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Ranked Amateurs
Amateur musicians' vital role in music and performance over the last three centuries.
Why are classical audiences so quiet?
Tom Service looks at why we are all so tense and silent during classical concerts. Shhhh!
The Power of One
What special magic happens in music where there is no harmony?
Anger in Music
Today at Sage Gateshead Tom finds out how music can induce, express and exorcise anger.
Bruckner and the Symphonic Boa Constrictors
Is listening to a Bruckner symphony really like being crushed to death by a giant snake?
The Double Bass
The elephant in the room? No, the Double Bass is much more.
Can music be gendered?
Can you hear 'masculine' and 'feminine' in music?
The Key to Keys
Tom Service asks why western music is in so many different keys and what exactly they are.
Riffs, loops and ostinati - the art of repeating yourself!
Tom presses repeat - again and again and again ...
Classical Icons
Who are the icons of classical music? And are they born or made?
