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Perfect Harmony

How does harmony work? How do certain chord sequences bring a sense of tension and release, and actually how many chords do you really need? With improvisor extraordinaire Wayne Marshall at the piano and choral director Patrick Allies.

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30 minutes

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Fri 26 Mar 2021 16:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Status Quo

    The Beginning of the End

    • Fourth Chord Records.
    • QUOSP002.

  • Jimmy Durante

    I'm the Guy Who Found the Lost Chord

    • PRISM LEISURE CORPORATION.
    • PLATCD 430.

  • traditional Chinese

    TRAD. CHINESE: Spring Scenes in Southern China

    Performer: Wei Xiao Dong. Performer: Yuan Ke.
    • CHINA RECORD SHENZHEN CO.
    • CD 03/88.

  • Four Chords

    The Axis of Awesome

    • BEYOND HOME ENTERTAINMENT.
    • BHE3595.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Geistliches Lied Op.30 for chorus and organ or piano

    Performer: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
    • SIGCD 430.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matthauspassion BWV.244

    Performer: King's College Cambridge Choir. Performer: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.
    • KGS0037D.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matthauspassion BWV.244

    Performer: King's College Cambridge Choir. Performer: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.
    • KGS0037D.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Matthauspassion BWV.244

    Performer: King's College Cambridge Choir. Performer: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.
    • KGS0037D.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode for St Cecilia's day (From harmony, from heav'nly harmony)

    Performer: Musiciens du Louvre Choir. Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • NAIVE.
    • V 5307.

  • Wayne Marshall

    Improvisations on 'Frere Jacques'

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde - opera in 3 acts

    Performer: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 966864 2.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Concerto Op.36 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Swedish R S O. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMM 902341.

  • Robert Schumann

    Papillons Op.2 for piano

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • DECCA.
    • 473 902-2.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Lost chord, arr. misc. for voice and orchestra [orig. with piano]

    Performer: Stuart Burrows. Performer: Ambrosian Singers. Conductor: Wyn Morris.
    • DECCA.
    • 4688102.

  • Robert Parsons

    Ave Maria for 5 voices

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Performer: The Sixteen.
    • CORO.
    • COR16056.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Lo, the full, final sacrifice Op.26 vers. for chorus and orchestra

    Performer: King's College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • KGS0051D.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Mar 2021 17:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Fri 26 Mar 2021 16:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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