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Sue Perkins and Tom Service explore your questions about who's still writing symphonies now - and if you can be considered a great composer if you have not written one.

Sue Perkins and Tom Service unravel everything you ever wanted to know about the symphony, but were too afraid to ask...

What relevance do symphonies have today? In Episode 5 of the series, the pair ask if the social and cultural ideas that gave birth to the symphony are still relevant today - and who's still composing symphonies at the dawn of the 21st century. Can you be considered a truly great composer if - like Chopin, Verdi and Delius - you haven't written one?

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20 minutes

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Fri 25 Nov 2011 20:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henryk MikoΕ‚aj GΓ³recki

    Symphony no. 3 Op.36 (Symphony of sorrowful songs) for soprano and orchestra

    Conductor: David ZINMAN Performer: Dawn UPSHAW - Soprano Performer: London Sinfonietta

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 7 in A major Op.92

    Conductor: Arturo TOSCANINI Performer: Nbc S O

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no. 4 in E minor Op.98

    Conductor: Carlos KLEIBER Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B minor for piano duet

    Conductor: Jun MARKL Performer: Lyon National Orchestra

  • Leif Segerstam

    Symphony no 182

    Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Nov 2011 20:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3