Classical music
The Listening Service. The Goldberg Variations. Audio, 31 minutes
Tom Service unlocks mysteries of Bach's towering keyboard work The Goldberg Variations.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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- Posted17 July 2020
Sunday Feature. Silent Witness - John Cage, Zen and Japan. Audio, 44 minutes
How American experimental composer John Cage came to write his infamous, silent 4’33”.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Listening Service. Going Slow. Audio, 30 minutes
Tom Service on what happens when our music goes slow.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted8 July 2020
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- Posted3 July 2020
The Listening Service. Music and breathing. Audio, 30 minutes
How is the rhythm and physicality of our breathing reflected in music?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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- Posted24 June 2020
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- Posted22 June 2020
The Listening Service. The Musical Universe of Maurice Ravel. Audio, 30 minutes
Tom Service scopes the musical world of one of his favourite composers, Maurice Ravel.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted5 June 2020
The Listening Service. Wagner’s Ring Cycle: The Ultimate Box Set Binge. Audio, 30 minutes
Tom Service explores classical music’s ultimate binge-listening box set - The Ring.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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- Posted28 May 2020
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- Posted25 May 2020
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- Posted12 May 2020
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- Posted7 May 2020
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- Posted7 May 2020
The Listening Service. Talking in music. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service explores talking in music - from 'sprechgesang' to rap.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. English Music. Audio, 30 minutes
What makes English music sound English?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Jakub Józef Orliński: Countertenor in Karlsruhe. Audio, 32 minutes
The Polish singer prepares for the title role in Handel’s opera Tolomeo
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Listening Service. Lisztomania. Audio, 29 minutes
Tom Service explores the music of Franz Liszt, with help from pianist Mariam Batsashvili.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted11 April 2020
The Listening Service. The Inbetweeners. Audio, 30 minutes
In between the gaps left by the big names lurks many a forgotten great composer...
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
