BBC Radio 3 - Discovering Music

Discovering Music explores pieces of music in detail, looking at the musical form or the composer's style.

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Handel's Israel in Egypt

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

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Moeran's Symphony No 2

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

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Portraits Day - Opera Portraits

Stephen Johnson explores the world of musical characterisation in opera.

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Beethoven's Triple Concerto

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

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The latest videos in the Discovering Music video library explore Beethoven's Eroica Symphony.

The library also includes videos of works by Arnold, Copland, Mussorgsky and Purcell.
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Find out what musical terms mean, and view online videos of how they sound in music.
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