Tales from the Stave - Series 3
Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music
Tales from the Stave - Series 3 - Episode 1
A 20th-century Russian classic was thought to have been lost, until very recently. Conductor Marin Alsop and critic Geoffrey Norris tell its astonishing story.
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Tales from the Stave - Series 3 - Episode 2
Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores of popular pieces of music. Benjamin Britten's sketch for Peter Grimes is in the Britten-Pears library at Aldeburgh.
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Tales from the Stave - Series 3 - Episode 3
Frances Fyfield tracks down the scores of well-known pieces of music. Professor Sir Curtis Price and Dr Edward Higginbottom examine the Anthems and Odes of Henry Purcell.
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Tales from the Stave - Series 3 - Episode 4
Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind well-known pieces of music. Beethoven's Choral Symphony. With bassist Rodney Slatford and conductor and editor Jonathan Del Mar.
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