Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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01 | Weep Great Tears From Your Eyes | 20000803 | The composer Desprez wrote his `Deploration' in 1497 and dedicated it to Johannes Ockeghem, a composer whose work he had loved dearly. Musician and composer Harvey Brough introduces the music and explores the feelings and the story behind it. |
02 | Ode To Purcell | 20000810 | Despite his huge musical output, Henry Purcell was to die in his mid-30s. As a memorial to his friend and collaborator, John Blow composed his `Ode on the Death of Purcell' in the late 17th century. The partnership is discussed by Robert King of the King's Consort. |
03 | Hymnus Paradisi | 20000817 | The story of composer Herbert Howells's tribute to his son who died when he was nine. `Hymnus Paradisi', written over several painful years, is one of his finest and most complex compositions. His daughter, the actress Ursula Howells, remembers this period in her father's life. |
04 LAST | Requiem In Blue. | 20000824 | Musician and composer Harvey Brough's brother, Lester, was killed in a motorcycle accident when Harvey was 17. For several years, Harvey worked on a composition dedicated to his brother, which fused jazz, classical, folk, medieval and blues forms. |