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Perfect Pitch brings you a whole new approach to classical music. For experts and beginners alike, Perfect Pitch is an accessible, relaxed, and informative dive into the best classical works over the centuries and some of the fascinating stories behind the music and their composers.

Nick Hely-Hutchinson


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 37m AVG DURATION
    • 157 EPISODES


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    S2.E76.Elgar Organ Sonata, Clara Schumann Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Ignaz Moscheles Piano Concerto 4

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 35:29


    We would love to hear from you, wherever you are!https://www.perfectpitchpod.com/contact/@NickHelyHutchThank you for listening - please do get in touch with any comments!

    S2.E75. Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Mozart Marriage of Figaro.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 41:43


    We would love to hear from you, wherever you are!https://www.perfectpitchpod.com/contact/@NickHelyHutchThank you for listening - please do get in touch with any comments!

    S2.E74. Milhaud 'Scaramouche', Wagner Siegfried Idyll, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 43:04


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    S2.E73. Easter Offerings, with some light relief. Beethoven Rage over a lost Penny, Haydn Symphony 60, Handel Worthy is the Lamb, Mahler Symphony 2.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 34:50


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    S2.E72. Verdi Lux Aeterna, Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa, Mozart Sonata Facile, Dvorak 8 Finale.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 39:23


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    S2.E71. Music For Spring. Bach Keyboard Concerto 3, Schubert Im Fruhling, Beethoven Spring Sonata.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 31:59


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    S2.E70. Episode 150! Dvorak Serenade for Strings, Field Nocturne 5, Mozart 'Batti, batti', Schumann Clarinet Fantasy Pieces.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 40:07


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    S2.E69 Bruch Kol Nidrei, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2, Mozart La Clemenza di Tito, Beethoven Symphony 2.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 40:02


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    S2.E68. Love in all its guises - anguish with Martini ‘Plaisir d'amour', joy with Lensky in Tchaikovsky's ‘Onegin', romance with Bruckner's 4th Symphony Scherzo, passion with Ravel's ‘Bolero'.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 38:59


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    S2.E67 A Schubert Serenade, Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, Schubert 1st Symphony Finale.,

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 38:26


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    S2.E66. Less familiar Beethoven, Leonore No.1, 2 less familiar sextets, Donizetti and Dvorak - and Brahms 4 finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2025 35:15


    We would love to hear from you, wherever you are!Apologies for erroneously attributing 'Barber of Seville' to Donizetti - can't think what came over me! BoS belongs, of course, to Rossini.https://www.perfectpitchpod.com/contact/@NickHelyHutchThank you for listening - please do get in touch with any comments!

    S2.E65.Happy New Year with Weber, Bellini, and Tchaikovsky.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 34:30


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    S2.E64. Your own Christmas music, with no interruptions! A mixture of joyful and reflective.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 110:13


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    S2.E63. Some nostalgia with Vaughan Williams and Schubert, book-ended with Haydn Sunrise and a mystery symphonic finale.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 37:43


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    S2.E62. From Stanley Trumpet Voluntary to Strauss's 2nd Horn Concerto via Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu and a Sibelius Scherzo.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 39:17


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    S2,E61.In praise of Choral Music - Parry, Stanford, Tallis Purcell, Boelmann, Bach,

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 39:12


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    S2.E60. Hello again! Chopin Piano Concerto 1, 1st movement (as good as you'll get); Finzi Romance; 3rd movement Mozart 3rd Violin Concerto.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 38:18


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    S2.E59. Meditative Mozart, String Quartet k157, slightly bonkers Strauss, Burlesk Concertante, lighthearted Sullivan Pineapple Poll Suite.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 42:04


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    S2.E58. More von Suppe! Beethoven Triple Concerto; Strauss Befreit; Gershwin Piano Concerto.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 40:05


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    S2.E57 Music to perpetuate the Olympic spirit - Mozart Sonata k381 for 4 hands; Handel Ev'ry Valley; Blumenfeld Etude; Beethoven Allegretto, 7th Symphony.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 39:55


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    S2.E56. 'Un Pack de Six pour les Olympiques'. Chabrier, Debussy, Faure, Saint Saens, Gossec, Poulenc.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 35:32


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    S2.E55. Soul and magnificence, book-ended with Baroque - Marcello Oboe Concerto, Mendelssohn Andante D Mi Piano Trio, Finale Finzi Cello Concerto, Handel Ode for St Cecilia's Day.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 34:48


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    S2.E54. A mixture of Patriotism and Beauty. Walton Facade, Mozart Dove Sono. Scarlatti Sonata k27, Villa Lobos Choros 1, Elgar Pomp and Circumstance 1.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 32:24


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    S2.E53. At last! Mendelssohn's E minor Violin Concerto.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 31:17


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    S2.E52. Pique Dame Overture, according to Von Suppe, E lucevan le Stelle from Tosca, and some real charm with Mozart Piano Concerto No.9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 38:24


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    S2.E51. Perk-me-up music! Berlioz Le Corsaire, Broschi Sol qual nave ch'agitata, Grieg Holberg Suite.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 42:16


    S2.E50.Thoughts on D Day with Britten, Coates, Mendelssohn, Elgar.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 38:42


    S2.E49. Fizz with Dvorak's Scherzo Capriccioso, Handel's melting 'Where 'er You Walk, Light Touch with Chopin Nocturne op 9 no.2, and high spirits with the finale of Schumann's Piano Concerto.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 35:44


    S2.E48. Jollity, Sentimentality, and Charm. Mozart Bassoon Concerto; Mahler 5th Adagietto; Dvorak Humoresque 7 for Violin and Piano.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 34:59


    A Chamber of Miniatures. Rossini Sonata for Strings; Beethoven Quartet from Fidelio and String Quartet 13; Faure Chansons sans Parole and his Berceuse; and a novel take on Bach Cma Prelude No.1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 44:36


    S2.E46.Chabrier Espana, Haydn Joke Quartet, Wagner Liebestod, Ravel Piano Concerto

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2024 44:56


    S2.E45.From earthly pranks to celestial peace. Smetana Dance of The Comedians, Strauss Till Eulenspiegel, Elgar Angel's Farewell.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 33:32


    S2.E44. Joy, Drama, Solace. Von Suppe Light Cavalry Overture, Tchaikovsky 6th Symphony, Verdi Libera Me.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 37:08


    S2.E43. Mood Music - Delius Walk into The Paradise Garden, and Schubert Unfinished in full.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 41:48


    S2.E42. Two Firsts with a One-Off in between: Beethoven 1st Symphony, Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano, Berwald 1st Symphony.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 40:56


    S2.E41. RIP Maurizio Pollini. Chopin and Beethoven.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 48:45


    S2.E40. One from the archives, with an addition: Bach's St Matthew Passion and the finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony,

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 59:05


    S2.E39 Jollity at both ends with something melty in the middle! Coleridge-Taylor Danse Negre, Mozart Piano Concerto 27, Saint Saens 'Ma coeur s'ouvre...', and 2 doses of Bach, father and son - Hunting Cantata on the piano, Cello Concerto,

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 37:30


    S2.E38. A mixed bag of high octane stuff! Weber Der Freischutz Overture, Verdi Rigoletto, Chopin Scherzo 3, Britten Soirees Musicales.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 40:11


    S2.E37. Widor Toccata played the way he preferred, Two Doses of Spring with Delius and Schumann, and thrilling Beethoven in his Third Cello Sonata

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 33:11


    S2.E36. Two sets of variations - Brahms on 'Haydn', Haydn on himself. And another grand finale - with Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 35:46


    S2.E35. Acrobatics with Handel's Da Tempeste and Bach Gigue Partita 2, Quirkiness in a Poulenc Sonata, and a triumphant finale with Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 31:34


    S2.E34. Full throttle with Elgar's Cockaigne, a glorious Massenet melody from Werther, a one-off take of Bocherini, and crisp, exuberant Mozart in the Hafner symphony.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 35:32


    S2.E33. Revolutionary Freshness - Beethoven 8 in full.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 31:25


    S2.E32. High Spirits and Charm - Bach E ma Violin Concerto, Gounod Jewel Song, 2 Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Schumann Spring Symphony.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 33:18


    S2.E31. Playful Mozart, Sonata for Two Pianos, Love Monteverdi's way, A Trip to Italy with Mendelssohn, and thence to Bavaria with the Elgars.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 38:21


    S2.E30. Winter through the lenses of Holst and Tchaikovsky, Chaos with Chopin, High Spirits with Dvorak.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 33:56


    S2.E29. A cheerful start for 2024.Strauss, Faure, Couperin, Wood, A Bit of Fun, Debussy/Ravel.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 35:38


    Die Fledermaus Overture, Pavane, Tic Tok Choc, Dingdong Merrily, A little test, Tarantelle Styrienne.

    S2.E28. Christmas Victor's way - Hely-Hutchinson's Carol Symphony.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 26:01


    S2.E27 A different collection of Christmas goodies - Ponchielli, Durufle, Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir, Gluck, and Beethoven.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2023 42:43


    S2.E26. Delicate ears beware - this is LOUD! Bach Christmas Cantata Chorus; Brahms Hungarian Rhapsodies 1, 6; Liszt Piano Concerto 1 in full; Saint Saens Organ Symphony finale.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 43:14


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