{"id":58476,"date":"2025-12-10T13:29:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=58476"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:23:04","slug":"northside-today-esteemed-composer-conductor-and-pianist-howard-blake-chats-about-his-work-on-the-christmas-favourite-the-snowman-and-composing-walking-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=58476","title":{"rendered":"Northside Today: Howard Blake composer of \u2018The Snowman\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3085\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-101225-002.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3085','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-101225-002.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-101225-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=58476-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NST-101225-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NST-101225-002.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 37:31 &#8212; 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