Three Song Stories

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Three Song Stories is an exploration of the power music has to connect us to times, places, people, and emotions from our lives. The show brings out the guests personalities, and personal histories, by mining the connections music has made during their lifetimes. Its also a chance to sit back and listen to the eclectic mix of songs the guests have chosen for their ultimate musical memory short list.
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Episode 420 - Mary Bichner
Sunday, 12 April, 2026

Mary Bichner is an orchestral composer with synesthesia - the neurological condition that allows her to “see” splashes of specific colors in her mind’s eye when she hears their corresponding pitches.She recently finished her first full-length opera, called "The Memoirs of Antonina", inspired by Marie Antoinette. Mary stopped by our studio while she was in town for two concerts with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall called “You’ve Got Mail: Musical Love Letters” with maestro Andrew Lipke.SONG 1: “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, Movement II - Adagio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKWAQcDiR0oSONG 2: "Paranoid Android" by Radiohead from their 1997 album OK Computer. https://youtu.be/fHiGbolFFGw?si=lVB7WhrhNS__8gBzSONG 3: The Moody Blues - Question from their 1970 album A Question of Balance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP9iOqdxS8c