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

The 1950s sees the Festival of Britain and the dawning of the TV age, while over on radio, Hancock鈥檚 Half Hour receives its first broadcast. The UK mourns a king and ushers in a new Elizabethan age with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Politics remains turbulent - there's war in Korea and a crisis in the Suez Canal. We're introduced to the 'Teddy Boy' and hear the voices of Igor Stravinsky and Salvador Dal铆. There's contemporary music by Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Leonard Bernstein and Elizabeth Maconchy, and the unforgettable voice of Paul Robeson.

For more information about what you鈥檙e hearing, visit bbc.co.uk/soundscapeofacentury

Archive:

1951 King George VI opens the Festival of Britain; 大象传媒 news archive from the Festival of Britain
1954 Zoo Quest with David Attenborough
1952 Watch with Mother (大象传媒)
1951 大象传媒 Newsreel 鈥� the TV age
1954 大象传媒 newsreel Roger Bannister runs a sub 4 minute mile
1952 News announcement of death of King George VI
1953 Newsreel as Queen Elizabeth II is crowned
1959 Monitor: Leonard Bernstein interview
1954 Hancock鈥檚 Half Hour begins
1955 Special Enquiry - The Teddy Boys
1958 Monitor: Igor Stravinsky interview
1955 大象传媒 newsreel on Vietnam War
1950 大象传媒 newsreel President Eisenhower on Korean War
1956 PM Anthony Eden address to nation on Suez crisis; news reports on Suez protests
1954 大象传媒 newsreel celebrates the end of Rationing
1958 Paul Robeson talks down Telegram line at the Eisteddfodd

44 minutes

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Sun 30 Oct 2022 13:14
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arthur Bliss

    The Lord is my shepherd (Meditations on a theme by John Blow)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Bliss: Meditations on a Theme by John Blow.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major, Op 39

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: Symphony no.1, Pomp and circumstance Marches: 大象传媒SO, Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Maconchy: Serenata Concertante / Symphony for Double String Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Le Marteau sans Maitre

    Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain.
    • DG.

  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Promenade (Etruscan Concerto)

    Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC.

  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.

  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre coronation march

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Elgar & Walton: Marches & Orchestral Music: LPO/Boult.
    • EMI.
    • 13.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Leonard Bernstein: A Portrait.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Angela Morley

    Theme Tune to Hancock's Half Hour

    Conductor: Angela Morley.

  • Dorothy LaBostrie

    Tutti Frutti

    Composer: Little Richard. Performer: Little Richard.
    • LONDON Records.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rake's Progress ("Vary the song, O London, change!")

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • DG.

  • Pete Seeger

    Turn Turn Turn

    Performer: Pete Seeger.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and String Quartet No. 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Of the three wise men, from The Ballad of the Brown King

    Singer: Noah Stewart. Ensemble: The Dessoff Choirs. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • The Ballad Of The Brown King & Selected Songs.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Michael Tippett

    Dance, clarion air

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Poetry In Music.
    • CORO.
    • 2.

  • James James

    Mae hen wlad fy nhadau

    Performer: Paul Robeson. Lyricist: Evan James.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Oct 2022 13:14
    大象传媒 Radio 3