Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City'

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A showcase of sound recordings and anecdotes connected with my varied work as a musician, guitarist and composer.

Robin Hill


    • Feb 16, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 66 EPISODES


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    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 66

    Play Episode Play 56 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 20:08


    A radio interview first broadcast in the early 1990s with Robin Hill & Peter Wiltschinsky...plus a trip to Mozambique..

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 65

    Play Episode Play 35 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 20:17


    Rare audio of Friday Night is Music Night featuring Robin Hill & Peter Wiltschinsky and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth.....plus  'Smokin' With Dinosaurs'!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 64

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 20:43


    From an alegrias by Celedonio Romero to a sublime melody by Franz Schubert to a song by a Tyneside composer to a song inspired by Snow White!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 63

    Play Episode Play 53 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 24:18


    Rare and previously unheard recordings of pieces by Gimenez and Anton Diabelli...plus a New Year's resolution...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 62

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 17:41


    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 61

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 20:17


    From a live double concerto by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, performed with the National Irish Symphony Orchestra to the iconic guitars of George Harrison, Get Back and Beatlemania...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 60

    Play Episode Play 45 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 18:58


    From Antonio Soler to Mario Gangi to latin homework....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 59

    Play Episode Play 54 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 21:32


    From a world premiere recording of Ida Presti's 'Espagne' to an original Giga to Agustin Barrios to a Jota to another Spanish dance recorded in North Yorkshire!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 58

    Play Episode Play 45 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 21:45


    Previously unheard private recordings of 'Concerto Primavera' theme from 4th movement...played on 2 guitars...a Sarabande....the 'Gavotte en Rondeau' by Johann Sebastian Bach.....'Homeward' from 'Standing on Air' to a homage to Vincent Van Gogh, 'Wheatfield Under Troubled Skies'....for piano and orchestra......

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 57

    Play Episode Play 55 sec Highlight Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 18:11


    Nicolo Paganini and Mauro Giuliani and the competition winner!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 56

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 20:57


    A quizzical episode.......win CDs and a free guitar lesson!!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 24:54


    From a bluegrass classic to horror score......to a classical gas.......

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 54

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021 21:12


    From the King of Cordoba to a luthier in the Cotswolds to a tarantella to a stately pavane and then off to Mozambique...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 53

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 21:00


    From a working progress sketch..to a piece of rock history to a cancion to piano calm to a bit of eclectic counterpoint...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 52

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 18:38


    From Castelnuovo-Tedesco to Pale Moons to fiery flamenco a mishap on stage to a brand new composition never before heard!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 51

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021 16:17


    From a never before heard recording to a Radio Singapore interview to another never before heard recording....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 21:20


    From Eclectic Counterpoint to Domenico Scarlatti to latin grooves to tranquility...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 21:23


    From the Summer of Love to British Blues to a special guitar concerto to an unlikely arrangement to Isaac Albeniz....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 48

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 22:39


    From the Barber of Seville to Aranjuez to composer, Andrew Keeling to Felix Mendelssohn....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 47

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 18:55


    From J.S.Bach to Lennon/McCartney to Handel in Mayfair to jazz/rock to soprano and guitar..

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 46

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 20:48


    From mystery to Moorish cloth to a hedonistic bohemian to a flamenco fiesta to a tribute to Paco de Lucia...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 19:07


    From Luperce Miranda to the Abreu Brothers to Hispanic Dance to a song from 'Rubber Soul' to funk.....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 44

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 25:13


    From a new mystery recording to an old Esercizio to a homage to Agustin Barrios to some melodic jazz/rock to music for guitar and soprano....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 43

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 24:51


    From Brazilian guitarist and composer, Dilermando Reis to Domenico Scarlatti to a 'Toccata' from a guitar concerto to a piece for piano & orchestra dedicated to Vincent Van Gogh..

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 42

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 15:16


    From the beauty of the Elizabethan Lute duet to the beautiful game to Gary Lineker to an eternal dance and an Irish jig.....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 41

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 16:34


    From Django to musical hoaxes to funk to Tico Tico..........

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 20:11


    From a rockin' blues to the highly original chamber music of Andrew Keeling to Mendelssohn to Villa-Lobos and finally a visit to Mexico!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 19:24 Transcription Available


    From Strawberry Fields....to scrambled eggs to 1933 to Wes Montgomery...a long and winding road...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 38

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 20:05 Transcription Available


    From a brilliant toccata composed for Presti & Lagoya to a blues for Johnny Ace to an 18th century French folksong which inspired Elvis Presley to a blues from the desolate Lancashire moors....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 37

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 19:59 Transcription Available


    From the Grim Reaper to a 14 foot giant to an exercise in virtuosity to Steppenwolf..

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 36

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 24:06 Transcription Available


    From chill to a Neapolitan mystery to Carulli to the Day of the Dead

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 35

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 21:51 Transcription Available


    Murky goings on in the music world.......to the sublime music of Fernando Carulli and Georg Frederic Handel...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 34

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 18:38 Transcription Available


    From Jazz etudes to Antonio Soler to 'Down by the Races' to  the Fantastic Mr. Felix ......

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 34:58


    A rare BBC Radio 3 broadcast by Robin Hill & Peter Wiltschinsky...works by Fernando Sor, Mario Gangi and Domenico Scarlatti...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 32

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 19:38


    From Carlos Santana to Brasilia to Radames Gnatalli to a Breeze from Rio...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 31

    Play Episode Play 55 sec Highlight Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 18:39 Transcription Available


    From the blues to Lennon/McCartney to  the iconic Free Trade Hall, to music by a close friend of Paganini's to a musical invention......

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 19:26 Transcription Available


    From 'Worktown' to a French jazz rhapsody to Manuel de Falla's 'Ritual Fire Dance' to 'Here, There & Everywhere'..

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 29

    Play Episode Play 46 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 19:24 Transcription Available


    From Nowhere Man to Nothingness to a titan of Russian music to an original concerto for guitar and marimba to a Brazilian dance from Argentina.....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 19:28 Transcription Available


    From fiery flamenco to a dance by Manuel de Falla to a new piece for piano to Antonio Vivaldi to some Blackpool jazz rock...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 27

    Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 18:19


    From Lennon/McCartney to BBC Philharmonic players to the Limerick Rake a case of measles and Les Filles de Cadiz...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 26

    Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 19:01


    From Erik Satie via Debussy to a famous pavane to Lennon/McCartney to Carlos Santana!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 25

    Play Episode Play 55 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 18:31


    From a Force Ten celebration to a famous film theme by a man from Birmingham to an arrangement for two classical guitars of a famous Beatles rocker to the incredible voice of Vanessa Haynes...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 24

    Play Episode Play 50 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 17:19


    From Antonio Soler to heading for home to Manuel de Falla Spanish folk song to Jota California..

    Robin Hill's Eclectic City' Episode 23

    Play Episode Play 56 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 18:41


    A musical journey from the Sahara to Ireland to a wonderful land to a song recorded in Wigan  and back to Ireland...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 22

    Play Episode Play 50 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 16:55


    From AC/DC to Vivaldi to Elizabethan lute duet to cool jazz blues.....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 21

    Play Episode Play 45 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 16:59


    From solo jazz guitar to the Irish Vivaldi to a movement from a Celtic guitar concerto to a beautiful song from Sgt Pepper arranged for 2 guitars...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 20

    Play Episode Play 50 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 17:35


    Jazz guitar vibes, Fernando Sor, Claude Bolling, Africaine, George Benson, Breezin'...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 19

    Play Episode Play 45 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 16:03


    Early McCartney, A Harde Day's Knight, toothache, surreal waltz....

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 18

    Play Episode Play 51 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 18:24


    From a song by George Harrison...to a close encounter with the composer..to a close encounter with Deep Purple to Jazz/fusion to a miniature masterpiece for 2 guitars...

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 17

    Play Episode Play 49 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 14:27


    From a classic  Lennon/McCartney song to a challenging arrangement of a piece by Ravel to a new perspective on 'Nights in White Satin' to a laid back jazz groove..all human life is here!

    Robin Hill's 'Eclectic City' Episode 16

    Play Episode Play 58 sec Highlight Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 14:38


    From Les Paul to a jazz requiem to Jean Phillipe Rameau to Penny Lane...

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