
But Is It Music? (1945-1989)
How the crisis of writing music in a post-war world was met in different ways by the likes of Britten, Bernstein, Cage, Boulez, Stockhausen, and Reich.
We discover how the crisis of writing music in a post-war world was met in very different ways by the likes of Britten, Bernstein, Cage, Boulez, Stockhausen, Maxwell Davies, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop, Tavener, Reich, Adams and Glass. Tavener plays badminton whilst drunk, Cage defends his 4'33" of 'silence' and Delia Derbyshire, co-creator of the Doctor Who theme tune, reveals how British techno music has its roots in the bowels of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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Origin of British techno music
Duration: 02:12
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'Peter Grimes' archive track
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John Cage
4m33s
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John Cage
A Dreamer That Remains, Do Not Loiter
Performer: Joe Kubera. -
Leonard Bernstein
Ain't Got No Tears Left
Performer: Leonard Bernstein. -
Leonard Bernstein
America
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John Cage
Audiology Experiment
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John Tavener
Celtic Requiem
Performer: London Sinfonietta Chorus. -
Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Pslams
Performer: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Poznan Philharmonic Choir. Performer: Tölzer Knabenchor. -
Benjamin Britten
Choir rehearsal
Performer: Children's School Choir in Suffolk. -
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Choral singing
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Steve Reich
Clapping Music
Performer: Steve Reich and other. -
Michael Tippett
Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Performer: London Sympony Orchestra. -
Leonard Bernstein
Cool, Fugue: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Performer: NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC COLUMBIA WIND ENSEMBLE. -
Steve Reich
Corver Piano Counterpart
Performer: London Steve Reich Ensemble. -
Peter Maxwell Davies
De Assumtione Beatae Mariae Virginis
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Ron Grainer
Doctor Who
Music Arranger: Delia Derbyshire. Performer: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop. -
Delia Derbyshire
Electronic sound
Performer: Electronic machinery. -
Pierre Boulez
Eolat
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Excerpt from 'O Magnum Mysterium'
Performer: The Cirencester Grammar School Orchestra. -
William Walton
Facade (Fanfare)
Performer: Melos Ensemble. -
Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interlude from 'Peter Grimes'
Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Annette Tucker
Get Me To The World On Time
Composer: Jill Jones. Performer: The Electric Prunes. -
John Adams
Grand Pianola Music
Performer: San Francisco Opera, Ballet and Symphony Orchestras. -
Steve Reich
Harlem Riots
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Helikopter-Streichquartett
Performer: Arditti Quartet. -
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Hey Music Lover
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Kontakte
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Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi - The Grid
Performer: De Ruiter. Performer: Western Wind. -
Philip Glass
Kundun - Projector
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Edward Elgar
Land of Hope and Glory
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Pierre Boulez
Le Marteau san maitre
Performer: Aurèle Nicolet. Performer: Serge Collot. Performer: Anton Stingl. -
Leonard Bernstein
Mambo: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Performer: New York Philharmonic Columbia Wind Ensemble. -
Pierre Boulez
Multiples
Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. -
Steve Reich
Music for 18 Musicians
Performer: Steve Reich and others. -
John Stafford Smith
National Anthem of Great Britain
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Pierre Boulez
Notations pour Piano
Performer: Elisabeth Laurence. Performer: Members L'Ensemble Intercontemporain. Performer: Chen Pi-hsien. Performer: Bernhard Wambach. -
Benjamin Britten
Oft in the Stilly Isles
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Leonard Bernstein
On The Town
Performer: New York Philharmonic Columbia Wind Ensemble. -
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop
Oscillation
Performer: Electronic machinery. -
Philip Glass
Pearl's Girl
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Benjamin Britten
Performance from Peter Grimes
Performer: English Opera Group. -
John Cage
Piano Composition
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John Cage
Piano excerpt from 'La Bacanal'
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Leonard Bernstein
Piano excerpt from 'The Age of Anxiety'
Performer: Leonard Bernstein. -
Benjamin Britten
Piano excert from 'Peter Grimes'
Performer: Benjamin Britten. -
Steve Reich
Piano Phase
Performer: London Steve Reich Ensemble. -
Pierre Boulez
Pli Selon Pli (Improvisation sur Mallarme)
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop
Quatermass and the Pit
Performer: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop. -
Benjamin Britten
Rehearsal excerpt from 'The Building of the House'
Performer: East Anglian Choirsand English Chamber Orchestra. -
Delia Derbyshire
Rhythmic clicking
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Steve Reich
Sextet (v2)
Performer: London Steve Reich Ensemble. -
John Dankworth
Signature tune of 'Tomorrow's World'
Performer: Johnny Hawksworth Orchestra. -
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop
Signature tune of 'Workshop'
Performer: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop. -
Delia Derbyshire
Signature tune to 'Who Is...'
Performer: Delia Derbyshire. Performer: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop. -
John Tavener
Singing with piano at party
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Leonard Bernstein
Something's Coming
Performer: Jose Carreras & New York Scratch Orchestra. -
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Gesang Der Jünglinge
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Stimmung
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Pierre Boulez
Sur Mallarme No. 2
Performer: The New Ensemble & Halina Lumomska. -
Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3
Performer: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. -
Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 5
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. -
Leonard Bernstein
The Age of Anxiety
Performer: Leonard Bernstein & Orchestra. -
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop
The Artist Speaks
Performer: The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop. -
Benjamin Britten
The Spacious Firmament on High
Performer: City of London Sinfonia. -
John Tavener
The Whale
Performer: London Sinfonietta. -
Benjamin Britten
Those Who Pass the Borough
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The Trumpeteers
Trumpets - Gloriana Fanfare
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Rebecca Front |
Producer | Sophie Deveson |
Director | Sophie Deveson |
Executive Producer | Jonty Claypole |
Production Coordinator | Grace Brassington |
Broadcasts
- Fri 21 Mar 2014 20:00
- Sun 9 Oct 2016 19:00
- Wed 12 Oct 2016 01:00