Uchronias: 2ª temporada

Written by Martín Llade
Read by Blake Ritson

“Uchronia” – noun – neologism. An alternative history or genre of speculative fiction that reimagines historical events or characters in a new light.

Startling, counterfactual stories about composers Ravel, Mendelssohn, Lully, Debussy and Salieri from the imagination of Spanish writer and classical music radio presenter Martín Llade.

Uchronias straddles the gap between fact and fiction, creating hypothetical, “what if” scenarios around much-loved composers, their music and their lives.

1/5: The Mewing of Cats
2/5: A Souvenir from Staffa
3/5: The Royal Privilege
4/5: Sounds and Scents Swirl through the Evening Air
5/5: Forgetting Salieri

With thanks to Juan Lucas and David Johnston.

Stories originally created for Spanish classical music magazine Scherzo and published as «El horizonte quimérico» by Scherzo Editorial S.L.

Executive producer, Sara Davies
Sound mix, Adam Woodhams
Translated, produced and presented by Nicolas Jackson

An Afonica production for BBC Radio 3