{"id":3279636,"date":"2025-07-30T11:13:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3279636"},"modified":"2025-07-30T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:13:21","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-richard-hornsby-nbsmf-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-richard-hornsby-nbsmf-2025","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: Richard Hornsby (NBSMF 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Music can capture a moment in time, or influence that time and every one after.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3279637\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-richard-hornsby-nbsmf-2025\/attachment\/created-with-gimp-4\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Created with GIMP&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Created with GIMP&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Created with GIMP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Created with GIMP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF-800x800.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3279637\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF-800x800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025NBSMF.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guest today is <strong>Richard Hornsby<\/strong>, organizer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbsummermusicfestival.ca\/\">New Brunswick Summer Music Festival<\/a>, an annual celebration of classical composition and performance. He joins me to talk about the inspirations behind this year&#8217;s theme: The Roaring 20&#8217;s! We also discuss musical influences, the changing landscape at the time, and the many ways that practical concerns change music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nbsummermusicfestival.ca\/\">NBSMF <\/a>runs from August 3 to 15, with the main series of concerts happening each night from August 13-15 at Memorial Hall. The first concert is coming up this weekend, with a free performance by Steven Peacock and Howard Baer at the Picaroon&#8217;s Roundhouse at 6pm. See the full lineup on <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/calendar\">our calendar<\/a>, or at <a href=\"https:\/\/nbsummermusicfestival.ca\/\">the NBSMF website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5649\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-07-29%20Richard%20Hornsby%20-%20NBSMF%202025.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('5649','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-07-29%20Richard%20Hornsby%20-%20NBSMF%202025.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-07-29%20Richard%20Hornsby%20-%20NBSMF%202025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3279636-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-07-29%20Richard%20Hornsby%20-%20NBSMF%202025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"2025-07-29%20Richard%20Hornsby%20-%20NBSMF%202025.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is Richard Hornsby, organizer of the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival, an annual celebration of classical composition and performance. 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