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: The Unfinished Symphony
To celebrate the dawn of a new millennium Radio 3 goes on a final tour through 2,000 years of western music from before plainchant right up to the year 2000. The Unfinished Symphony traces the musical connections between one generation and another, between one piece and another, over the last 2,000 years. The programme unfolds according to a formula which allows 45 minutes for the first 500 years, increasing by five minutes a century, and reaching a total of one hour and 35 minutes for our own century.Roderick Swanston, Geoffrey Smith and Georgina Born host 18 hours of music and discussion unfolding throughout the day, live from Broadcasting House in London.
1: A New Song
Meditating on the origins of music both sacred and profane, with the Rev Alan Walker.
Contributors
Presenter:
Roderick
Swanston
Presenter:
Geoffrey
Smith
Presenter:
Georgina
Born
Presenter:
Rev. Alan
Walker
: AD 100-500
2: Golden Mouth, Tinkling CymbalExploring the earliest surviving pieces and traditions from Egypt, Milan and Gaul, and tracing their musical influences and legacy. With Ian Stewart ,
Jeremy Summerly , Mary Berry , Donald Greig and Valentine Cunningham.
Contributors
Unknown:
Ian
Stewart
Unknown:
Jeremy
Summerly
Unknown:
Mary
Berry
Unknown:
Donald
Greig
Unknown:
Valentine
Cunningham.
: 500-1000
3: A Trope on the Daughter of Memory Questioning the theory of music as a branch of mathematics and recalling the practice of handing down the musical elements of the Mass by oral communication - from Gregorian chant to early polyphony in the Winchester Troper. Including Mozarabic and Old Roman chants forthe Eucharist. WithDavid Wulstan , Jonathan Thorpe and Adrian Jack.
7.30 Seventh Century
8.30 Eighth Century
8.35 Ninth Century
9.15 Tenth Century
Contributors
Unknown:
David
Wulstan
Unknown:
Jonathan
Thorpe
Unknown:
Adrian
Jack.
: 1000-150
4: Divine Proportion in Imperfect Measure Looking at the development of musical notation that made it possible to construct vast and highly detailed edifices in sound - from Hildegard of Bingen and Perotin of Paris to Ockeghem, Treasurer of of St. Martin ofTours, and measuring the inevitable consequences of writing music down. Including the songs of pilgrims to Rome, Compostela and Jerusalem, and music based on the popular L 'HommeArme. Tours. With Christopher Cook , Mary Remnant , Daniel Leech-Wilkinson , Dermot Clinch , Margaret Bent , Bayan Northcott , John Butt and Julian Anderson.
10.50 12th Century
11.45 13th Century
12.45 PM 14th Century
1.50 15th Century
Contributors
Unknown:
Christopher
Cook
Unknown:
Mary
Remnant
Unknown:
Daniel
Leech-Wilkinson
Unknown:
Dermot
Clinch
Unknown:
Margaret
Bent
Unknown:
Bayan
Northcott
Unknown:
John
Butt
Unknown:
Julian
Anderson.
: 1500-1800
5: Divisions above a GroundChronicling the legend of Orpheus and his lute on the operatic stage in music from the old world of Josquin des Prez, via
Palestrina, Monteverdi, Vivaldi and JS Bach to the turbulence oftwentysomething Beethoven. Including examples of the instrumental In Nomine from
John Taverner 's model to the fantasias of Henry Purcell. With Michael Burden and Cyril Ehrlich.
4.1517th Century
5.3518th Century
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Taverner
Unknown:
Henry
Purcell.
Unknown:
Michael
Burden
Unknown:
Cyril
Ehrlich.
: 1800
6: A Cycle of FifthsReflecting on the enjoyment of performance -from a swansong by Schubert to symphonies by Beethoven, Berlioz, Brahms and Bruckner, and the revolutionary music-drama of Wagner.
Also including fugues and variations on the chromatic theme B.A.C.H. With
John Thornley , Anthony Payne and Lewis Foreman.
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Thornley
Unknown:
Anthony
Payne
Unknown:
Lewis
Foreman.
: A Stitch in Time
"What then, is time? If no one asks me, know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks me, do not know." (St Augustine , fifth century). Like St Augustine we all intuitively comprehend time - but can we define it? Following the threads of philopsophy, theology, physics, language and everyday experience, John Drinkwater unravels the fabric of this invisible dimension.
Contributors
Unknown:
St
Augustine
Unknown:
John
Drinkwater
: 1900
7: And All Kinds of MusicUnscrambling the network of musical cross-references that characterise the Twentieth Centuryfrom Russian
Stravinsky to American Stravinsky and beyond to the nineties. Including pieces influenced by plainchant such as the mediaeval sequence Dies Irae. With Julie Brown.
Contributors
Unknown:
Julie
Brown.
: Hear and Now
Georgina Born , Geoffrey Smith and Roderick Swanston considerthe story of music so far and where it might be heading. They also discussRobert Saxton 's work in progress - a radio opera, The Legend of the Wandering Jew, commissioned by Radio 3, with excerpts specially recorded fortonight's programme by the BBC Singers under
Stephen Cleobury. The complete work is scheduled forfuture broadcast on Radio 3.
Contributors
Unknown:
Georgina
Born
Unknown:
Geoffrey
Smith
Unknown:
Roderick
Swanston
Unknown:
Robert
Saxton
Unknown:
Stephen
Cleobury.
: The Future of Music: Credo
The title of a lecture by John Cage first delivered in 1937 and published in 1958 is the inspiration for this radio montage.Music itself has the final word on its own past and present as echoes of the sounds heard throughout the day culminate in the midnight chimes of
Contributors
Unknown:
John
Cage
: 2000: 8: Fade to Black
Following the news, the machine takes over with the beginning of an interactive musical experiment. A computer programme written by Jonathan Finn offers up-to-the-moment instantaneous composition.For details of the music and talks write to The Unfinished Symphony, BBC Radio 3, [address removed] E-MAIL: [email address removed] WEB SITE: [web address removed]
Contributors
Written By:
Jonathan
Finn
Producer:
Antony
Pitts.
Blog post that mentions this programme:
Ring in the New
31 December 2015
: Through the Night
With Susan Sharpe.12.05am Mahler Ruckert Lieder
12.30 Reutter Ecce Quomodo Moritur
Justus 12.50 Satie, orch Milhaud Jack-in -the-Box Pantomime
1.00 Weber, reconstr Mahler Die Drei Pintos
Don Gomez deFreiros Scott Weir (tenor)
German SymphonyOrchestra, Berlin Radio Chorus, conductor Mario Bernardi
2.30 Fasch Sonata in D minor2.55 Paul
Siefert Benedicam Dominum 3.10
Brahms Piano Trio in C, Op 873.40 Mlelck Finnish Suite, Op 103.55 Dohnanyi
Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song 4.05 Kresimir Baranovic Gingerbread Heart4.25 Cavalli Combattimento di Ninfe e Satiri (La Calisto) 4.35 Wieniawski Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor 5.00 Weber Overture: Der
Freischutz 5.15 Hindemith Symphonic
Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber5.40 Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No 2
Contributors
Unknown:
Susan
Sharpe.
Unknown:
Milhaud
Jack-In
Unknown:
Don
Gomez
Tenor:
Scott
Weir
Conductor:
Mario
Bernardi
Unknown:
Siefert Benedicam
Dominum
Song:
Kresimir Baranovic
Gingerbread
Unknown:
Carl
Maria
Don Gastos de Viratos:
Gunnar
Gudgjornsson (tenor)
Ambrosio:
Thomas
Mohr (bass)
Wirt:
Soren
Jackel
Inez:
Janet
Williams (soprano)
Don Pinto de Fonseca:
Andreas
Kohn (bass)
Don Pantaleone:
Friedrich
Molsberger (bass)
Clarissa:
Michaela
Kaune (soprano)
Laura:
Gabriele
Sima (soprano)
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