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.
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The guitar wasn't much on composer's radar for many years. The great guitar virtuosi of the 20th century changed all of this. Their incredible mast...
- Added: May 02, 2020
- Length: 58:05
A selection of music inspired by the season of renewal. Works by Respighi, Delius, Debussy and others this week.
- Added: Apr 23, 2020
- Length: 58:07
History, fiction or legend? A little of all three in a program of music inspired by legendary characters including Cyrano de Bergerac, Don Quixote,...
- Added: Apr 10, 2020
- Length: 57:45
With very few classical traditions to look back on Irish composers at the turn of the 20th century had to forge a new musical personality for their...
- Added: Mar 28, 2020
- Length: 57:27
Over the past four hundred years, women in the arts have had difficulty finding acceptance. Gratefully, women in our own generation have made great...
Bought by High Plains Public Radio
- Added: Mar 14, 2020
- Length: 57:16
- Purchases: 1
For many people, the music of Aaron Copland IS America. He created a style that was unique and special and influenced generations of composers afte...
- Added: Mar 01, 2020
- Length: 57:10
Serge Diaghilev's creation of the Ballet Russe in 1909 changed ballet in the 20th century. IN the second of two programs dedicated to the company, ...
- Added: Mar 28, 2020
- Length: 58:06
Serge Diaghilev's creation of the Ballet Russe in 1909 changed ballet in the 20th century. In the first of two episodes dedicated to the company we...
- Added: Feb 15, 2020
- Length: 57:56
Birds represent different things to cultures all over the world. On the program this week, music from across the globe inspired by these amazing cr...
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio
- Added: Feb 01, 2020
- Length: 58:22
- Purchases: 1
A pastoral is a piece inspired by nature and on the program this week a selection of lovely works in the genre by Vaughan Williams, Delius, Poulenc...
- Added: Jan 06, 2020
- Length: 58:07
Debussy's determination to do something radically new not only changed the course of music, but resulted in stunning musical works. We'll hear some...
- Added: Dec 24, 2019
- Length: 58:09
Taking a cue from Handel, we'll hear music inspired by water from a stream, to a canal, to a lake to an ocean.
- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 57:37
Brilliant orchestrations of keyboard works by J. S. Bach by Respighi, Elgar, Holst, Schoenberg and others.
- Added: Nov 30, 2019
- Length: 58:02
A selection of engaging music of wit, charm and imagination by the French composer.
- Added: Nov 26, 2019
- Length: 57:13
A selection of delightful comedy overtures from around the world.
- Added: Nov 23, 2019
- Length: 58:10
Music inspired by modes of transportation.
- Added: Nov 11, 2019
- Length: 58:04
A burlesque is a piece with a biting wit and a biting humor. This week musical burlesques from around the globe.
- Added: Oct 25, 2019
- Length: 58:06
Variations on Paganini's famous 24th Caprice, a theme that has inspired composers for over 200 years.
- Added: Sep 14, 2019
- Length: 58:00
Music inspired by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
- Added: Sep 09, 2019
- Length: 58:10
Music of the 20th and 21st centuries inspired by Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque styles.
- Added: Sep 09, 2019
- Length: 57:39