Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Grammy Awards-winning composer Caroline Shaw takes us on a journey through orchestration - the colours in sound. In this episode, she explores physical 'feeling' in music.

Grammy Awards-winning composer Caroline Shaw takes us on a journey through the colours in sound. She explores how composers use their paint brushes to draw light to hidden qualities within tones.

This episode looks at how composers evoke physical feeling in music, through the different instruments and tone colours they choose.

Featuring music from Byrd to Brahms, and Bach to André 3000.

Produced by James Taylor
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 18 Feb 2024 23:00
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Inner Space and Outer Worlds

See all episodes from The Colours in Sound, with Caroline Shaw

Music Played

  • Arvo Pärt

    Sequentia

    Orchestra: Tallinna Kammerorkester. Conductor: Tõnu Kaljuste.

  • Henry Purcell

    Frost Scene (King Arthur)

    Performer: Guillaume Vincent. Performer: Théophile Alexandre.

  • André 3000

    I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A Rap Album...

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance, Op.22 no.3

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Elena Urioste.

  • William Byrd

    Ne irascaris, Domine

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance for string orchestra, Op.11

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: John Toll.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.1 in C minor, Op.68 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 Feb 2024 23:00
    BBC Radio 3