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The Music of Sound

Tom Service on the mutually creative relationship between music and its surroundings.

Did music begin in ancient cave systems? How did medieval cathedrals inspire musical developments? What effect does a particular concert hall have on the music heard there, or the music on the design of the concert hall? And what can we do with our 21st-century ability to change our acoustic environment at the touch of a button?

Tom Service looks at the relationship between music and its surroundings, and how that relationship has developed over the centuries.

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Fri 1 Jul 2022 16:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Alexander Courage

    Alexander Courage: Theme (from "Star Trek")

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen.
    • TVPMCD807.

  • WHALES

    Whale songs

    Performer: WHALES.
    • Biosphere.
    • 884385203665.

  • Alan Hovhaness

    And God created great whales Op.229 for orchestra & recorded whalesong

    Performer: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Delos.
    • DE3421.

  • Georg Wieland Wagner

    Georg Wieland Wagner: Swan song (performed on paleolithic flutes)

    Performer: Anna Friederike Potengowski.
    • Delphian.
    • DCD34185.

  • Iegor Reznikoff

    Singing in the cave of Arcy-sur-Cure

    Performer: Iegor Reznikoff.

  • Opus Anglicanum

    Viderunt omnes fines terrae - gradual for 4 voices

    • Herald.
    • AV HAVPCD212.

  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God for 6 voices

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
    • CDGIM-208.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli for 6-7 voices

    Performer: Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina. Performer: Massimo Palombella.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 479 6131.

  • Energy 52 & Music Box

    Paul Schmitz-Moormann and Cosmic Baby: Cafe del mar

    • UMOD (Universal Music on Demand).
    • 00600753209233.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.55 (Eroica)

    Performer: Chorus Viennensis. Conductor: Martin HaselbΓΆck.
    • Alpha.
    • ALP HA474.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Rosen aus dem Suden - waltz Op.388 [from "Das Spitzentuch der Konigin"]

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Decca.
    • 4177062.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina burana - cantiones profanae for soloists, chorus and orchestra

    Performer: Boston University Symphonic Chorus. Performer: Boston University Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Newton Boys Choir. Conductor: Leopold Stokowski.
    • Andromeda.
    • ANDRCD6007.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid - old Viennese dance no. 2 for violin and piano

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Pauline Oliveros

    Pauline Oliveros : Nike

    Performer: Pauline Oliveros. Performer: Stuart Dempster. Performer: Panaiotis.
    • New Albion.
    • NA 022 CD.

  • Pauline Oliveros

    Pauline Oliveros : Lapiz Lazuli

    Performer: Deep Listening Band.
    • Deep Listening Institute.
    • DL 47-2014.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Ye choirs of New Jerusalem - Easter anthem Op.123 for choir and organ

    Performer: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA-67483.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Jun 2022 17:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Fri 1 Jul 2022 16:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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