Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs
Series produced by KCME

Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs, hosted by Michael Campion, is a program for people who don't care for contemporary music and those who do, but want a lighter hand on the throttle. It's an hour-long voyage of discovery into twentieth and twenty-first century music during which you'll experience some of the finest and most enjoyable works you'll ever hear.
Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs is an hour-long weekly program produced and hosted by Michael Campion.
80 Pieces
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The lost art of incidental music. Selections by Gerald Finzi, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Carl Nielsen and others.
- Added: Jan 28, 2023
- Length: 58:13
Music for oboe by Malcolm Arnold, Bohuslav Martinu, Kenneth Fuchs, Gerald Finzi and others.
- Added: Jan 28, 2023
- Length: 58:14
Music inspired by great works of literature by Percy Shelley, Herman Melville, the Arabian Knights and others with music by Samuel Barber, Josef Bo...
- Added: Jan 13, 2023
- Length: 57:50
Music of the Neo-Classical genre with works by Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Paul Hindemith and others.
- Added: Dec 07, 2022
- Length: 57:37
A remembrance of the tragedy of 9-11 with heartfelt music by Arnold Bax, Maurice Ravel, Morton Gould and others.
- Added: Sep 16, 2022
- Length: 58:09
Music from the 20th century featuring the cello. Music by Leib Glantz, Sergei Prokofiev, Arthur Honegger, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar and ...
- Added: Sep 08, 2022
- Length: 57:44
Traditional and re-imagined applications of variation form this week with music by Respighi, Vaughan Williams, Rozsa and Poulenc.
- Added: Sep 01, 2022
- Length: 57:27
Sinfoniettas from the 20th century including works by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Leos Janacek, Malcolm Arnold and others.
- Added: Apr 04, 2022
- Length: 57:07
Music inspired by cold weather from antarctica to a snowy landscape to a snowman in music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Claude Debussy, Einouhani Raut...
- Added: Mar 12, 2022
- Length: 57:18
Virtuoso classical music for harmonica by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alan Hovhaness, Joaquin Rodrigo, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others.
- Added: Sep 11, 2021
- Length: 57:32
Music can elevate a mediocre film and make a great one immortal. The collaboration between director and composer is one of the most important in th...
- Added: Jun 25, 2021
- Length: 58:06
Music can elevate a mediocre film and make a great one immortal. The collaboration between director and composer is one of the most important in th...
- Added: Jun 25, 2021
- Length: 57:39
Polish composers have created some of the most original and some of the most enjoyable of the 20th and 21st centuries. This week we'll hear some of...
- Added: May 12, 2021
- Length: 58:16
Music for harp including music by Debussy, Arnold Bax, Jennifer Higdon and others.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 58:02
Music inspired by the life, tales and poems of Edgar Allen Poe.
- Added: Mar 29, 2021
- Length: 57:54
Music through the twentieth century premiered in the month of February including Rhapsody in Blue, Prokofiev's Lt. Kije, a piano tribute by Ravel a...
- Added: Feb 10, 2021
- Length: 57:59
A selection of works by 20th century composers that had their world premieres in the month of January.
- Added: Jan 19, 2021
- Length: 57:51
A selection of festive music to help celebrate the New Year.
- Added: Dec 23, 2020
- Length: 58:01
A selection of music for the holiday season inspired by the Christmas traditions of Britain.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 57:55
- Purchases: 1
Music for Christmas from composers all over the world.
Bought by WVIA and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 58:08
- Purchases: 2