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The Hebrides Overture: Mendelssohn's melodious cave
Tom Service explores the story behind the very first orchestral tone poem.
Musical Time Travel: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams
Tom Service on one of Vaughan Williams' most spellbinding pieces of music.
Musical Ecstasy
Tom Service explores musical ecstasy from techno to classical
Stormy Weather
Tom explores how storms have inspired composers and musicians from Beethoven to Britten.
The Enchantment of Chant
Tom explores how chant has resonated across a thousand years of music.
Abracadabra
Tom Service explores the connections between music and magic.
TV Themes
Tom Service explores television themes with Oscar-winning composer Anne Dudley.
The Music of Sound
Tom Service on the mutually creative relationship between music and its surroundings.
What's the point of cadenzas?
Tom Service explores cadenzas with the American pianist Jeremy Denk at the Hay Festival.
Royal Music
Music fit for kings, queens, princes and princesses: but what do we mean by royal music?