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Discovering Music

Programme which examines a different piece of music each week, looking at the musical form or the composer's style, and exploring the many things contributing to the overall experience

Radio 3,97 episodes

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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Stephen Johnson explores Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.
20 mins09 Oct 2012
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Stephen Johnson explores Mahler's collection of songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn.
20 mins04 Oct 2012
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
Stephen Johnson explores Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4.
20 mins03 Oct 2012
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Stephen Johnson explores the long-awaited First Symphony by Brahms.
20 mins28 Sep 2012
Zemlinsky - A Florentine Tragedy
Stephen Johnson surveys Alexander Zemlinsky's opera A Florentine Tragedy.
20 mins26 Sep 2012
Verdi: Te Deum
Stephen Johnson explores Verdi's Te Deum from his Quattro Pezzi Sacri.
20 mins21 Sep 2012
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Stephen Johnson explores Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.
20 mins18 Sep 2012
Lully's Religious Works
Stephen Johnson explores the blend of theatre and church in Lully's sacred music.
20 mins27 Jun 2012
Wagner: Die Walkure
Stephen Johnson explores Wagner's orchestra and how he used it to evoke profound emotions.
20 mins20 Jun 2012
Strauss: Alpine Symphony
Stephen Johnson explores Strauss's massive Alpine Symphony.
20 mins15 Jun 2012
Moeran's Symphony No 2
Conductor Martin Yates joins Stephen Johnson to discuss EJ Moeran's Second Symphony.
20 mins01 Jun 2012
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Stephen Johnson explores Handel's monumental choral work Israel in Egypt.
20 mins21 May 2012
Portraits Day - Opera Portraits
Stephen Johnson explores the world of musical characterisation in opera.
20 mins07 May 2012
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's ground-breaking Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
20 mins03 May 2012
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Stephen Johnson explores the roots of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
20 mins27 Apr 2012
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Stephen Johnson explores darker undercurrents in Mahler's Symphony No. 4.
20 mins20 Apr 2012
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4
Stephen Johnson on how Leipzig's coffee society found its counterpart in Bach's music.
20 mins11 Apr 2012
The Spirit of Schubert
Schubert Fragments
Brian Newbould talks to Stephen Johnson about his reconstructions of Schubert fragments.
20 mins29 Mar 2012
Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 4 'Dumky Trio'
Stephen Johnson explores Dvorak's Piano Trio No 4. in E minor - the Dumky Trio.
20 mins03 Apr 2012
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 'Hammerklavier' (Op. 106)
Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's piano sonata, the Hammerklavier, Op. 106.
20 mins20 Mar 2012
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Second Symphony.
20 mins15 Mar 2012
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Stephen Johnson reveals the inner workings of Mahler's Symphony No. 7.
20 mins09 Mar 2012
Beethoven: Trio in E flat
Stephen Johnson explores the inner workings of Beethoven's Trio in E flat, Op 38.
20 mins29 Feb 2012
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3
Stephen Johnson explores the inner world of Szymanowski's Symphony No 3.
20 mins22 Feb 2012
Brahms: German Requiem
Stephen Johnson explores the influences behind Brahms's German Requiem.
20 mins16 Feb 2012
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Stephen Johnson explores the private codes hidden in Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
20 mins10 Feb 2012
Ravel: La valse
Stephen Johnson on the dark underbelly of Ravel's ode to the Viennese waltz, La valse.
20 mins02 Feb 2012
Roussel's Bacchus et Ariane
Stephen Johnson explores the ballet Bacchus et Ariane by French composer Albert Roussel.
20 mins27 Jan 2012
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Symphony No. 1, which was ten years in the making.
20 mins10 Jan 2012
Britten: Saint Nicolas
Stephen Johnson explores Britten's work for children's chorus, his cantata Saint Nicolas.
20 mins19 Dec 2011

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