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Press rewind on a century of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ with an epic, eight-hour soundscape: seismic events, cultural landmarks, unforgettable voices and ´óÏó´«Ã½ history intertwined with classical music.

The 1980s sees the dawn of the computer age, welcome relief as the UK recovers from the turmoil of the Falklands conflict and miners’ strike. We'll remember much loved broadcasts from Eastenders and Michael Palin, and hear the voices of Maya Angelou and Stephen Hawking. There's music by John Tavener and Mark-Anthony Turnage, John Adams and Joan Tower, and remember a historic concert, with Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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

Archive:

1983 Sixty Minutes: Personal computers
1986 Micro Live - Electronic Mail
1982 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news coverage The Falklands War
1987 ´óÏó´«Ã½ Weather - Michael Fish
1981 The Money Programme - The Rubik's Cube
1984 ´óÏó´«Ã½ news coverage of the Miners Strike
1985 Wogan – Bob Geldof interview
1985 ´óÏó´«Ã½ News - Live Aid
1983 Riverside: Tony Wilson interview
1986 Eastenders - Den serves divorce papers
1984 In the Psychiatrists Chair - Maya Angelou
1988 Desert Island Discs - Stephen Hawking
1980 Profile - Peter Maxwell Davies
1989 Around the World in 80 Days – Michael Palin (´óÏó´«Ã½)
1989 ´óÏó´«Ã½ News - George Bush
1989 ´óÏó´«Ã½ News - Berlin Wall opened Brian Hanrahan
1989 ´óÏó´«Ã½ News - Kate Adie in Tiananmen Square

45 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Oct 2022 15:36

Music Played

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Adams: Harmonielehre etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Vivaldi: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Joan Tower

    Sequoia

    Orchestra: National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • Naxos.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.
    • Glass: Violin Concerto: Gidon Kremer.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It's Christmas?

    • Mercury.
  • New Order

    Blue Monday

    • Factory.
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage

    Greek Act 1 Scene 1 'Pub and Wine Bar Music'

    Ensemble: The Greek Ensemble. Conductor: Richard Bernas.
    • Argo.
  • George Walker

    Folk Songs "My Lord what a Morning"

    Orchestra: Cleveland Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Edwin London.
    • ALBANY.
  • Oliver Knussen

    Higglety Piggledy Pop! The Way to Castle Yonder

    Ensemble: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • DG.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)

    Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.
  • Steve Reich

    New York Counterpoint (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Roland Diry.
    • RCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' - Final mvt

    Choir: Kinderchor des Philharmonischen Chores Dresden. Orchestra: Members of the Orchestre de Paris. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • DG.
  • John Tavener

    The Protecting Veil (opening)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Oct 2022 15:36