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The Music of the Night
Tom Service discovers what happens to music at night.
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All the Tunes
After 1,000 years of written music, can there be any more new tunes?
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Olivier Messiaen and the Interstellar Call!
In a live edition of The Listening Service, Tom responds to Messiaen鈥檚 鈥業nterstellar Call鈥�
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Is complicated music better than simple music?
Tom Service looks at complexity in music - can we actually hear what's going on?
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Why do babies love music?
Tom Service asks why we seem to love music from the day we're born - are we born musical?
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Better than background music?
Is music for theatre more than just a prop?
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Countertenors - classical rock gods!
A celebration of the male singers who can hit the high notes!
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What's the point of practice?
Does practice make perfect? And what is perfect practice? Tom Service finds out.
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Sound of the Underground
What does underground sound like? From earth-inspired music to sounds of the earth itself.
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What Is Sound Art? And Why?
Tom Service considers the rise of sound art. Is it art music or something else?
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Ranked Amateurs
Amateur musicians' vital role in music and performance over the last three centuries.
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Why are classical audiences so quiet?
Tom Service looks at why we are all so tense and silent during classical concerts. Shhhh!
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The Power of One
What special magic happens in music where there is no harmony?
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Anger in Music
Today at Sage Gateshead Tom finds out how music can induce, express and exorcise anger.
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Bruckner and the Symphonic Boa Constrictors
Is listening to a Bruckner symphony really like being crushed to death by a giant snake?
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The Double Bass
The elephant in the room? No, the Double Bass is much more.
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Can music be gendered?
Can you hear 'masculine' and 'feminine' in music?
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The Key to Keys
Tom Service asks why western music is in so many different keys and what exactly they are.
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Riffs, loops and ostinati - the art of repeating yourself!
Tom presses repeat - again and again and again ...
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Classical Icons
Who are the icons of classical music? And are they born or made?
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How to Sing Classical - Vibrato!
Good vibrations or horrible wobbling? Why do singers use vibrato?
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The Nutcracker - Strange Enchantments
Think The Nutcracker is a super-saccharine classic for the feelgood season? Think again.
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Concertos: All for one and one for all?
What is a concerto? Tom Service asks how they work and what it is like to be a soloist.
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Extreme Classical!
What are the most extreme pieces of classical music ever written?
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Rossini - Master Chef and Maestro
A celebration of 'Signor Crescendo' Gioachino Rossini, operatic genius and gourmand.
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What counts as 'classical music'?
What do we actually mean when we talk about 'classical music'? What is or isn't it?
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The Magical Forest
Enter the magical musical world of the forest. Your guide is Tom Service
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The Cowpat Controversy
Calling 20th-century English music 'cowpat music' is just plain rude! And it's inaccurate.
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Speed
A rollercoaster of a show as Tom experiences how music gets our hearts racing.
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Technical Mastery
Music and technology - what do you do when anything is possible?
