Noises, Sounds and Sweet Airs

Series produced by KCME

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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.


80 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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The lost art of incidental music. Selections by Gerald Finzi, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Carl Nielsen and others.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jan 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Music for oboe by Malcolm Arnold, Bohuslav Martinu, Kenneth Fuchs, Gerald Finzi and others.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:14
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Music inspired by great works of literature by Percy Shelley, Herman Melville, the Arabian Knights and others with music by Samuel Barber, Josef Bo...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2023
  • Length: 57:50
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Music of the Neo-Classical genre with works by Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Paul Hindemith and others.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 57:37
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A remembrance of the tragedy of 9-11 with heartfelt music by Arnold Bax, Maurice Ravel, Morton Gould and others.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 58:09
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Music from the 20th century featuring the cello. Music by Leib Glantz, Sergei Prokofiev, Arthur Honegger, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar and ...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 57:44
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Traditional and re-imagined applications of variation form this week with music by Respighi, Vaughan Williams, Rozsa and Poulenc.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2022
  • Length: 57:27
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Sinfoniettas from the 20th century including works by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Leos Janacek, Malcolm Arnold and others.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 57:07
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Music inspired by cold weather from antarctica to a snowy landscape to a snowman in music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Claude Debussy, Einouhani Raut...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2022
  • Length: 57:18
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Virtuoso classical music for harmonica by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alan Hovhaness, Joaquin Rodrigo, Heitor Villa-Lobos and others.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2021
  • Length: 57:32
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Music can elevate a mediocre film and make a great one immortal. The collaboration between director and composer is one of the most important in th...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 58:06
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Music can elevate a mediocre film and make a great one immortal. The collaboration between director and composer is one of the most important in th...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 57:39
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Polish composers have created some of the most original and some of the most enjoyable of the 20th and 21st centuries. This week we'll hear some of...

  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 58:16
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Music for harp including music by Debussy, Arnold Bax, Jennifer Higdon and others.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 58:02
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Music inspired by the life, tales and poems of Edgar Allen Poe.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 57:54
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Music through the twentieth century premiered in the month of February including Rhapsody in Blue, Prokofiev's Lt. Kije, a piano tribute by Ravel a...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 57:59
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A selection of works by 20th century composers that had their world premieres in the month of January.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 57:51
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A selection of festive music to help celebrate the New Year.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:01
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A selection of music for the holiday season inspired by the Christmas traditions of Britain.

Bought by WUAL and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 2
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Music for Christmas from composers all over the world.

Bought by WUAL, Interlochen Public Radio, WVIA, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:08
  • Purchases: 4