadcasting live this Christmas Edition of Queen of the Night. Tim presents 100% beautiful music, not a jingle...

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QOTN : From Schumann to Elgar from 2020-12-19T11:31:53

From Schumann to Elgar …. and various points in between. ...

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QOTN : From Schumann to Elgar from 2020-12-19T11:31:53

From Schumann to Elgar …. and various points in between. Links between composers, subject matter, instruments. Listen out for the links or simply enjoy the music. Playlist: 06 December 2020... Listen

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QOTN : The Movember Show from 2020-12-01T07:27:12

What do Puccini, Charlie Chaplin, Faure, Elgar, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Grieg, and Janacek have in common? They all had moustaches! This is your presenter Tim’s very subtle Movember....

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QOTN : The Movember Show from 2020-12-01T07:27:12

What do Puccini, Charlie Chaplin, Faure, Elgar, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Grieg, and Janacek have in common? They all had moustaches! This is your presenter Tim’s very subtle Movember....

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QOTN : Connery, Bond, Spring, and more from 2020-11-14T22:37:54

This programme was originally presented shortly after the death of Sir Sean Connery. As a tribute to him, this episode of Queen of the Night includes music from several of...

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QOTN : Connery, Bond, Spring, and more from 2020-11-14T22:37:54

This programme was originally presented shortly after the death of Sir Sean Conn...

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QOTN : All Hallows Eve = Halloween from 2020-11-03T04:33:09

Your host Tim matches fabulous music to various ‘celebrations’ of the infamous of this date. Check out the characters and events of history, literature, film, given below. What music would... Listen

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QOTN : All Hallows Eve = Halloween from 2020-11-03T04:33:09

Your host Tim matches fabulous music to various ‘celebrations’ of the infamous o...

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QOTN : More Queen of the Night Classics from 2020-11-01T07:32:41

A few birthdays, a successful life and working partnership, entirely beautiful music. Chill! Playlist: 25 October 2020 – Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op.23: II. Andantino S...

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QOTN : More Queen of the Night Classics from 2020-11-01T07:32:41

A few birthdays, a successful life and working partnership, entirely beautiful musi...

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QOTN : Double the pleasure from 2020-10-19T05:03:37

Concerto good, double concerto better? …. If yes, then this is a ‘better’ podcast with several double concerti – or should that be concertos? Oh, either will do 😉Lots...

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QOTN : Double the pleasure from 2020-10-19T05:03:37

Concerto good, double concerto better? …. If yes, then this is a ‘better’...

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QOTN : Sunrise, sunset from 2020-10-11T12:40:02

For a change of pace, the early part of this show is music without strings. We also have music by and for royalty, some Covid therapy, and much more. It’s...

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QOTN : Sunrise, sunset from 2020-10-11T12:40:02

For a change of pace, the early part of this show is music without strings. We also have music by and for royalty, some Covid therapy, and much more. It’s...

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QOTN : Compare and contrast from 2020-10-04T10:32:23

If you have a taste for bells, cello and oboe – or indeed Liszt, Rautavaara, Beethoven (of course Beethoven!) and more – then this is your Queen of the Night...

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QOTN : Compare and contrast from 2020-10-04T10:32:23

If you have a taste for bells, cello and oboe – or indeed Liszt, Rauta...

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QOTN : Listen gratefully from 2020-09-27T13:10:08

The past week has been National Deaf Awareness Week 2020. This programme celebrates the music of composers who became deaf later in life plus one composer, Arvo Pärt, who commented...

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QOTN : Listen gratefully from 2020-09-27T13:10:08

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QOTN : Make a joyful noise from 2020-09-25T08:29:23

This week it’s a (mostly) JOYful show from your JOY 94.9 radio station. Some music is rousing (Vielen Dank, Herr Bach!), and some is quieter, perhaps for relaxing in your...

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QOTN : Make a joyful noise from 2020-09-25T08:29:23

This week it’s a (mostly) JOYful show from your JOY 94.9 radio station.

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It’s eclectic from 2020-09-14T05:49:44

To celebrate Roald Dahl‘s birthday, this programme features music from films of two of his books, including your presenter Tim’s favourite. There’s music from an Olympic gold medallist and Galli...

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Question time from 2020-09-10T12:22:29

From time to time moral questions are raised about artworks. In the middle of this podcast of beautiful music, your presenter Tim ponders how to separate the music from the...

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Avian delight from 2020-09-01T14:51:24

The return of the Collins Street peregrine falcons to lay their eggs is a life-affirming event in these anxious times. The falcons inspire the bird theme of this week’s show....

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A Touch of Tartan from 2020-08-25T04:34:37

For lovers of the kilt, a fine Scottish thread runs through this Queen of the Night program … which also includes some very un-Scottish pieces! Playlist: 23 August 2020 –...

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Classical music? from 2020-08-18T03:39:20

Is classical music the music of men who died centuries ago? Or can music classified as electronic by a popular music source also be described as classical? You be the...

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Stage 4 from 2020-08-09T10:40:05

Marking Stage 4 Corona Virus lock-down, this episode of Queen of the Night has a close affinity with the number 4. Check out the play list! Enjoy the music!! Playlist:...

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Escapism from 2020-08-06T05:52:55

Olympics, levity, legends and more – this program is designed to lift your spirits and take your mind off isolation, masks and sanitiser. Playlist: 02 August 2020 Vivaldi: L’Olimpiade: Del... Listen

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Farewell Harriet from 2020-07-27T05:08:30

Sad but uplifting – only in music is this not a contradiction. This edition of Queen of the Night farewells Harriet, who died during the past week. Harriet was a...

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Exult and rejoice from 2020-07-19T12:05:35

This Queen of the Night podcast is for our times, music to soothe the stresses and strains of living in a time of pandemic. If it’s hard to find a...

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Celebrating from 2020-07-14T04:11:46

Queen of the Night celebrates birthdays, keyboards (3 pieces this week), and Morricone. Ennio Morricone, who died on 06 July 2020 at the age of 91, composed 400+ film scores,...

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Sax on the brain from 2020-06-29T04:04:51

In 1846 one Antoine-Joseph “Adolphe” Sax, a Belgian musician and inventor, patented the saxaphone. The saxophone is celebrated in this edition of Queen of the Night with music from various... Listen

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Chill! from 2020-06-29T03:41:28

Calm and relaxing – but definitely not bland, boring or saccharine! That’s this edition of Queen of the Night. Playlist: 21 June 2020 Wassenaer (attributed to Pergolesi): Concerto Armonici no.1:...

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Celebrating Pushkin from 2020-06-14T08:54:07

This week’s show includes music that is rousing, dreamy, crazy and more. It also celebrates the birth in 1799 of a writer who inspired so many composers, one Alexander Pushkin,...

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Glitter and be gay from 2020-06-05T04:36:58

It started with Priscilla …. Let your imagination run riot! This week’s theme is Opera Drag, with your host starring in all the soprano show-stopper roles. Tim might or might...

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Celebrating volunteers from 2020-05-27T05:33:50

This programme first aired during National Volunteer Week 2020. This week’s music is chosen by or played for some of JOY’s fabulous volunteers. There are some “top of the pops”...

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Back in the studio from 2020-05-22T05:29:22

Tim is super-excited to be back in the studio after The Virus forced the show to be pre-recorded at home. Lots of joyful music in this podcast … and the...

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A little luscious music from 2020-05-13T06:24:54

From A Summer Place and Gone with the Wind to Karl Jenkins’ arrangement of Beethoven, there’s enough here to make you swoon …. maybe even more than a little ♥...

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Star Wars and more from 2020-05-05T08:25:06

With “the fourth” being the day after the original broadcast of this programme, what else but a decent serve of Star Wars? Plus more, naturally – including a bit of...

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It’s all about the dance …. and Radiothon from 2020-04-30T06:41:43

This is the JOY 2020 Radiothon edition of Queen of the Night. Please go to JOY’s web page to donate, subscribe, join or renew your membership. Support JOY 94.9 ……...

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Reinvention from 2020-04-24T06:26:33

Does A sound like B? Can you hear Waltzing Matilda in the Hummel? Something to listen out for in this programme? Playlist: 19 April 2020 Beethoven: Mass in C: Benedictus....

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Music for our times from 2020-04-19T07:12:34

We start with challenging music this week, first with the disonance of the gloomy sounding “From the House of the Dead” and move on to, in times of virus, doing...

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In the time of lockdown from 2020-04-18T10:08:10

COVID-19 is not the biggest thing of 2020! That would be Beethoven 🙂But if self-isolation is driving you mad, you’re not alone … there’s plenty of madness in opera!...

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Look to the heavens from 2020-04-13T08:01:56

This week, we start and finish the programme looking to the heavens, with glorious music in between. In a time of pandemic and uncertainty, we can rely on the familiar,...

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Beware the Ides of March from 2020-03-21T07:53:02

Is it history or is it trivia? Learn about the Ides of March, why 15 March 44 BC was significant for Julius Caesar, then listen for the neat segue to...

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International Women’s Day from 2020-03-20T13:57:26

We celebrate International Women’s Day with a playlist filled by music from wonderful women composers. Playlist: 08 March 2020 Cecile Chaminade: Flute Concertino in D major, op.107. James Galway...

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10 years of Queen of the Night from 2020-03-07T00:56:40

Queen of the Night celebrates 10 years on air at Joy 94.9 with a programme mix of classical and film crowd pleasers plus some of Tim’s favourites. Congratulations to Tim...

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Love and Death in Music from 2020-02-29T01:33:08

In this podcast we start with ballet music, end with a funeral march and have some wonderfully deep Russian bass voices, and more, in between. What’s not to enjoy! Playlist:...

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Cry, Sleep, Awake! from 2020-02-23T05:35:12

  In this show we have a selection of sacred and secular classical music. There is also some music that might put you to sleep (surely not!) and wake you...

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Remembering Kirk Douglas from 2020-02-15T05:29:01

A potpourri of music awaits in this podcast. As he died during the week prior to this broadcast, there is a special tribute to Kirk Douglas with music from the...

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Happy Chinese New Year from 2020-02-10T00:51:45

In this episode, Queen of the Night celebrates Chinese New Year. Each Chinese New Year, the show begins with film music composed by Tan Dun. The tradition continues! In the...

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Celebrating the January long weekend from 2020-02-06T12:36:13

Three firsts of note in this show, which went to air on the Australia Day long weekend …. the 26 January premieres of Cosi Fan Tutte (1790) and Der Rosenkavalier...

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Carnival time from 2020-01-25T05:38:23

This program went to air on Melbourne’s Midsumma Carnival day. Unsurprisingly, the music in this edition of Queen of the Night reflects midsummer, carnivals, and fairs! Also, 19 January is... Listen

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Wayfaring, and more from 2020-01-21T06:43:46

In this program, some vague connections – titles, year of composition, country of origin, anniversaries. Enjoy! Playlist: 12 January, 2020 Adolf Jensen: The Heiress of Montfort: Ballet Music. Ph...

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Happy New Year from Queen of the Night from 2020-01-20T07:22:24

Welcome to Queen of the Night with Timothy Perry for 2020. Also, in this year of Beethoven, welcome to the return of podcasts. In tonight’s show, music of the 1920s or...

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Alexander vs Ivan the Terrible vs Vivaldi from 2019-08-26T07:59:54

Music this week includes: Sergei Prokofiev, from the score to the film Ivan the Terrible Vangelis, Across the Mountain from the film Alexander Yehudi Menuhin and Ravi Shankar, “Prahabti” Gustav....

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Baroque‘n Roll from 2019-08-18T22:19:38

This week, Pop songs rearranged in baroque-ish style. Music includes: Philip Glass, music from the film Powaqqatsi Gustavo Santalolla, string quartet, music from the film Brokeback Mountain Fréd...

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Kween of the Knight from 2019-08-12T03:34:56

This week it’s all brought to you by the letter K! Music includes: Aram Khachaturian, Masquerade Waltz Elena Kats-Chernin, Naïve Waltz Dmitry Kabalevsky, 1st Cello Concerto, II. Largo Alexandr D...

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Comedy, laughing, music and jokes from 2019-08-05T05:01:12

Music this week includes: Verdi, Overture from Rigoletto Carlo Bergzoni, Su Profetssa, Monta Il Trepie Frederic Chopin, Scherzo No. 2 Franz Léhar Das Land Des Lächelns, Operette in Drei Akten......

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Holst, Lanchbery and Jóhann Jóhannson from 2019-08-05T04:37:11

Music this week includes: Gustav Holst, Japanese Suite, The Dancing Marionette John Lanchbery, The Tales of Beatrix Potter film score Gabriel Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine Ernest Chausson p. 21...

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Lunar leanings from 2019-07-23T04:08:54

Music inspired by, about and relating to the moon, on this the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing.

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Dances in the dark from 2019-07-15T04:15:54

A collection of orchestral dances for your evening listening pleasure.

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Whatcha Haydn? from 2019-07-10T05:21:13

Music this week includes, Franz Josef Haydn, 92nd symphony, third movement Vaughn Williams, Oxford Elegy Giovanni Bottesini, Arabian Nights, The Desert Alan Hovhaness, Oror (op. 1) Rufus Wainwri...

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A bit of La Divina before dinner from 2019-07-01T06:14:52

This week, we start with Maria Callas and go from there! Giacomo Puccini, Tosca, “O dolci mani” with La divina, Maria Callas. JS Bach, Prelude for lute in C minor...

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Ice Queen from 2019-06-24T12:06:17

It’s cold outside. Here’s some music for when you want to revel in the icy weather. This week, music includes: Batman (1989) overture, Danny Elfman Seventh Symphony, Symphonia Antarctica with......

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Rivers, clouds and The World of the Moon from 2019-06-17T03:40:18

Looking at nature, clouds and full moons this week. Music includes: Two movements from Sean O’Boyle’s River Symphony Blue Danube waltz, sung by Richard Tauber ‘Ferry Me Across the Water’...

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Unexpected finds from 2019-06-10T03:26:12

Some music from unexpected people, places and styles. This week includes: Otto Nicolai Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor – Overture Fantasia on Greensleeves – Ralph Vaughn Williams Sacred Songs no...

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Music for a rainy winter day from 2019-06-02T13:00:58

What better time than a rainy Sunday for a trip through the movies? And we have a welcome to winter this week. Bear McCreary, Godzilla: King of the Monsters The...

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Oboe she better don’t from 2019-05-27T07:33:58

This week Tim is joined by his mum and their mate Russ. Our woodwind-heavy show this week includes: La forza del destino Giuseppe Verdi Renate Tebaldi, soloist WA Mozart Oboe...

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Radiothon Love from 2019-05-20T03:00:34

This week, a selection of songs reflecting this year’s Radiothon theme: Love. Music includes: Nino Rota Love theme from Romeo and Juliet Giuseppe Verdi Rigoletto Belle filia del amore La...

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In an artistic frame of mind from 2019-05-10T01:22:28

This week we’re looking at some music from films and other works for an artistic frame of mind. Our program this week includes selections from Tosca, Offenbach and Beethoven.  

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If not baroque, don’t fix it from 2019-05-06T01:19:22

A selection of classical music to get you ready for the week ahead. John Williams Duel of the Fates Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Original Score Jóhann Jóhannsson “Model of...

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One hit wonders from 2019-04-14T10:07:13

What else did that guy do? Ah, er, nothing that you’d heard of. This week, the notable works of one-hit wonders. Carl Orff O Fortuna Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin...

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Forever and no time at all from 2019-04-07T09:47:16

This week, we listen to some unique film scores, music by local Melbourne composers and a piece or two that sounds simple yet is musically deceptively complex. Music includes: Howard...

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Battle of the Viennese Schools from 2019-03-31T08:41:54

This week we look at the two different Viennese Schools of classical music, and Tim is joined by his shadow-broadcaster-in-training Aidan! Music includes: JS Bach Toccata And Fugue In D...

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Portugal, Ireland and…Britten? from 2019-03-24T09:20:53

This week we look at composers and artists whose names are geographical – a search that’s come up with some nice finds. This show includes: J.S. Bach Concerto No. 2...

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Berlioz sesquicentennial and the remarkable Newman family from 2019-03-17T12:53:21

Amidst the roar of the crowds at the Australian Grand Prix across town, we take a bit of time to listen to the music of Hector Berlioz. Berlioz, a French composer was born in 1803 and passed away 8...

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International Women’s Day Special from 2019-03-10T12:00:08

This week we hear a show of all female composers. Classical music has a reputation for being a boy’s club and this show is all about changing that.

Music includes:

Flute C...

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