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Wild Woodland

Inspired by nature, George Fenton scored the music for Wild Isles…

Stunning Hand Ballet

Music and movement for the 2020 Olympics…

Just by chance

Simplicity itself – Howard Skempton’s ‘Lento’ is mesmerising…

Orchestral colours

One minute it’s raw and uncomfortable, the next it’s lyrical and melodic…edge-of-your-seat music!

Classical elegance

Elegance and refinement abound here in Joseph Bologne’s music for string orchestra…

Buzzing around

Rimsky-Korsakov skilfully conjures up a frantic bee in this popular display of musical brilliance…

Fiesta!

See if you can sit still whilst listening to this toe-tapping number from Mexican composer Arturo Marquez…

Chocolat

Here is film scoring at it’s best, by oscar-winning British composer, Rachel Portman. Listen to the main theme from ‘Chocolat’, a film full of enchantment, romance and…chocolate of course!

American fanfare

This piece of music has one of the most powerful openings you’ll ever hear. If you want to know how and why, then read on…

Chinese martial arts

This exciting score of western instruments and traditional Chinese ensembles creates the soundtrack for the Chinese warriors and their quest for the Green Destiny sword…

Puppet Drama

In his ballet music, ‘Petrushka’, Stravinsky uses Russian folk song in a novel way as well as pioneering a composition ‘film-editing’ technique called ‘montage’…

Deep peace

Debbie Wiseman composed the music for BBC1 series, ‘Dickensian’, where characters from Dickens’ novels are brought together in a London drama.

Mambo!

A lively Latin American dance from Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’ that captures the energy and character of the Puerto Rican immigrants

Improvisation on a masterpiece

Listen to jazz legend, Herbie Hancock, improvise on the beautiful slow movement of Ravel’s piano concerto – masterful!

Haunting Emotion

This well-known theme from multi award-winning film, ‘Schindler’s List’ may be one of the most emotive melodies you’ll hear

Tango!

Argentinian composer, Piazzolla, is famous for his many tangos. Enjoy this memorable performance of ‘Libertango’

Inspiration

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