Sam and Tim discuss a week of #MeToo controversy, delve into a 16th century correspondence, and marvel at Naxos’s new release of Nepomuceno’s Symphony in G minor. PLUS Tim meets musical Brexit protestors Simon Wallfisch and Simon Hewitt Jones outside Westminster.

Music Credits:
‘Ms. Jackson’, Outkast and Earthtone III, arranged by Timmy Fisher

Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, ‘Tatiana’s Letter Scene’ Act I Scene II, Elena Kruglikova and the Orchestra of the Bolshoi Opera under Alexander Melik-Pashayev in 1937

Phillipe De Monte ‘Super flumina babylonis’ and William Byrd ‘Quomodo cantabimus’ from The Flowering of Genius, recorded by The Sixteen under Harry Christophers on CORO, Cat: COR16001

Alberto Nepomuceno’s Symphony in G minor Mov. 1, Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra under Fabio Menchetti, on NAXOS, Cat: 8574067

Sibelius’s 5th Symphony Mov. 1, arranged by Timmy Fisher

Federer’s Uniqlo Piano session:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW42u8kNkrM

Simon Wallfisch’s website:
http://www.simonwallfisch.com/

Simon Hewitt Jones’ website:
https://www.simonhewittjones.com/

Buy The Flowering of Genius by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen:
https://thesixteenshop.com/products/cor16001