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Out of Tune

What does it really mean to be in tune? In tune with what - or who? And why is it simultaneously something that’s so important yet so relative, flexible and movable a feast when it comes to our musical culture? Tom Service investigates.

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Fri 1 Oct 2021 16:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote - singspiel in 2 acts K.620

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Erika Miklósa. Performer: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 477 5789.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote - singspiel in 2 acts K.620

    Performer: Cosmé McMoon. Performer: Florence Foster Jenkins.
    • RCA.
    • GD-61175.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30 [1895-6]

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • ORFEO.
    • C 878 141 A.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30 [1895-6]

    Performer: Portsmouth Sinfonia.
    • ESSENTIAL.
    • ESF CD 654.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen - opera in 4 acts

    Conductor: Georges Prêtre. Performer: Maria Callas. Performer: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Performer: Rene Duclos Chorus.
    • EMI.
    • CDM 7 63075-2.

  • John Cage

    Sonatas and interludes for prepared piano

    Performer: Boris Berman.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.554345.

  • Robert Schumann

    Quintet in E flat major Op.44 for piano and strings

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMC 902122.

  • Bessie Smith

    Jailhouse Blues

    • COLUMBIA.
    • COL 487398 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Concerto in A minor Op.16 for piano and orchestra

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • EMI.
    • 5 57562-2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade Op.31 for tenor, horn and string orchestra

    Performer: Radek Baborák.
    • EMI.
    • 5-58049 2.

  • benny blanco

    The Ends

    Composer: Josh Leary. Composer: Kacy Anne Hill. Composer: Magnus Hoiberg. Performer: Travis Scott.
    • EPIC.
    • 88985377712.

  • Akon

    Bartender

    Composer: Faheem Rasheed Najm. Performer: T‐Pain.
    • SONY BMG.
    • 88697 08719-2.

  • Brian Higgins

    Believe

    Composer: Paul Michael Barry. Composer: Steve Torch. Performer: Cher.
    • WEA.
    • 3984 25319 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet in E flat major K.428 for strings

    Performer: Guarneri Quartet.
    • RCA.
    • G010002739864Q.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 5 in D major BWV.1050

    Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini. Performer: Concerto Italiano.
    • NAIVE.
    • OP 30412.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 5 in D major BWV.1050

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 479 1674.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.1 no. 18 in G sharp minor BWV.863

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY.
    • SM2K-52600.

  • Trad.

    Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

    Performer: Tom Service.

  • Naufalle Al Wahab

    Secret Nouba

    Composer: Wamid Al Wahab. Performer: Tom Service.
    • PARIGO.
    • PGO 018.

  • Alan Hawkshaw

    COUNTDOWN

    Music Arranger: N/A. Performer: Tom Service.
    • Silva Screen.
    • SILCD 1357.

  • Gloria Coates

    Symphony no. 14 (Symphony in microtones)

    Conductor: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Münchener Kammerorchester.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.559289.

  • Nicola Vicentino

    Musica prisca caput - motet for 4 voices

    Performer: Johannes Keller.

  • Harry Partch

    Delusion of the Fury: Exordium

    Performer: Danlee Mitchell. Performer: Ensemble of Unique Instruments.
    • COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS.
    • M2 30576.

  • Traditional

    Ilir-Ilir

    Performer: Dedek Gamelan Orchestra.
    • FELMAY.
    • FY8179.

  • Traditional

    Gaku

    Performer: The Kyoto Nohgaku Kai.
    • LYRICHORD.
    • LLST-7137.

  • Sarah Brand

    Red Dress

    Performer: Sarah Brand.

  • Cole Porter

    Night and Day

    Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Verve.
    • 5372-572.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Sep 2021 17:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Fri 1 Oct 2021 16:30
    BBC Radio 3

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