Home And Deco

The Meistersaal Sessions are a 6-part series of chamber music theme concerts with the Freigeist Ensemble at the legendary Meistersaal Berlin, conducted by Joolz Gale. The series starts with arrangements of Schönberg, Strauss and Mahler. In collaboration with British photographer Gavin Evans, these club-concert sessions come live from the legendary Meistersaal Berlin, known historically as the “big hall by the Berlin Wall”. Its art-deco building is the current home of Emil Berliner Studios (audio partner for this project) and steeped in many decades of musical history.

Award-winning cookbook author and food blogger Shirley Wong, better known as Little Miss Bento, returns with even more kawaii creations in her third cookbook Kawaii Sweet Treats. Following the success of her first and second cookbooks, Kawaii Bento and Kawaii Deco Sushi, Shirley shows that she has much more to offer and shares exciting new ideas for making fun and unique treats that are sure to brighten up your day.

The Antiques Roadshow looks back at some favourite finds from the past 40 years while a selection of experts reveal what happened next to some memorable items. Ronnie Archer-Morgan revisits his emotional encounter with a set of Sooty and Sweep puppets and explains how it rekindled memories of a long lost friend from his time in a children's home. In an extraordinary development, the Antiques Roadshow recording led to Ronnie being reunited with his friend for the first time in 63 years. We also discover the starring role the Roadshow played in a modern day fairytale, when one keen viewer decided that the Art Deco ring he'd seen on TV would make the perfect engagement ring.

Domagoy Ralasic studied Classic Music at The Croatian National Academy of Music in capitol Zagreb, jazz at the Rotterdam Conservatory in The Netherlands and on the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston, U.S.A., with Herb Geller (West Coast Jazz alto saxophonist), Andy McGhee (from Lionel Hampton Orchestra), Bill Pierce (from Art Blakey Jazz Messengers). Followed to the conservatory graduation, Domagoy worked, performed or/and recorded throughout Europe and United States with American Jazz icons such as Benny Bailey (from Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Clark-Boland and Quincy Jones Orchestras), Clark Terry, Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Cuber, Oscar Peterson Rhythm Section: Alvin Queen/Martin Drew, N.H.O. Pedersen, Reggie Johnson, Reggie Workman, Al Foster and Omara Portuondo of Buena Vista Social Club, Bryan Ferry from Roxy Music, Chris Norman former Smokie, Gaynel Hodge former Platters.