08/02/2023 - Episode 32 '13 Strings on a Renaissance Lute'
An interview with Matthew Leigh Embleton, composer, musician and writer out of Kent, England. Rob Cain and Matthew discuss Ancient Latin, the Vikings and assorted historical observations. Matthew discusses his favorite 'epochs'.
02/10/2020 - Episode 22 'Mice and Frogs Behaving Badly'
The Batrachomyomachia or Battle of the Frogs and Mice is a comic epic, or a parody of the Iliad, commonly attributed to Homer. Matthew provides music for this episode in the form of a special piece 'Batrachomyomachia'. The march of the percussion suggests the image of each side marching into battle.
27/05/2013 - Episode 12 'Venus and Imaginative Archaeology'
In this episode Venus (the statue of the goddess) takes us on a journey across time. Matthew provides music for this episode in the form of 'Hymn To Mithras (Ambience of Ancient Rome)'.
