Discovering Music
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Discovering Music - 11/01/2009
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra and composer Fung Lam to explore his new work Unlocking, inspired by a Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition of padlocks.
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Discovering Music - 16th Century Polyphony
Catherine Bott explores some of the joys of English ployphony with Harry Christophers, Sally Dunkley and The Sixteen in an exploration of music by Byrd, Tallis and Sheppard.
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Discovering Music - 1964 - The Rise of Minimalism
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore the rise of minimalism - focusing on its popularity today and its roots in both American and European music.
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Discovering Music - Ancient Music - Strauss and Respighi
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra to explore Strauss's Divertimento and Respighi's The Birds, pieces which are inspired by music from the distant past.
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Discovering Music - Arnold: Symphony No 5
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra delve into the dark and complex world of Malcolm Arnold's Fifth Symphony. Including archive interviews with the composer.
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Discovering Music - Bach's Partita No 4 in D
Stephen Johnson and pianist Leon McCawley examine JS Bach's Partita No 4, arguably the most cohesive of the six composed by the keyboard master.
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Discovering Music - Barber: Violin Concerto and Essay No 1 for Orchestra
Stephen Johnson is joined by the Ulster Orchestra and soloist Chloe Hanslip to explore Samuel Barber's tranquil and astonishing Violin Concerto, and the Essay No 1 for Orchestra.
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Discovering Music - Bartok's Divertimento
Bartok's Divertimento: Martin Handley teams up with the strings of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for an exploration of some of the ideas behind Bartok's Divertimento.
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Discovering Music - Bartok's Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste
Bartok's Music for Strings Percussion and Celeste: Stephen Johnson joins the Northern Sinfonia and conductor Thomas Zehetmair for a workshop on one of Bartok's most original works.
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Discovering Music - Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Stephen Johnson is joined by cellist Colin Carr and pianist Thomas Sauer to explore the first and last of Beethoven's five sonatas for cello and piano.
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Discovering Music - Beethoven: Symphony No 3 (Eroica)
Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's Third Symphony in E flat, the Eroica, and considers the theme of heroism in the work. Examples performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
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Discovering Music - Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Stephen Johnson and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Grant Llewellyn explore one of the best known symphonies in the repertoire - Beethoven's Fifth.
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Discovering Music - Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3: Charles Hazlewood explores the work's debt to Mozart's C minor Concerto with pianist Andrew Zolinksy and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Discovering Music - Berg Chamber Concerto
Stephen Johnson joins members of the Manchester Camerata and their conductor Douglas Boyd to explore Alban Berg's Chamber Concerto, a work rich in hidden codes and references.
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Discovering Music - Berio's Sequenzas
Stephen Johnson is joined by soloists at the 2010 Aldeburgh Festival to explore three of Luciano Berio's virtuosic and experimental Sequenzas.
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Discovering Music - Berlioz: Les Nuits D'ete
Catherine Bott is joined by biographer and musicologist David Cairns to explore the nuances in Berlioz's song cycle Les nuits d'ete. Takuo Yuasa conducts the Ulster Orchestra.
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Discovering Music - Borodin - Symphony No 2
Stephen Johnson is joined by conductor Andre de Ridder and the BBC Philharmonic to explore Borodin's Second Symphony.
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Discovering Music - Brahms String Quartet in B Flat, Op 67
Stephen Johnson explores Brahms's third and final string quartet, with excerpts and a complete performance given by the Kuss Quartet.
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Discovering Music - Brahms: Symphony No 1
Stephen Johnson explores Brahms's First Symphony from the perspective of conductor Gianandrea Noseda, who recently performed all of the composer's symphonies.
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Discovering Music - Brahms: Symphony No 2
Stephen Johnson explores Brahms' Second Symphony, with excerpts and a complete performance from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Theodore Kuchar.
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Discovering Music - Brahms Symphony No 3
Stephen Johnson explores the workings of Brahms's 'free but happy' Third Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Douglas Boyd.
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Discovering Music - Brahms's Violin Concerto
Stephen Johnson is joined by violinist Matthew Trusler, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Grant Llewellyn, to explore the challenging Violin Concerto by Brahms.
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Discovering Music - Britten Cello Symphony
Stephen Johnson joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and soloist Tim Hugh to explore the intricacies in Britten's Cello Symphony.
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Discovering Music - Britten: Sea Interludes and Passacaglia
Britten Sea Interludes and Passacaglia: Charles Hazlewood conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in an exploration of pieces that Britten extracted from his opera Peter Grimes.
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Discovering Music - Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Britten's Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge: Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra examine Britten's Variations alongside Bridge's own Three Idylls.
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Discovering Music - Charles Ives
Conductor David Robertson explores ideas of place in Charles Ives's music, focusing on Central Park in the Dark, the Unanswered Question and Three Places in New England.
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Discovering Music - Chopin Preludes
Stephen Johnson is joined by pianists Llyr Williams and Benjamin Frith to examine the history and musical ideas behind Chopin's cycle of Preludes.
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Discovering Music - Chopin's Mazurkas
Stephen Johnson is joined by pianist Ashley Wass at the Birmingham Conservatoire to explore some of the intricacies and folk-music elements in Chopin's mazurkas and polonaises.
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Discovering Music - Composing for the Silver Screen
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by special guest composer Debbie Wiseman to examine the art of composing music for films.
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Discovering Music - Corelli's Opus 6 Concertos
Corelli's Opus 6 Concertos: Stephen Johnson unpicks the ideas and background behind Corelli's ground-breaking set of Violin Concertos, which includes the Christmas Concerto.
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Discovering Music - Eight Songs for a Mad King
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the composer Peter Maxwell Davies for an in depth exploration of his iconic music theatre work Eight Songs for a Mad King.
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Discovering Music - Eighteenth-Century Tchaikovsky
Charles Hazlewood explores two of Tchaikovsky's 18th century-inspired works - the Rococo Variations and the orchestral suite Mozartiana.
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Discovering Music - Electronic Music
Electronic Music: Alwynne Pritchard explores the landscape of electronic music, with composer Jonathan Harvey on his Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco plus works by Varese and Stockhausen.
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Discovering Music - Elgar: A Very English Composer
Charles Hazlewood explores three works for string ensemble, concentrating on what makes Elgar's music seem so quintessentially English.
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Discovering Music - Elgar: Concerto for cello and orchestra (Op.85) in E minor
Stephen Johnson joins the BBCSO, conductor Alexander Briger and cellist Christian Poltera for a look at one of the best loved cello concertos in the repertory, Elgar's Cello Concerto.
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Discovering Music - Elgar: In the South
Mark Elder and the Halle Orchestra explore Elgar's orchestral works, focusing on In the South, an extrovert concert overture inspired by an Italian holiday.
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Discovering Music - Elliott Carter at 100
Stephen Johnson talks to the composer Elliott Carter in his 100th birthday year, exploring four of his pieces, together with stories from his life.
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Discovering Music - ETA Hoffmann
Stephen Johnson and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore the impact of writer ETA Hoffmann on music - in particular on Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.
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Discovering Music - Faure Requiem
Stephen Johnson explores the musical nuances of Faure's Requiem in both its original and the more familiar revised version, using recordings by the Monteverdi Choir and The Sixteen.
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Discovering Music - Foxtrots
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore how the foxtrot of the 1920s and 40s dance halls had a creative impact on the imagination of 20th-century composers.
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Discovering Music - George Benjamin
Stephen Johnson meets composer George Benjamin to explore some of the ideas behind his orchestral pieces Dance Figures and Sudden Time.
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Discovering Music - Gershwin's Piano Concerto
Gershwin's Piano Concerto: Charles Hazlewood is joined by pianist Joanna MacGregor and the BBC Concert Orchestra for an exploration of Gershwin's celebrated Piano Concerto.
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Discovering Music - Graham Fitkin's Tidal
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Graham Fitkin to explore the composer's new BBC commission Tidal, a work inspired by the Cornish coastline.
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Discovering Music - Grieg Piano Concerto
Grieg was a great miniaturist who struggled with large scale forms. Stephen Johnson with pianist Ronan O'Hora and the Ulster Orchestra under George Vass put this idea to the test.
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Discovering Music - Handel: Dixit Dominus
Robert Hollingworth explores Handel's Dixit Dominus, with examples and a complete performance of the work given by the BBC Singers, St James's Baroque conducted by James O'Donnell.
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Discovering Music - Handel Operas
Catherine Bott is joined by harpsichordist and conductor Laurence Cummings for an exploration of the theory and practice of Handelian 'opera seria'.
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Discovering Music - Handel Week: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
Charles Hazlewood explores Handel's Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne with soloists Rebecca Outram, Iestyn Davies, Michael George and period ensemble Harmonieband.
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Discovering Music - Harrison Birtwistle
Stephen Johnson explores Harrison Birtwistle's Cortege and Secret Theatre in the company of the composer. With the London Sinfonietta and conductor Elgar Howarth.
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Discovering Music - Hary Janos
Charles Hazlewood joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to explore Kodaly's suite Hary Janos and, with Heather Corbett, profiles the cimbalom, Hungary's national instrument.
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Discovering Music - Haydn Symphonies Nos 22 and 92
Stephen Johnson and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Nicholas Kraemer examine how Haydn combined pragmatism with an abundant imagination in the Philosopher and Oxford symphonies.
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Discovering Music - Haydn Symphony No 98 and Piano Variations
Stephen Johnson and the BBC Philharmonic explore Haydn's wit and invention in the Symphony No 98 and F minor Variations.
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Discovering Music - Haydn: Symphony no. 100 (H.1.100) in G major
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore Haydn's Symphony No 100 (Military), arguably the greatest and most immediate success of Haydn's career.
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Discovering Music - Henri Dutilleux
Henri Dutilleux: Stephen Johnson explores some of the ideas behind the music of one of France's leading composers, Henri Dutilleux, focusing on his second Symphony (Le double).
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Discovering Music - History of the Serenade
Charles Hazelwood is joined by the National Orchestra of Wales to explore the history of the serenade
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Discovering Music - Janacek: Glagolitic Mass
Stephen Johnson explores Janacek's Glagolitic Mass, and plays excerpts and the full work from a recording of the Mass by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karel Ancerl.
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Discovering Music - Joe Cutler's Music for Cello and Strings and Grieg's Holberg Suite
Charles Hazlewood, with the BBC CO and composer Joe Cutler, examine Cutler's own Music for cello and strings.
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Discovering Music - Johann Strauss
Charles Hazlewood is joined by his ensemble Excellent Device to explore the music of the waltz king Johann Strauss.
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Discovering Music - John Adams's Chamber Symphony
John Adams's Chamber Symphony: Charles Hazlewood and Excellent Device explore Adams's work, also examining one of the works that inspired it, Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony.
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Discovering Music - Kurtag - Scenes from a Novel
Stephen Johnson is joined by soprano Maria Husmann and the ensemble Psappha to examine the work of Gyorgy Kurtag, the featured composer at this year's Aldeburgh Festival.
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Discovering Music - Ligeti Piano Concerto
Tom Service is joined by a panel of music experts for an exploration of the musical workings and ideas behind Ligeti's virtuoso tour de force.
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Discovering Music - Ligeti Violin Concerto
Ligeti Violin Concerto: Stephen Johnson is joined by the BBC SSO and violinist Ernst Kovacic for an in-depth exploration of Gyorgy Ligeti's Violin Concerto.
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Discovering Music - Liszt Piano Concertos
Sara Mohr-Pietsch considers the background and music to Liszt's first two piano concertos, with pianist Piers Lane and the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.
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Discovering Music - Lutoslawski: Symphonic Variations
Stephen Johnson joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Krzysztof Urbanski in an exploration of the Symphonic Variations and Concerto for Orchestra by Lutoslawski.
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Discovering Music - Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Stephen Johnson examines Mahler's Song of the Earth through the chamber version performed by the Manchester Camerata and Douglas Boyd, with singers Jane Irwin and Peter Wedd.
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Discovering Music - Mahler: Symphonies of Songs
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Mahler's birth, Stephen Johnson explores the echoes of songs in the composer's symphonies
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Discovering Music - Mark-Anthony Turnage's Momentum and Kai
Mark-Anthony Turnage's Momentum and Kai: Charles Hazlewood is joined by cellist Matthew Barley and the BBC Philharmonic to explore the music of Mark-Anthony Turnage.
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Discovering Music - Martinu: Piano Concerto No 2
Stephen Johnson joins the BBC SSO and pianist Martin Roscoe for an exploration of music by Bohuslav Martinu, including the Piano Concerto No 2 and Three Inventions for Orchestra.
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Discovering Music - Mendelssohn Overtures
Stephen Johnson joins the BBC National Orchestra of Wales to explore Mendelssohn's symphonic poems, including Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage and The Hebrides.
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Discovering Music - Mendelssohn Weekend - Italian Symphony
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore the workings and the history of one of Mendelssohn's most popular symphonies - No 4 in A (Italian).
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Discovering Music - Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Musicians from the Fibonacci Sequence join Stephen Johnson for an exploration of the musical nuances to be found in Messiaen's wartime piece Quartet for the End of Time.
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Discovering Music - Messiaen - St Francis of Assisi
To coincide with a Proms 2008 broadcast of the complete opera, Alwynne Pritchard and conductor Kent Nagano explore Messiaen's vast St Francis of Assisi.
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Discovering Music - Milhaud and Poulenc
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore Darius Milhaud's pantomime Le boeuf sur le toit and Francis Poulenc's Les biches suite.
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Discovering Music - Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
Robert Hollingworth and his group I Fagiolini explore the background and music to Monteverdi's operatic scena The Battle of Tancredi and Clorinda.
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Discovering Music - Monteverdi's L'Orfeo
Robert Hollingworth joins a special group of period performers for an exploration of some of the pioneering musical ideas behind Monteverdi's operatic masterpiece L'Orfeo.
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Discovering Music - Mozart Dissonance Quartet
Mozart Dissonance Quartet: Stephen Johnson is joined by the Royal Quartet to delve into the world of Mozart's Haydn Quartets and, in particular, the famous Dissonance Quartet.
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Discovering Music - Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Stephen Johnson visits Clandon Park in Surrey along with guests Jonathan Foyle, Steven Parissien and the Doric Quartet to study the nuances found in Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
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Discovering Music - Mozart's Linz Symphony
Tom Service is joined by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andrew Manze to explore Mozart's Symphony No 36 (Linz), a work which was composed in just four days.
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Discovering Music - Music of Mexico
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore some of the ways in which the infectious music of Mexico has found its way into the concert hall.
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Discovering Music - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC NOW and pianist Ashley Wass for an examination of Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, as well as the original.
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Discovering Music - Nielsen's 4th Symphony - The Inextinguishable
Tom Service is joined by the BBC Philharmonic and conductor John Storgards to explore Nielsen's Symphony No 4, one of the most stirring and intriguing works the Dane ever composed.
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Discovering Music - Prokofiev Symphony No 5
David Nice joins the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor David Robertson for an exploration of the ideas and background to Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony.
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Discovering Music - Puccini's La boheme
Catherine Bott explores Puccini's Parisian masterpiece La boheme, with singers Katie van Kooten and Peter Auty. Edward Gardner conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
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Discovering Music - Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
Stephen Johnson joins conductor Nicholas Kraemer and the Manchester Camarata for a look at the musical background and workings of the first great English opera, Dido and Aeneas.
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Discovering Music - Rachmaninov: Third Piano Concerto
Stephen Johnson explores Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, with pianist Nelson Goerner and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stefan Solyom.
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Discovering Music - Ravel: Mother Goose
Stephen Johnson joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Boldur Broennimann in Glasgow for an exploration of the musical thinking behind Ravel's Mother Goose.
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Discovering Music - Ravel Piano Concertos
Stephen Johnson considers the background and music to Ravel's two contrasting concertos for piano with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and French pianist Roger Muraro.
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Discovering Music - Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit
Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit: Stephen Johnson and pianist Cedric Tiberghien explore Ravel's piano music with particular emphasis on his Gaspard de la nuit.
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Discovering Music - Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade
Catherine Bott is joined by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conductor Luke Dollman for an exploration of Scheherazade, a work inspired by Tales of the Arabian Nights.
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Discovering Music - Rodrigo Guitar Concertos
Charles Hazlewood, the BBC Concert Orchestra and Craig Ogden examine two guitar concertos by Rodrigo - the Concierto de Aranjuez and the Fantasia para un Gentilhombre.
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Discovering Music - Rossini
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra are joined by mezzo-soprano Liora Grodnikaite to explore some of the workings of Rossini's comic opera style.
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Discovering Music - Saint Saens - Africa and Piano Concerto No 2
Stephen Johnson, pianist Ronan O'Hora and the Ulster Orchestra explore one of Saint-Saens' best known works - his Piano Concerto No 2, alongside the lesser known 'Africa'.
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Discovering Music - Schnittke and Mahler
Stephen Johnson is joined by the Aronowitz Ensemble at the Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham to explore music by Schnittke and Mahler.
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Discovering Music - Schubert: Octet
Stephen Johnson examines some of the ideas that inspired Schubert's celebrated masterpiece for wind and strings with members of Britten Sinfonia.
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Discovering Music - Schubert's Trout Quintet
Stephen Johnson explores the structure and background of one of Schubert's best-loved chamber pieces with the Gould Piano Trio and friends.
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Discovering Music - Schumann: Dichterliebe
Stephen Johnson is joined at Manchester Grammar School by Swedish baritone Hakan Vramsmo and pianist David Quigley for an exploration of Schumann's Romantic song cycle Dichterliebe.
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Discovering Music - Schumann Piano Quintet
Stephen Johnson is at the Mananan Festival on the Isle of Man with the Elias Quartet and pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips for a study of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44.
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Discovering Music - Schumann Violin Concerto
Stephen Johnson considers the music and historical context to Schumann's Violin Concerto with Matthew Trussler and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rory McDonald.
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Discovering Music - Schumann's Symphony No 3 (Rhenish)
Schumann's Symphony No 3 (Rhenish): Stephen Johnson is joined by BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer to explore one of Schumann's most joyous symphonies.
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Discovering Music - Schwanengesang
Baritone Hakan Vramsmo and pianist Julius Drake join Stephen Johnson for an exploration of the musical nuances to be found in Schubert's posthumous song-cycle Schwanengesang.
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Discovering Music - Scriabin's World
Scriabin's World: William Mival explores the life and music of Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, with excerpts from his piano sonatas and his orchestral work Prometheus.
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Discovering Music - Shostakovich 8th String Quartet
Stephen Johnson joins members of the Royal String Quartet in Norwich to explore the ideas behind this, the composer's most often performed quartet.
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Discovering Music - Shostakovich Piano Trios
Stephen Johnson is joined by the Kungsbacka Trio at Wootton Upper School in Bedfordshire for an exploration of Shostakovich's two piano trios.
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Discovering Music - Shostakovich: Symphony No 9
Stephen Johnson and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Michal Dworzynski are joined by the Danel String Quartet to explore the music and ideas behind Shostakovich's 9th Symphony.
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Discovering Music - Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela, and Night Ride and Sunrise
Stephen Johnson and the BBC Philharmonic explore Sibelius' tone poem Night Ride and Sunrise, plus The Swan of Tuonela, the most famous part of the composer's Lemminkainen Suite.
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Discovering Music - Sibelius's Fifth Symphony
Stephen Johnson explores Sibelius' Fifth Symphony in E flat, with excerpts and a complete performance given by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pietari Inkinen.
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Discovering Music - Sir Peter Maxwell Davies at 75
As part of Peter Maxwell Davies's 75th birthday celebrations, Stephen Johnson and the BBC SSO are joined by the composer for an exploration of his work A Reel of Seven Fishermen.
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Discovering Music - Split Choir Tradition
Robert Hollingworth explores the split choir tradition in Renaissance music, specifically in repertoire from north Italy - the birthplace of the polychoral style of writing.
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Discovering Music - Spohr's Nonet
Spohr's Nonet: Paul Allen explores Spohr's popular Nonet, and Stephen Johnson looks at Martinu's 1959 Nonet, among many works the composer wrote in the last year of his life.
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Discovering Music - Strauss's Don Quixote
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the BBC Philharmonic and cellist Peter Dixon to explore Strauss's tone poem Don Quixote, based on Cervantes's epic novel.
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Discovering Music - Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1945)
Stephen Johnson and the BBC SSO explore the 1945 version of Stravinsky's Firebird suite, starting by examining music by the composer's musical father-figure, Rimsky-Korskov.
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Discovering Music - Stravinsky's Petrushka
Stephen Johnston is joined by the BBC NOW to delve into the world of one of Igor Stravinsky's most important works - his music for the ballet Petrushka.
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Discovering Music - Tallis's Spem in Alium and 40-part motets
Tallis's Spem in Alium and 40-part Motets: Stephen Johnson is joined in the studio by Jeffrey Skidmore, Deborah Roberts and Antony Pitts for an exploration of Thomas Tallis's music.
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Discovering Music - Tango
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the quintet Tango Volcano and members of the BBC Concert Orchestra to explore the world of the tango.
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Discovering Music - Tansy Davies
Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore the music of Tansy Davies, focusing on Rift - a specially-commissioned new piece.
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Discovering Music - Tavener - The Protecting Veil
Charles Hazlewood and Matthew Barley are joined by the BBC Philharmonic and cellist Josephine Knight to explore John Tavener's seminal work The Protecting Veil.
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Discovering Music - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1
Stephen Johnson examines Tchaikovsky's popular First Piano Concerto with soloist Ashley Wass and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Alexander Walker.
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Discovering Music - Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto: Charles Hazlewood is joined by Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky for an in-depth examination of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
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Discovering Music - The Art of Jazz Improvisation
Julian Joseph presents the programme from the 2008 London Jazz Festival. With his own trio, singer Cleveland Watkiss and the Guildhall Big Band he explores jazz improvisation.
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Discovering Music - The Benny Goodman Legacy
As part of the 2009 London Jazz Festival, Alyn Shipton dissects the clarinet concertos of Arnold and Copland, written for the great jazz clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman.
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Discovering Music - The Chopin Ballades
With Stephen Johnson and Cedric Tiberghien on Chopin's Four Ballades and literature, and conductor Christopher Gayford on musical stucture.
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Discovering Music - The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Stephen Johnson examines The Confession of Isobel Gowdie with its composer James MacMillan and considers the impact of the composer's Scottish heritage on his work in general.
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Discovering Music - The English Viol Consort
Catherine Bott, Laurence Dreyfus and Phantasm present a guided tour to the Golden Age of English viol music which culminated in the Fantasies and In Nomines of Henry Purcell.
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Discovering Music - The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro: Stephen Johnson is joined by singers from the Royal Academy Opera to explore Mozart's musical depiction of character and drama in The Marriage of Figaro.
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Discovering Music - The Planets
Stephen Johnson explores Gustav Holst's Planets Suite, with excerpts and a complete performance by an expanded BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by David Atherton.
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Discovering Music - The Play of Daniel
Stephen Johnson is joined by Andrew Lawrence King and members of the Harp Consort to explore the Play of Daniel, one of the oldest pieces of musical theatre.
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Discovering Music - The Romantic Horn
In a programme recorded in front of an audience at Watford Colosseum, Charles Hazlewood considers the significance of the horn to early Romantic composers.
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Discovering Music - Trumpet Concertos - Telemann, Haydn
Stephen Johnson explores the trumpet concerto, from Telemann to Haydn's ground-breaking masterpiece. Phillipe Schartz (soloist), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Kenneth Woods.
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Discovering Music - Vaughan Williams and the Lost Generation
Stephen Johnson considers Vaughan-Williams's The Lark Ascending and Butterworth's A Shropshire Lad in the light of English music written in the lead-up to the First World War.
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Discovering Music - Vaughan Williams Flos Campi
Charles Hazlewood conducts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales with violist Philip Dukes in an exploration of Ralph Vaughan Williams suite.
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Discovering Music - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5
Stephen Johnson explores Vaughan Williams's tranquil wartime orchestral work - the Symphony No 5 in D, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel.
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Discovering Music - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 6
Stephen Johnson explores Vaughan Williams's distinctive Sixth Symphony, with excerpts as well as a complete performance by the BBC SO conducted by Martyn Brabbins.
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Discovering Music - Verdi's Otello
Stephen Johnson is joined by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Lawrence Renes, to unpick some of the workings of Verdi's opera Otello.
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Discovering Music - Verdi's Rigoletto
Stephen Johnson is joined by director Graham Vick to explore the ideas and music of one of the most popular and effective Italian operas of the 19th century - Verdi's Rigoletto.
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Discovering Music - Vivaldi and Bach Double Violin Concertos
Stephen Johnson is joined by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Nicholas Kraemer to explore two great works of the Baroque - the Vivaldi and Bach Double Concertos.
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Discovering Music - Vivaldi's Gloria
Robert Hollingworth explores Vivaldi's Gloria, one of the most famous of all baroque choral works, with the BBC Singers and St James' Baroque. Plus a young musicians' workshop.
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Discovering Music - Wagner's Siegfried idyll
Conductor Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra present a workshop exploring two birthday serenades - Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and Peter Warlock's Serenade.
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Discovering Music - Warlock
Stephen Johnson discovers the nuances and intricacies of the music of Peter Warlock, and presents a complete performance of his magnum opus The Curlew.
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