The Making of Music

Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, which connects historical events and their effect on the course of classical music. 37/60. Fakes and Mystics The fashion for mysticism at the beginning of the 20th century played a part in musical history. Scriabin, a Russian composer, spent his career trying to depict the mystical in his work, such as in Prometheus, the Poem of Fire.