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 大象传媒 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 大象传媒.
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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: T枚lzer Knabenchor. -
Benjamin Britten
Choir rehearsal
Performer: Children's School Choir in Suffolk. -
Unknown
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 大象传媒 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: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. -
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. -
厂鈥椭虫辫谤别蝉蝉
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: Aur猫le 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: 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 Radiophonic Workshop
Quatermass and the Pit
Performer: The 大象传媒 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 大象传媒 Radiophonic Workshop
Signature tune of 'Workshop'
Performer: The 大象传媒 Radiophonic Workshop. -
Delia Derbyshire
Signature tune to 'Who Is...'
Performer: Delia Derbyshire. Performer: The 大象传媒 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 J眉nglinge
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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: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. -
Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 5
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. -
Leonard Bernstein
The Age of Anxiety
Performer: Leonard Bernstein & Orchestra. -
The 大象传媒 Radiophonic Workshop
The Artist Speaks
Performer: The 大象传媒 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 |