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Last broadcast on Sun, 19 Jul 2009, 03:00 on BBC Four (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Journalist, critic and self-confessed music addict Paul Morley embarks on a year-long pursuit to the heart of his obsession.

Morley begins a year of intense lessons and tutoring from one the most prestigious music schools in the world, the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he joins the composition department as an undergraduate student.

This is the first time Morley has been back in education since the age of 16, and it is by no means an easy year as he feels his way through his first lessons on rhythm and notation before finally composing his own music for an ensemble of young virtuoso musicians.

Credits

Presenter
Paul Morley
Director
Paul Yule
Producer
Paul Yule
Executive Producer
Roy Ackerman

Broadcasts

  1. Sat 18 Jul 2009
    21:30
  2. Sun 19 Jul 2009
    00:30
  3. Sun 19 Jul 2009
    03:00

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60 minutes

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