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The second of a series of programmes in which conductor Leonard Slatkin explores ways of listening with fresh ears to the basic elements of music. Leonard explores melody.

The second of a series of programmes in which conductor Leonard Slatkin explores ways of listening with fresh ears to the basic elements of music. Leonard and the 麻豆社 Philharmonic explore melody. They rewrite a Tchaikovsky melody to prove that composers really do know best, Leonard outlines scale systems used by Debussy and Webern, and they end the programme by working out how Brahms used one of his greatest melodies in the last movement of his Symphony no 1.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 10 Jan 2004 14:00

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no. 1 (Op.68) in C minor

Broadcasts

  • Tue 22 Dec 1998 18:00
  • Sat 17 Jul 1999 18:30
  • Sat 10 Jan 2004 14:00