Tales from the Stave - Series 5
Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores of well-known pieces of music
Tales from the Stave - Series 5 - Bach's B-Minor Mass
Choral conductor Simon Halsey and the Bach soprano Deborah York join Frances Fyfield to get a rare look at a masterwork in Bach's own hand, the B-Minor Mass.
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Tales from the Stave - Series 5 - Holst: The Planets
Frances Fyfield is joined by conductor Christopher Warren-Green, musicologist Stephen Johnson and graphologist Ruth Rostrum to pore over the manuscript of Holst's The Planets.
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Tales from the Stave - Series 5 - Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Frances Fyfield and her team reveal the tortured process of Sir Michael Tippett's creativity as he produced his first major success, the oratorio A Child of Our Time.
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