Elric Hooper
The Isle is Full of Noises - Part 2
Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies The second of two programmes by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson. Audio
The Isle is Full of Noises - Part 1
Bali, the Gamelan and Walter Spies. The first of two programmes by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson. Audio
Monet and Debussy
Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at Impressionism and Music, and in particular the work of 'The Two Claudes'. Audio
The Song & Chance Act - Beat the Devil
Elric Hooper & Des Wilson look at gambling as a theatrical device in opera and musical theatre. Audio
The Song & Chance Act - Luck be a Lady
Elric Hooper & Des Wilson look at gambling as a theatrical device in opera and musical theatre. Audio
Verdi and Shakespeare
Elric Hooper and Des Wilson discuss what it was about Shakespearean forms that so inspired Verdi. Audio
Remembering Paul Wittgenstein
Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look into the life and times of the WWI veteran, one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein, remembered for the great works written for him by several major 20th century composers… Audio
Candide - Too Much Genius?
Voltaire's 18th century satirical novella takes the central character through a tumultuous series of adventures in a parody of the classic adventure-romance plot, all testing the philosophy of… Audio
Forgetting Ida Rubinstein Part 2
Forgetting Ida Rubinstein - Part 2 - Death of the Myth. Presented by Elric Hooper & Des Wilson. Audio, Gallery
Forgetting Ida Rubinstein Part 1
Forgetting Ida Rubinstein - Part 1 - La Belle Epoque. Presented by Elric Hooper and Des Wilson. Audio, Gallery
Elric Hooper
Theatre director and broadcaster Elric Hooper talks with Des Wilson about his life and his career in the performing arts Audio
The Rake's Progress by Stravinsky
A 1947 Chicago exhibition of William Hogarth's sequence of paintings depicting "A Rake's Progress" inspired Stravinsky to compose an opera. With a clever English libretto by WH Auden & Chester… Audio, Gallery
Harmonies of Horticulture
Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at the history of gardens and their reflections in music (RNZ) Audio
South Pacific
Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at the history of Rodgers and Hammerstein's great musical. Audio
Tosca
Musical thriller or grand opera? Melodramatic masterpiece or shabby little shocker? Elric Hooper and Des Wilson look at Puccini's 1900 setting of the story of the singer, the painter and the chief of… Audio
Albeniz - Fact or Fiction
Elric Hooper and Des Wilson explore the life and times of Isaac Albeniz, pianist and composer. Audio
Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) - Part Two: Between the Wars
The Parisian salon hostess La Princesse de Polignac was an American heiress to the vast Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Winnaretta Singer married into the French nobility and became an important… Audio
Winnaretta Singer (1865-1943) - Part One: La Belle Epoque
The Parisian salon hostess La Princesse de Polignac was an American heiress to the vast Singer Sewing Machine fortune. Winnaretta Singer married into the French nobility and became an important… Audio
Baritones
Elric Hooper & Des Wilson look at 200 years of star status of the baritone voice. Audio
The fanciful adventures of Don Quixote
The fanciful adventures of Cervantes' deluded knight Don Quixote and his hapless squire Sancho Panza have inspired painters, filmmakers, composers and philosophers ever since the Spanish Golden Age… Audio, Gallery