Proms Interval: Music and Memory
Tom Service on one of the most astounding musical skills, which the majority of professional classical musicians have in abundance - the ability to play from memory.
Tom Service on one of the most astounding musical skills, which the majority of professional classical musicians have in abundance - the ability to play from memory. How and why do they do it?
With performers from this afternoon's Prom, the Berlin-based vision string quartet, whose members are unusual in that they always play from memory as an ensemble.
Why do we call it 'classical' music?
Tom Service poses a very simple question (with a not-so-simple answer).
Six of the world's most extreme voices
From babies to Mongolian throat singers: whose voice is the most extreme of all?
How did the number 12 revolutionise music?
How Schoenberg opened a new cosmos for composers and listeners to explore.
Why are we all addicted to bass?
Bass is everywhere, but why do we enjoy it? Join Tom Service on a journey of discovery.
Watch the animations
Join Tom Service on a musical journey through beginnings, repetition and bass lines.
When does noise become music?
We like to think we can separate 鈥渘oise鈥� from 鈥渕usic鈥�, but is it that simple?
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The Listening Service
An odyssey through the musical universe, presented by Tom Service
