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  1. Benjamin Britten (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Baritone and composer Roderick Williams discusses Benjamin Britten, a complex and often contradictory character, and one of the 20th century’s greatest opera composers. This is the second...

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  2. Music in Shakespearean Drama

    Thurston Dart talks to Peter Orr about composing music for Shakespearean drama. Recorded at the British Council, London. Date unknown but likely to have been recorded in the 1960s.

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  3. Donald Swann and Jeremy Vine on their books (1993)

    Genre
    Advertisement; Jingle; Interview; Trailer; News bulletin; Music

    Frank Bough interviews composer Donald Swann about the release of his paperback version of his autobiography Swann’s Way: A Life in Song and why he added 7500 words about his cancer diagnoses. Speaks of...

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  4. Theory and Practice (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Mags Noble
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Examines the relationship between the rigours of theoretical training and the ‘inspirational’ image of the ‘great’ composers. Using surviving harmony exercises used by Beethoven and Handel, and set...

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  5. John Cage (1984)

    Director
    Peter Greenaway
    Producer
    Revel Guest
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documentary on the avant-garde composer John Cage. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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  6. George Frederic Handel (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Ed Seckerson is joined by countertenor Lestyn Davies to discuss Handel, the German- born composer whose prolific portfolio of operas and hits such as ‘Water Music’ and ‘Messiah’ won...

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  7. Jean Sibelius (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Host Edward Seckerson is joined by BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Sakari Oramo to discuss his fellow countryman Jean Sibelius, and the themes of nature and Finnish national identity woven...

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  8. Gustav Mahler (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Conductor and pianist Sir Antonio Pappano discusses Gustav Mahler, whose extreme, powerful and raw symphonic writing stretches both conductors and orchestras to their limits. This is the...

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  9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2018)

    Subject
    Music

    Podcast series. Host Edward Seckerson is joined by violinist, composer and Australian Chamber Orchestra artistic director Richard Tognetti to discuss the genius, larger than life character, and prodigious...

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  10. Sibelius (2007)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £14.74

    Jan Sibelius was born into a middle class family in a small country town in Finland. He was encouraged in developing his musical talent but he was fifteen before it began to really interest him. At first he...

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