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Back to SearchMendelssohn's Octet
An exploration of the impact that Mendelssohn's Octet has had on different people's lives, demonstrating the healing power of music in a variety of s…
14 years, 4 months ago
Mahler's Adagietto
Gustav Mahler wrote his 5th Symphony during the summers of 1901 and 1902. The Adagietto is the 4th movement which is thought to have been inspired by…
14 years, 9 months ago
Schubert's Winterreise
Winterreise was written the year before Franz Schubert's death aged just 31, these 24 songs based on poems by Wilhelm Müller describe a journey that …
14 years, 9 months ago
The Impossible Dream
‘The Impossible Dream' is a song that talks of the resilience of the human spirit.
It tells the story of a quest and it's had a surprising journey of …
14 years, 9 months ago
Simple Gifts
Simple Gifts started life as a Shaker Hymn and became incorporated into the hymn Lord of the Dance and Aaron Copland's ballet suite Appalachian Sprin…
14 years, 10 months ago
Mozart's Clarinet Quintet
Mozart's Clarinet Quintet was written in 1789, two years before the composer’s death.
The first ever work for string quartet plus clarinet remains a …
14 years, 10 months ago
The Emperor
Beethoven's fifth and final piano concerto, The Emperor is majestic and moving in equal measure.
Richard McMahon plays extracts and discusses the virt…
15 years, 3 months ago
How Great Thou Art
An examination of the enduring popularity of the hymn, How Great Thou Art. Based on a Swedish poem by Carl Gustav Boberg, it was written by the Briti…
15 years, 3 months ago
Faure Requiem
"He wanted it to be something that's consoling and helpful. It's the end of their lives where they can rest in peace."
World renowned choral conductor…
15 years, 3 months ago
Ma Vlast
At the core of Czech cultural identity Bedrich Smetana’s Ma Vlast.
Written in the late 19th century, it's a series of six symphonic poems. For a wes…
15 years, 3 months ago