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The Listening Service Episodes

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    Making Overtures

    Tom Service explores the rise and fall of the musical curtain-raiser.

  2. Handel's Messiah: Hallelujah!

    Tom Service lifts the lid on Handel's Messiah.

  3. How to listen to...Erik Satie

    Tom Service explores the musical universe of Erik Satie.

  4. The Borrowers

    Is using someone else's music in your own big and clever?

  5. Klezmer

    Tom Service explores the connections between Klezmer and classical music.

  6. The timeless power of contemporary choral music

    Tom Service immerses himself in the resonant sound world of 21st-century choral music.

  7. Eat to the Beat

    The many long-standing and sometimes surprising connections between food and music.

  8. Out of Tune

    Tom Service asks what it really means to be in tune? In tune with what - or who?

  9. How to listen to... Arvo P盲rt

    Tom explores Arvo P盲rt's music - what makes it so unique and why is it so popular?

  10. Fiddles and Fiddle Tunes

    Tom Service explores fiddles and fiddle tunes from around the world.

  11. Themes and Variations

    Tom Service explores the endless potential of musical variations on a theme.

  12. Money Makes the Music Go Round

    Tom Service explores the relationship between money and music.

  13. How to listen to... Gilbert and Sullivan

    Tom Service enters the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert and Sullivan.

  14. Playing Second Fiddle (and Horn and Trumpet...)

    The joys and frustrations of being the unsung heroes of the orchestral world.

  15. Brass Bands

    Tom Service explores the world of brass bands.

  16. Is Music Good for You?

    The tightly entwined relationship of music and our minds.

  17. Tunes for 'Toons

    Tom Service explores cartoon music, from manic Mickey Mouse to moody Batman.

  18. Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek: music is a being come alive

    What makes the extraordinary music of Czech composer Leo拧 Jan谩膷ek instantly recognisable?

  19. Perfect Harmony

    How does harmony work its magic?

  20. The Viola - Music's Secret Fire

    Tom Service explores the viola's secret influence in music.

  21. The Feasibility of Studies

    How was the humdrum study transformed by great composers into miniature masterpieces?

  22. Musical Signatures

    What gives away a composer's personal style? How can we spot their musical signatures?

  23. Dream Teams

    Tom Service explores musical collaborations.

  24. The Inbetweeners

    In between the gaps left by the big names lurks many a forgotten great composer...

  25. What if...? Tom's Marvellous Musical Multiverse

    Tom Service laments and consoles with some of the great 'what ifs' of music history.

  26. Swing, Rubato and Bounce

    Tom Service investigates what happens when musical rhythm is loosened by swing or rubato.

  27. Becoming Beethoven's Fifth

    How did Beethoven compose one the most famous works in classical music?

  28. Rewilding Sibelius

    Tom Service explores the music of Sibelius as a force of nature.

  29. Tricky timing

    Tom Service on the fascination of out-of-the-ordinary rhythms.

  30. It Takes Two

    How did the tango escape its lowly origins to become a world-wide phenomenon?

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