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Press rewind on a century of the ѿý with an epic eight-hour soundscape: seismic events, cultural landmarks, unforgettable voices and ѿý history intertwined with classical music.

The 1970s see yet another change of direction with the rise of minimalism in music and works by composers Reich, Glass, Rautavaara and Pärt. The term “Watergate” becomes infamous, Saigon falls and the United Kingdom enters its Winter of Discontent. We hear a bold collaboration between violinist Yehudi Menuhin and sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar and as the decade draws to a close, the UK elects its first female prime minister.

For more information about what you’re hearing, visit bbc.co.uk/soundscapeofacentury

Archive:
1972 ѿý news report on Watergate break in
1973-74 President Nixon press conferences
1975 Today programme (ѿý) on the Fall of Saigon
1975 Today programme on Saigon
1979 Conversations with Artists - Andy Warhol
1971 The Morecambe and Wise Show (ѿý - Eddie Braben)
1971 ѿý news report on decimalisation
1972 News report and interview with Father Daly in aftermath of Bloody Sunday
1976 Menuhin (ѿý2) Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin
1975 Fawlty Towers (ѿý - John Cleese and Connie Booth)
1973 Today programme – Britain joins the EU
1976 PM Drought minister Denis Howell
1972 Statement from Olympic committee
1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (ѿý)
1979 ѿý news statement by Anthony Blunt
1975 David Bowie ѿý interview
1978 Margaret Thatcher in Commons
1978 ѿý news footage

52 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Oct 2022 14:44

Music Played

  • Steve Reich

    Music for 18 Musicians (Pulses)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Signal. Director: Brad Lubman.
  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Blondie

    The Attack Of The Giant Ants

    • CHRYSALIS.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Ainsi la nuit

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Warner.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 - 1st mvt

    Performer: Radu Lupu. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Decca.
  • Philip Glass

    Knee Play 1 (Einstein on the Beach)

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • SONY.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ERATO.
  • Yehudi Menuhin

    Tenderness

    Composer: Ravi Shankar. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Amiya Dasgupta. Performer: Nodu C. Mullick.
    • Warner.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H 146 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Guerre et Paix.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 22.
  • Mike Oldfield

    Tubular Bells

    • VIRGIN.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Melancholia (Cantus Arcticus, Op.61)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • RAUTAVAARA: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonata for two pianos

    Performer: Mark Clinton. Performer: Nicole Narboni.
    • ELAN.
  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Nunc Dimittis (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)

    Singer: Paul Phoenix. Performer: James Watson. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Choir: St Pauls Choir.
    • Guild.
  • Iannis Xenakis

    Pleiades for percussion ensemble: Melanges

    Ensemble: Kroumata Percussion Ensemble.
    • BIS.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Mulligan.
    • Shostakovich/Penderecki/Part: Violin Sonata: Daniel Hope.
    • Nimbus.
    • 005.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Oct 2022 14:44