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Wichita Lineman

23 augustus 2011 · 28 min

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Witchita Lineman is the ultimate country/pop crossover track - written by Jimmy Webb for the Country star Glen Campbell. Lees meer

Released in 1968, it tells the story of a lonely lineman in the American Midwest, travelling vast distances to mend power and telephone lines.

The song has been covered many times, but Glen’s version remains the best-loved and most played.

Johnny Cash also recorded an extraordinary and very raw version. Peter Lewry, a lifelong Cash fan, describes how it came about.

David Crary is a lineman from Oklahoma, who recalls his reaction to the first time he heard the song.

Meggean Ward's father was a lineman in Rhode Island. As a child she always felt it was written for her him.

Glen Campbell is also interviewed.

Shortly after it was recorded, he went public about his diagnosis of Alzheimer's. His contribution is brief, but it includes an acoustic performance of the song. It was a privilege to record ‘down the line’.

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Producer: Karen Gregor.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.

Mendelssohn's Octet

16 augustus 2011 · 28 min

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An exploration of how Mendelssohn's Octet has impacted people's lives, demonstrating the healing power of music in a variety of situations around the world. Lees meer

Felix Mendelssohn wrote his Octet for double string quartet in 1825 aged just 16.

Despite his youth, this is a mature and brilliant piece of music described by our interviewees as "carnivalesque", "a romp", "a party".

Choreographer Bill T Jones describes the way in which the Octet showed his company how to keep living during the onslaught of AIDS in the 1980's.

Cellist Raphael and violinist Elizabeth Wallfisch talk about falling in love whilst learning this music in the 1970's.

South Korean Lisa Kim tells a story about going on tour with the New York Philharmonic to North Korea and her intense fear and mistrust being replaced by wonder when they played the Octet with a North Korean Quartet.

And Matthew Trusler describes the importance of playing this work after the death of his son.

The featured recording of the Mendelssohn Octet by the Emerson String Quartet on Deutsche Gramophon.

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.

Mahler's Adagietto

29 maart 2011 · 28 min

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Gustav Mahler wrote his 5th Symphony during the summers of 1901 and 1902. Lees meer

The Adagietto is the 4th movement which is thought to have been inspired by falling in love with Alma who he married around this time.

This single movement is the composer’s most well-known piece of music. It was famously used in the 1971 Luchino Visconti film Death in Venice. It was also conducted by Leonard Bernstein at the mass at St Patrick's Cathedral, New York on the day of the burial of Robert Kennedy.

Composer David Matthews explains the significance of this piece in Mahler's output.

Psychoanalyst Anthony Cantle describes listening to it with his mother during her last days of dementia.

Malcolm Reid tells how this piece signified a change in himself as a young man in the British police force with narrow, racist views, to hearing it in Australia and shifting him to becoming a liberal.

And Helen Epstein explains why it was played at her mother's funeral.

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

Schubert's Winterreise

22 maart 2011 · 28 min

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Winterreise was written the year before Franz Schubert's death aged just 31, these 24 songs based on poems by Wilhelm Müller describe a journey that takes us ever deeper into the frozen landscape of the soul. Lees meer

Singers Thomas Hampson, Mark Padmore, Alice Coote and David Pisaro describe the experience of immersing themselves in this music.

And Bernard Keefe tells of the time he sang these songs in Hiroshima to survivors of the bomb.

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

The Impossible Dream

15 maart 2011 · 28 min

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‘The Impossible Dream' is a song that talks of the resilience of the human spirit. Lees meer

It tells the story of a quest and it's had a surprising journey of its own.

It was originally composed for the 1965 musical The Man of La Mancha which was inspired by Miguel de Cervantes story of Don Quixote. The music was written by Mitch Leigh and the lyrics by Joe Darion.

Now in his 80s, Leigh explains how his first writing partner was WH Auden and talks about why this particular piece struck a chord with African American friends at that time.

Generations on, international Soprano Lesley Garrett recalls how this song inspired her childhood dreams in Doncaster.

Yachtsman of the Year Geoff Holt talks about how this song carried him across the Atlantic on one of the most important voyages of his life.

Plus, former advertising executive Rob Chew explains how this piece is helping him face life’s biggest challenge.

Contributors:

Geoff Holt
Rob Chew
Mitch Leigh
Stuart Pedlar
Lesley Garrett

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Producer: Nicola Humphries

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

Simple Gifts

8 maart 2011 · 28 min

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Simple Gifts started life as a Shaker Hymn and became incorporated into the hymn Lord of the Dance and Aaron Copland's ballet suite Appalachian Spring. Lees meer

Nora Guthrie describes the central place this tune has played throughout her life.

Pete Lashley tells how he heard it unexpectedly whilst touring in New Zealand.

Michael Carter explains why his father chose this tune for his famous hymn "Lord of the Dance" and Scott Malchus describes running a marathon whilst listening to this music.

Featuring:

Thomas Swain
Michael Carter
Nora Guthrie
Scott Malchus
Pete Lashley

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.

Mozart's Clarinet Quintet

1 maart 2011 · 28 min

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Mozart's Clarinet Quintet was written in 1789, two years before the composer’s death. Lees meer

The first ever work for string quartet plus clarinet remains a firm favourite for music lovers around the world.

Professor Paul Robertson describes how his wife played this piece to him whilst he lay in a coma. Clarinettist Peter Furniss tells of the solace the slow movement provided his mother as she lay dying.

And Alex Smith explains the importance of this piece in his work to help children with autism, Asperger's, dyslexia and other childhood disorders.

Featuring:

Paul Robertson
Peter Furniss
Alex Smith
John Playfair
David Campbell
Robin Batteau

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

The Emperor

5 oktober 2010 · 28 min

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Beethoven's fifth and final piano concerto, The Emperor is majestic and moving in equal measure. Lees meer

Richard McMahon plays extracts and discusses the virtuosic it demands.

Australian film producer, Hal McElroy, talks about using the Adagio (the second movement) to illustrate the classic 1970s film Picnic at Hanging Rock.

That was where Andrew Law – who was Chaplain at Malvern College - first heard the piece. He describes the Adagio as being 'one of those pieces of art which it is worth being alive to have heard'.

Concert pianist, James Rhodes, describes how The Emperor was central to his childhood and his developing love of Beethoven's piano music.

Music teacher and singer, Prue Hawthorne, recalls how her father (an amateur clarinettist) laboriously transcribed by hand the horn and clarinet sections of the first movement so they could play along with the record in their living room.

Also contributing is the renowned Beethoven biographer, John Suchet.

Concert pianist Richard McMahon has now retired as a teacher at the Royal Welsh School of Music and Drama.

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Producer: Karen Gregor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2010.

How Great Thou Art

28 september 2010 · 28 min

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An examination of the enduring popularity of the hymn, How Great Thou Art. Based on a Swedish poem by Carl Gustav Boberg, it was written by the British missionary Stuart Hine in 1949. Lees meer

It subsequently become an Elvis Presley classic and as the country and western star , Connie Smith explains, it's the piece she always sings to close her show, the stirring lyrics and soaring melody having the ability to move and inspire audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

At the age of 101, George Beverly Shea shares his clear memories of singing it at hundreds of Billy Graham crusades.

Featuring:

Bud Boberg
Ray Bodkin
Bev Shea
Jerry Schilling
Malcolm Imhoff
David Darg

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Producer: Lucy Lunt

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Faure Requiem

21 september 2010 · 28 min

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"He wanted it to be something that's consoling and helpful. It's the end of their lives where they can rest in peace." Lees meer

World renowned choral conductor Sir David Willcocks, shares his personal reflections on the Faure Requiem alongside those for whom the music has comforted and inspired.

Known for its peaceful and hopeful nature the Faure Requiem has been called 'The lullaby of death'. Whilst Gabriel Faure himself never spoke directly about what inspired his interpretation of the Requiem, author and biographer Jessica Duchen has speculated that it may have been born out of his experience as a soldier during the Franco-Prussian war.

Featuring personal stories of conflict and deliverance shared from across the decades. Reaching from the beaches of Normandy to the plains of Afghanistan and into the skies of Salisbury.

Faure composed the first version of the work, which he called "un petit Requiem" with five movements, of which the Pie Jesu and In Paradisum have become arguably the most popular.

"Everything I managed to entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest."

Featuring:

David Willcocks
Jessica Duchen
Christina Schmid
Paul Hawkins
Ross Mallock

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Producer: Nicola Humphries

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Ma Vlast

14 september 2010 · 28 min

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At the core of Czech cultural identity sits Bedrich Smetana’s Ma Vlast. Lees meer

Written in the late 19th century, it's a series of six symphonic poems. For a western audience the most popular and best loved is Vltava, a soundscape conjuring up vivid images of the river which runs through Prague.

Jan Kaplan is a Czech born film-maker who has lived in the UK since 1968. He describes the 'educational concerts' he had to attend as a young boy when - bored to tears - he would endure long performances of Smetana's music.

However, as an adult living in exile, his experience of Czech culture was tinged with a remote sense of patriotism and he grew to appreciate his national composer. When - following the 1989 Velvet revolution - he was eventually able to return home, he witnessed one of the most famous and moving performances of Ma Vlast at Smetana Hall in 1990.

Also at that concert was musicologist, Professor Jan Smaczny, who describes his memories of that evening, and explains the history and mythology portrayed in Ma Vlast.

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Producer: Karen Gregor.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Send in the Clowns

7 september 2010 · 28 min

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Stephen Sondheim's song, Send In the Clowns, from the musical 'A Little Night Music' was written late in rehearsals for the actress Glynis Johns, playing the part of Desiree. Lees meer

A song of regret and anger, the part has famously been played by Judi Dench, and the song became an independent hit, sung by Judy Collins, Shirley Bassey and Barbra Streisand.

Hannah Waddingham played the youngest ever Desiree in Trevor Nunn's production, and used her memories of an unhappy relationship to inspire her performance.

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Producer: Sara Conkey.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2010.

Bach's Goldberg Variations

23 maart 2010 · 28 min

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Bach wrote his Goldberg Variations for harpsichord in the 1740s, but today it's performed by pianists all over the world. Lees meer

People describe the place these pieces have in their lives.

This includes:

* A neuroscientist from New York
* Pianist Angela Hewitt
* A father driving his family through the night in the Australian Outback
* A woman from Oregon whose life was transformed, perhaps even saved, by this music.

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Producer: Sarah Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands

16 maart 2010 · 27 min

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He's Got the Whole World in His Hands is a spiritual song originating in the USA. Lees meer

But it first caught the public's attention when Laurie London took it to the top of the charts in 1958.

In this programme, people describe the place that the song has in their lives. Including the conductor of a choir for refugees and asylum seekers and the minister who led prayers on President Obama's first day in office.

There's also a performance from Washington Performing Arts Society's Children of the Gospel Choir. They sang an arrangement of He's Got the Whole World in His Hands made by their conductor and Artistic Director Stanley J Thurston at the National Prayer Service at the Washington National Cathedral on January 21, 2009.

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and their families attended this service and the sermon was given by the Reverend Sharon E Watkins.

Contributors:

John Copley
Ian Bradley
Amy Mclean
Philip Wright
Sharon Watkins
Mike McGrother

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Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

Dido's Lament

9 maart 2010 · 28 min

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Dido's Lament is a popular name for a famous aria, 'When I am laid in earth', from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, with the libretto by Nahum Tate. Mezzo soprano Sarah Connolly talks about why she finds the piece, sung by the likes of Janet Baker and Emma Kirkby, so extraordinary, and the skill it takes to perform it. Composer and cellist Philip Shepperd's musical life was transformed when he was part of the rock singer Jeff Buckley's performance of the piece at the 1995 Meltdown Festival.

Contributors:
Alison Moyet
Sarah Connolly
Jeremy summerly
Graham Jones
Sheryl Sarnet
Nicholas Witchell
Philip Sheppard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

2 maart 2010 · 28 min

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When Mendelssohn wrote his Violin Concerto in 1844 he could hardly have imagined how famous and well loved it would become. Lees meer

In this programme, people tell how it has played an important part in their lives.

Violinist Daniel Hope tells how he got caught practising this concerto secretly locked in the bathroom at school.

Harry Atterbury remembers hearing the Mendelssohn for the first time on the night before a Second World War air raid which turned his life upside down.

Composer Stephen Pratt recalls discovering that his father had played this concerto to cheer fellow soldiers in the jungle in Burma, and explains how this inspired him to write his own violin concerto.

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Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

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Praise My Soul

23 februari 2010 · 28 min

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Based on Psalm 103, this hymn was written by Henry Francis Lyte, who also penned Abide With Me. Lees meer

It's most asssociated with the tune by John Goss - even though the two men never met.

Their hymn has become one of the most popular for weddings, and was used at those of the Queen and Prince Philip and Charles and Camilla.

Increasingly it is also used at funerals, and the widow of DC Stephen Oake, killed while on duty during an anti-terrorist raid, explains why it's so important to her and her family.

It's also the perfect tune for teaching young choristers to sight read music, although these days they often misplace the comma in the line, 'Father like, he tends and spares us'.

Contributors:

John Ridyard
Lesley Jenkins
Ian Bradley
Gordon Giles
Daniel Hyde
Rob White
John Ganjavi
Gillian Warson

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs

29 september 2009 · 28 min

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Richard Strauss was aged 84 when he completed his final composition. Lees meer

It was 'Four Last Songs', which, although dealing death, conveys a sense of calm acceptance.

Though written in 1948, it still touches the hearts of many listeners today.

As the soprano voice delves ever deeper into the richness of the music, interviewees tell how the Four Last Songs have brought calm and beauty at key moments in their lives.

Featuring:

Alan Yentob
Michael Kennedy
Gillian Weir
Margaret Nelson
Jamie Nichols
Gabe Meline

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

You've Got a Friend

22 september 2009 · 27 min

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Written by Carole King and made famous by James Taylor, You've Got a Friend won a Grammy Award in 1971. Lees meer

In this programme people tell how this song has affected their lives.

Contributors:

Carole King
Nick Barraclough
Marcella Erskine
Estelle Williams
Karen Garner
James Taylor

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Producer: Terry Carter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme, by Thomas Tallis

15 september 2009 · 28 min

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When Vaughan Williams wrote his Tallis Fantasia in 1910, he changed the course of British music. Lees meer

Here at last was a piece of music which was no longer under the Teutonic influence, but which drew on old English hymn tunes and folk idioms for its themes.

As the string music builds to a climax, interviewees tell how this music has brought solace and hope in times of tragedy and changed the course of their lives.

When composers Herbert Howells and Ivor Gurney heard the premiere of Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia in Gloucester Cathedral in 1910, it's said that they walked the streets of Gloucester all night because of the sheer excitement of possibility that this new piece had awakened in them.

Discover how the beauty and richness of Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasia awakened a life long love of classical music in a nine year old boy at bedtime; how it served as comfort for an artist in despair and how it brought solace to a grieving father

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Contributors:

Michael Kennedy
Ian Clarke
EM Marshall
Rolf Jordan
Peter Phillips
Harry Atterbury
Colin Wood

Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

The Look of Love

8 september 2009 · 28 min

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Hal David discusses writing The Look of Love with Burt Bacharach, for the soundtrack of the spoof 1967 James Bond film Casino Royale. Lees meer

This classic track, sung by Dusty Springfield, provided the musical backdrop for a love scene between Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress.

Dusty Springfield's former backing singer, Simon Bell, remembers being on stage at the Albert Hall when Dusty laughed her way through a performance of the song, and musician Jonathan Cohen describes how the samba rhythm underscoring Dusty's smooth vocals combine to make this an enduringly popular love song.

It has been covered many times by artists including Isaac Hayes, Gladys Knight and the French singer Mirielle Mathieu.

This programme hears from people whose personal memories of love and loss are forever linked with The Look of Love.

Contributors:

Sue Clarke
Wally Welling
Simon Bell
Trevor Foster
Jonathan Cohen
Hal David

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Producer: Karen Gregor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

Allegri's Miserere

1 september 2009 · 27 min

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Gregorio Allegri wrote the chord sequence for his Miserere in the 1630s for use during Holy Week in the Sistine Chapel. Lees meer

This is located in the Apostolic Palace, official residence for the Pope in Vatican City

It then went through the hands of a 12-year-old Mozart, Mendelssohn and Liszt until it finally reached England in the early 20th century and got fixed into the version we know today.

The soaring soprano line that hits the famous top C and never fails to thrill has become a firm favourite for concert audiences around the world.

Textile designer Kaffe Fassett, writer Sarah Manguso and conductor Roy Goodman explain how they have all been deeply affected by this beautiful piece of music.

With Peter Phillips.

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2009.

What a Wonderful World

14 oktober 2008 · 28 min

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Louis Armstrong recorded the classic 'What a Wonderful World' in 1967, amidst civil rights demonstrations and protests against the Vietnam War. Lees meer

It was a song written for him. Was it naïve or a powerful anthem for peace?

Featuring:

Prof. Peter Ling
Laurence Bergreen
Simon Weston
Katie Melua
Troy Andrews
Milan Bertosa

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Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.

Chopin's Ballade No 1 in G Minor

7 oktober 2008 · 28 min

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Chopin's Ballade clearly tells a story, and yet that story differs for each person who hears or plays it. Lees meer

Pianist Peter Donohoe heads a cast of people whose lives have been shaped and changed by hearing and playing this technically demanding, emotionally turbulent piece of music.

Featuring:

Peter Donohoe
Pete Rosskamm
Edi Bilimoria
Richard Bielecki
Andrew Armstrong
Dr Jay B. Hess
Joshua Wright

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2008.

So What

30 september 2008 · 28 min

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***Visionary jazz musician Miles Davis joins BBC Radio 4 Extra's 100 Club – born 26th May 1926. He died in 1991 aged 65*** Lees meer

On 2nd March 1959, Miles Davis and his sextet began recording a new album: "Kind of Blue".

The first track was "So What" and the album became the best selling Jazz album of all time.

This programme tells the stories of people whose lives have been changed by this piece of music.

Featuring:

Clemency Burton-Hill
Jonathan Eno
Estelle Kokot
Ashley Kahn
Dr Richard Niles

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.

Swan Lake

23 september 2008 · 27 min

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Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake is based on a children's show he wrote for his nephews and nieces. Lees meer

Discover the story behind the famous ballet

And what is the impact on those who hear it and dance to it?

Featuring:

Dr. Elena Denzhkina-Campbell
Dr. Margaret Reynolds
Tom Conlon
John Warrack
Francesca Allen
Jane Hackett
Barbara Hughes
Sir Roy Strong
Matthew Drury, piano
Marion Tait
Gaylene Cummerfield
Matthew Lawrence
Scott Ambler

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Producer: Sarah Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2008.

Spem in Alium

29 januari 2008 · 28 min

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Thomas Tallis's work is one of the most elaborate and spectacular pieces of choral music ever written. Lees meer

Scored for 40 voices, the piece is best sung and heard in the round in order to appreciate an extraordinary sonic experience.

Choral conductor Simon Halsey and Michael Morpurgo discuss the music's spine-tingling effect on both performers and listeners.

Featuring:

Graeme Fife
John Davies
Clive Stafford-Smith

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Producers: Rosie Boulton & Melvin Rickarby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

Tainted Love

22 januari 2008 · 28 min

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This programme was first broadcast in 2008. Soft Cell hitmaker Dave Ball has died aged 66. Lees meer

Originally a Motown song written by Ed Cobb and recorded by Gloria Jones, Tainted Love became famous on the UK's Northern Soul scene in the late 1970s.

It was heard by Marc Almond and Dave Ball who later became Soft Cell, and recorded a classic version.

Featuring:

Mark Ravenhill
Peter Christopherson
Ray Harris
Russ Winstanley
Alan King
Dave Ball
Mike Thorne
Danny McNamara
Nev Fountain

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Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

Finlandia

15 januari 2008 · 27 min

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Jean Sibelius's glorious orchestral work was adopted by the Finnish people as a symbol of its fight for independence from Russia. Lees meer

Well over 100 years later it is still regarded as Finland's second national anthem.

Its popularity is international, both in orchestral form and also in shorter form as the Finlandia Hymn.

Featuring:

* Jean Sibelius's great-grandson Jaakko Ilves
* Conductor John Storgards.

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Producer: Karen Gregor

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.

New York, New York

8 januari 2008 · 28 min

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Andrew Collins and Mark Shenton present the story behind the classic song New York, New York. Lees meer

Songwriting duo John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote the title song for the film. Unfortunately, the star Robert de Niro didn't like it, so they furiously wrote another one.

John Kander talks about the story behind the classic song.

Featuring:

Lorrena Turner
Michael Freedland
Huw Madoc-Jones
Terry Bennett
Alun Howells
Gareth Valentine
John Kander
Patrick Sasso
Rosemary Watts

Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.

Producer: Sara Conkey

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2008.