Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

How often have you heard a piece of music and thought, 鈥榯hat reminds me鈥�. It might be of a certain time, place or person? Which piece would it be and why? Listeners share personal memories

In 鈥楶rivate Lives鈥� in 1930 Noel Coward wrote 鈥榠t鈥檚 extraordinary how potent cheap music is鈥�.
It seems that in 2020, all these years later, it鈥檚 extraordinary just how right he was, and still is.
Popular music and songs form a soundtrack for most people鈥檚 life. Here, people share the story of how one particular piece of music reminds them of a significant time or moment in their life.
For example, everyone will have an earliest memory of a piece of music or it could be something that means a lot to them personally . . school, holidays, meeting their partner, births, engagement, weddings, gap year, graduation, first job, a sporting event, the best concert, their father鈥檚 favourite piece, significant moments in their life . . . a happy time, a sad time . . literally anything.
This is people thinking out loud, reminiscing and showing just how wide a variety of music inspires such powerful memories. The series has great music. It ranges from King鈥檚 College to Elvis, traditional Irish music to rock or opera, jazz, pop, classical . . the list is endless.

30 minutes

Last on

Sun 10 May 2020 18:30

Broadcast

  • Sun 10 May 2020 18:30