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Discovering Music

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

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  1. 2 days left to listen
    Julian Joseph discusses the art of improvisation from the 2008 London Jazz Festival.
  2. Stephen Johnson explores the Play of Daniel, one of the earliest pieces of music theatre.
  3. Stephen Johnson talks to the composer Elliott Carter in his 100th birthday year.
  4. Stephen Johnson explores Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.
  5. Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra explore Haydn's Symphony No 100 (Military) (R)
  6. Charles Hazlewood and the quintet Tango Volcano explore the world of the tango. (R)
  7. Stephen Johnson explores Vaughan Williams's distinctive Sixth Symphony.
  8. Stephen Johnson looks at three English masterpieces in the context of the First World War.
  9. A look at Peter Maxwell Davies's iconic music theatre work Eight Songs for a Mad King.
  10. Stephen Johnson explores Brahms's 'free but happy' Third Symphony with the BBC SO. (R)

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