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Is Classical music fashionable?

Is classical music in fashion? Who's listening and what are they actually listening to?

You might think classical music is timeless and sits above passing trends and fashions, but in this edition of The Listening Service Tom discovers otherwise. He talks to newspaper fashion director Lisa Armstrong about how trends are made in what we wear, and to music streaming curator Guy Jones, about what influences our listening habits.

And – spoiler alert - classical music is IN!

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29 minutes

Last on

Fri 25 Sep 2020 16:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pet Shop Boys

    In the Night

    • EMI Records.
    • cdp-7464502.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata - opera in 3 acts

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Roberto Alagna. Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: London Voices.
    • EMI.
    • 556656 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Böhm.
    • DG.
    • 415843-2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no. 1 in G major BWV.1007 for cello solo

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Pentatone.
    • PTC5186751.

  • Nils Frahm

    Ambre

    Performer: Nils Frahm.
    • Erased tapes.
    • GBWZD0901801.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Nuvole Bianche

    Performer: Ludovico Einaudi.
    • Universal Music.
    • 475 629-2 DH.

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Hands Be Still

    Performer: Ólafur Arnalds.
    • Mercury.
    • B00AHUAMYW.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F minor RV.297, Op.8`4 (L'Inverno) for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: TrondheimSolistene.
    • DG.
    • 4632592.

  • Kris Bowers

    Dar Luncheon / Schlafly Report

    Performer: Mary Ramos Landr. Performer: Pierre Charles.
    • Hollywood Records.
    • D003628625.

  • César Franck

    Symphony in D minor M.48

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury.
    • 478 7896.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana - opera

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Performer: New York Philharmonic.
    • Sony Classical.
    • SBK63053.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted lake [Volshebnoye ozero] - symphonic poem Op.62

    Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN 9911.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade - symphonic suite Op.35

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
    • CD80208.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet - ballet Op.64

    Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen. Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CBS.
    • MK42662.

  • John Williams

    Concerto for Horn, V - Nocturne

    Performer: Karl Pituch. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.70900.

  • Mieczysław Weinberg

    Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes Op.47`1

    Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriel Chmura.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN 10237.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Petricor

    Performer: Daniel Hope.
    • Decca (UMO) Classics.
    • B010P4C5KI.

  • Ólafur Arnalds

    Re:member

    Performer: Ólafur Arnalds.
    • Mercury KX.
    • digital download.

  • Pierre Boulez

    Le Marteau sans maitre for mezzo and 6 instruments

    Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Performer: Hilary Summers. Performer: Ensemble intercontemporain.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 477-5327.

  • Richard Reed Parry

    Interruptions - VI French Guitars

    Performer: Aaron Dessner. Performer: Bryce Dessner. Performer: Richard Reed Parry.
    • DG.
    • 4793061.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's apprentice - symphonic scherzo for orchestra

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • CALA.
    • CACD0125.

  • David Bowie

    Fashion

    Performer: David Bowie.
    • RCA.
    • PD-83647.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 20 Sep 2020 17:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 25 Sep 2020 16:30
    BBC Radio 3

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