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Discovering Music Episodes

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    Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

    Stephen Johnson explores Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.

  2. Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn

    Stephen Johnson explores Mahler's collection of songs, Des Knaben Wunderhorn.

  3. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

    Stephen Johnson explores Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4.

  4. Brahms: Symphony No. 1

    Stephen Johnson explores the long-awaited First Symphony by Brahms.

  5. Zemlinsky - A Florentine Tragedy

    Stephen Johnson surveys Alexander Zemlinsky's opera A Florentine Tragedy.

  6. Verdi: Te Deum

    Stephen Johnson explores Verdi's Te Deum from his Quattro Pezzi Sacri.

  7. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

    Stephen Johnson explores Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.

  8. Lully's Religious Works

    Stephen Johnson explores the blend of theatre and church in Lully's sacred music.

  9. Wagner: Die Walkure

    Stephen Johnson explores Wagner's orchestra and how he used it to evoke profound emotions.

  10. Strauss: Alpine Symphony

    Stephen Johnson explores Strauss's massive Alpine Symphony.

  11. Moeran's Symphony No 2

    Conductor Martin Yates joins Stephen Johnson to discuss EJ Moeran's Second Symphony.

  12. Handel: Israel in Egypt

    Stephen Johnson explores Handel's monumental choral work Israel in Egypt.

  13. Portraits Day - Opera Portraits

    Stephen Johnson explores the world of musical characterisation in opera.

  14. Beethoven: Triple Concerto

    Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's ground-breaking Triple Concerto, Op. 56.

  15. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

    Stephen Johnson explores the roots of Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

  16. Mahler: Symphony No. 4

    Stephen Johnson explores darker undercurrents in Mahler's Symphony No. 4.

  17. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4

    Stephen Johnson on how Leipzig's coffee society found its counterpart in Bach's music.

  18. Dvorak: Piano Trio No. 4 'Dumky Trio'

    Stephen Johnson explores Dvorak's Piano Trio No 4. in E minor - the Dumky Trio.

  20. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 'Hammerklavier' (Op. 106)

    Stephen Johnson explores Beethoven's piano sonata, the Hammerklavier, Op. 106.

  21. Elgar: Symphony No. 2

    Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Second Symphony.

  22. Mahler: Symphony No. 7

    Stephen Johnson reveals the inner workings of Mahler's Symphony No. 7.

  23. Beethoven: Trio in E flat

    Stephen Johnson explores the inner workings of Beethoven's Trio in E flat, Op 38.

  24. Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3

    Stephen Johnson explores the inner world of Szymanowski's Symphony No 3.

  25. Brahms: German Requiem

    Stephen Johnson explores the influences behind Brahms's German Requiem.

  26. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

    Stephen Johnson explores the private codes hidden in Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.

  27. Ravel: La valse

    Stephen Johnson on the dark underbelly of Ravel's ode to the Viennese waltz, La valse.

  28. Roussel's Bacchus et Ariane

    Stephen Johnson explores the ballet Bacchus et Ariane by French composer Albert Roussel.

  29. Elgar: Symphony No. 1

    Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Symphony No. 1, which was ten years in the making.

  30. Britten: Saint Nicolas

    Stephen Johnson explores Britten's work for children's chorus, his cantata Saint Nicolas.

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