Programme: The Joy of Classical Music

Episode Published: 03/2/2025 10:00 p.m.

Episode 88 of The Joy of Classical Music is all about space, time and electronica and the featured work is Karl Birger Blomdhals 1959 2 act opera Aniara - An Epic of Space Flight in 2038 A.D. The earth is in ruins but a group of colonists escape. On the way to Mars they are knocked of course and are flung from the solar system. Existential crisis follows. Dimitri Shostakovich - Odna Jerry Goldsmith - Planet Of The Apes Edward Artemiev- Solaris Edward Artemiev - Stalker Hans Zimmer - Interstellar Jerry Goldsmith - Alien Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival Karl-Birger Blomdahl - Aniara: An Epic of Space Flight in 2038 A.D.