TWO SUITES FOR JAZZ ORCHESTRA
from the 1960s
TOMTICKETATOM
Ravel’s Boléro is one of the most performed pieces in the concert repertoire. For 338 out of the 340 bars the drum beats out the hypnotic rhythm which has pulled in the crowds since its first performance in 1928. Ravel himself described his most famous work as a joke, but what about the musicians who have to play it? For conductor Bramwell Tovey it’s full of great moments: Jack Brymer thinks it’s like being hit behind the ear with a sock full of wet sand.
This programme, produced for BBC Radio 4 by Richard Bannerman, won a Sony Radio Award in 1988 for Best Classical Music Programme. It was first broadcast in ‘Kaleidoscope” to mark the 50th anniversary of Ravel’s death.
SUNDAY HALF-HOUR FROM
COTHAM PARISH CHURCH
Introduced by Jeremy Carrad.
Director of Music: Dr John Bishop
NOVEMBER 1977 (with brass ensemble)
or listen here:
APRIL 1981
or listen here:
Oundle for Organists
Simon Preston and James Parsons talking about the Oundle Festival in July 2018
In Tune on BBC Radio 3 with Sean Rafferty
Kaleidoscope Feature
How Strange the Change
Why is it that in music, major keys make you feel happy and minor keys make you feel sad? Robert Dawson Scott investigates.
First broadcast: 24th Dec 1996 on BBC Radio 4 FM.
Producer Helen Garrison.