Making of Music - Series 2
James Naughtie presents the series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music
Making of Music - Series 2 - A Riot
James Naughtie's series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 10/30: A Riot. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring caused a riot in Paris on its premiere in May 1913.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - A Time of Plenty
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 29/30: A Time of Plenty. British composers play a significant part in contemporary music.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Britain Victorious
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 23/30: Britain Victorious. British composers responded to the war and its aftermath.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Cinema
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 18/30: Cinema. The film industry became the great patron of music in the 20th century.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Dissent
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 27/30. Dissent. Composers in the 1960s and 70s expressed their rage against the system.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Elgar
James Naughtie's series chronicling the historical influences on classical music. 9/30: Elgar. Does the music of the great English composer merely express jingoistic nationalism?
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Exotic Paris
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 6/30: Exotic Paris. Claude Debussy produced music that was original and daring.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Fakes and Mystics
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 7/30: Fakes and Mystics. Mysticism was in fashion at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Into the Past
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 16/30: Into the Past. French composers such as Poulenc and Ravel looked back to yesteryear.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Jazz
James Naughtie's series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 15/30: Jazz. A new musical form emerged, drawing on the singing of spirituals and the early blues.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Leonard Bernstein
James Naughtie's series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 25/30: Leonard Bernstein. The great American composer's music embraced the classical and the popular.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Mother Russia
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical influences affecting the course of classical music. 2/30. Mother Russia. Read by Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hollander.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Music for the Masses
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 17/30: Music for the Masses. Audiences were able to buy vinyl discs for the first time.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - My Country
James Naughtie's series chronicling the historical influences affecting the course of classical music. 4/30: My Country. European music began to express nationalistic sentiments.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Out of Fashion
James Naughtie's series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 13/30: Out of Fashion. After WWI, some composers were looking for a radical shift in classical music.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Pre-War Vienna
James Naughtie's series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 8/30: Pre-War Vienna. The Austrian capital was among the most culturally important cities in the world.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Revolution in Russia
James Naughtie's series chronicling the historical influences on classical music. 14/30: Revolution in Russia. The Russian Revolution had a huge impact on music.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Stalin
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 19/30: Stalin. How did composers like Shostakovich and Prokofiev fare under Stalin's regime?
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The Depression
James Naughtie's series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 20/30: The Depression. Despite the Wall Street crash and falling record sales, music was booming.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The End of the Hapsburgs
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 11/30: The End of the Hapsburgs. Czech composer Janacek became a poet of his times and people.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The Impact of Technology
James Naughtie presents a series on historical influences on classical music. 28/30: The Impact of Technology. Composers experimented with electronics to extend musical boundaries.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The Making of Music
James Naughtie's series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 30/30: The Making of Music. Where have we come to and what is the current state of classical music?
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The Modernists
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 24/30: The Modernists. A new generation of postwar composers wanted to sweep away the past.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The Path to War
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 12/30: The Path to War. Many composers were shaped by the horrors of the First World War.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The Shock of The Future
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical influences that affected the course of classical music. 1/30. The Shock of The Future. Read by Simon Russell Beale.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - The Sixties
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 26/30. The Sixties. Composers tried to make their voices heard above the noise of pop culture.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Those Who Got Away
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 22/30: Those Who Got Away. Many musicians escaped the jackbooted shadow of Hitler's Europe.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Viva Verdi
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling the historical influences affecting the course of classical music. 3/30. Viva Verdi. Giuseppe Verdi's work is inseparable from politics.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - Wagner
James Naughtie's series chronicling the historical influences affecting the course of classical music. 5/30: Wagner. Read by Tom Hollander and Simon Russell Beale.
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Making of Music - Series 2 - World War II: Those Who Stayed Put
James Naughtie presents a series chronicling historical influences on classical music. 21/30. Second World War, Those Who Stayed Put. The war inspired many masterpieces.
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