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Tom Service dispenses style counsel - what are the different eras in music history, and how can you tell them from each other? And is there a distinguishing contemporary style?

Tom Service dispenses Style Counsel - what are the different eras in music history, and how can you tell them from each other? How did they come about and grow and change? And as Radio 3 is about to launch its New Year New Music season, is there an overarching distinguishing style in music today? Tom is joined by composer and writer Neil Brand at the piano for some answers.

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Fri 25 Jun 2021 16:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Mozart: Symphonies No. 40 & No. 41 "Jupiter".
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Derive II for ten instruments

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain.
    • Boulez conducts Boulez: Ensemble Intercontemporain.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Menuet in G major, BWV Anh 114; Menuet in G minor, BWV Anh 115

    Performer: Michael Behringer.
    • HANNSLER.

  • Richard Wagner

    Isoldes Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde - An Orchestral Passion)

    Music Arranger: Henk de Vlieger. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Wagner: Tristan und Isolde/Overtures; Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-Part Invention in C major, BWV 787

    Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Yuri Zhislin. Performer: Luigi Piovano.
    • J S Bach Goldberg Variations 15 Sinfonias The Art Of Transcription.
    • Nimbus.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.545 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo VΓ€nskΓ€.
    • Tchaikovsky; The Three Piano Concertos, Concert Fantasia.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring (Sacrifical Dance)

    Orchestra: SimΓ³n BolΓ­var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 14.

  • Neil Brand

    Piano Improvisation

    Performer: Neil Brand.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Piano - The Heart Asks Pleasure

    Performer: Michael Nyman.
    • The Best Classical Album In The World.. Ever!.
    • EMI Classics / Warner Classics.

  • John Zorn

    Carny

    Performer: Stephen Drury.
    • TZADIK.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella

    Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Singer: John Ostendorf. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Dumbarton Oaks: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Hogwood.
    • Decca.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in C

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in F major, Op 33 No 3

    Performer: Georges Solchany.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 31 Dec 2017 17:00
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  • Sun 3 Mar 2019 17:00
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  • Sun 20 Jun 2021 17:00
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  • Fri 25 Jun 2021 16:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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