Between Birds of Prey #231 – Murder
This week we have an episode inspired by murders and murderers.
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Between Birds of Prey #222 – Death III (Stefan Zweig)
This week, following 75 years after the suicide of the writer Stefan Zweig – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig – , we have an episode about suicide and, more generally, about death. Ugasanie – White Death (Borde
Between Birds of Prey #209 – Rebirth
On this episode of Between Birds of Prey we will focus on the duality of life and death. Richard Strauss – Death And Transfiguration, Op.24 (Volume IV_The Romantic Orchestra – Disc 2_Great Symphonies Of The Late Romantic
Between Birds of Prey #169 – Tristan und Isolde (part II)
This week we have the second part of the celebration of Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’ 150 years. You can also listen to the first part of this celebration. Here is the audio and playlist: Richard Wagner – Tristan und Iso
Between Birds of Prey #168 – Tristan und Isolde
This episode of Between Birds of Prey pays homage to Richard Wagner and his great breakthrough opera ‘Tristan und Isolde’, which was premiered 150 years ago today. ‘Tristan und Isolde’, a 4-hour meditation in love and de
Between Birds of Prey #166 – Suicide
As a tribute to Ian Curtis, 35 years after his death by suicide, today we have an episode that makes a musical reflection on the causes and consequences of suicide. Dmitri Shostakovich – Adagio (Le Suicidé) (Sinfonia n.º
Between Birds of Prey #165 – War Memorial
This week, following the 70 years after the ending of World War II in Europe, we have a musical reflection about the wars that changed the face of Europe in the 20th Century as well as a musical war memorial to all those
Between Birds of Prey #140 – Death Smiles at Us All
For this episode of Between Birds of Prey, we will musically think about death and all its consequences. On the right we have a representation of “The Triumph of Death”, an oil panel painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Between Birds of Prey #97 – Samhain
This week’s episode of Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to the Gaelic festival of the Samhain. The Samhain marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year. It is celebra
Between Birds of Prey #85 – Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds
On the 6th of August 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Today we will remember that day 68 years ago and all its consequences, with an episode inspired by the life of Robert Oppenh
Between Birds of Prey #82 – Reflections on Heroism
This episode of Between Birds of Prey is about the consequences of warfare and the ideology behind heroism. What is heroism? Is it still meaningful nowadays as it was in the past? What is the goal of the hero? Is its eff
Between Birds of Prey #35 – Despair
This week we have a musical journey through the realm of despair, so this episode of Between Birds of Prey is dedicated to all those who have lost hope… Note that on the right we have a photograph of Pavel Tereshkovets t