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Ranked Amateurs
Amateur musicians' vital role in music and performance over the last three centuries.
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Why are classical audiences so quiet?
Tom Service looks at why we are all so tense and silent during classical concerts. Shhhh!
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The Power of One
What special magic happens in music where there is no harmony?
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Anger in Music
Today at Sage Gateshead Tom finds out how music can induce, express and exorcise anger.
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Bruckner and the Symphonic Boa Constrictors
Is listening to a Bruckner symphony really like being crushed to death by a giant snake?
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The Double Bass
The elephant in the room? No, the Double Bass is much more.
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Can music be gendered?
Can you hear 'masculine' and 'feminine' in music?
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The Key to Keys
Tom Service asks why western music is in so many different keys and what exactly they are.
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Riffs, loops and ostinati - the art of repeating yourself!
Tom presses repeat - again and again and again ...
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Classical Icons
Who are the icons of classical music? And are they born or made?