Discovering Music

A genteel Waltz

Shall We Dance?

Saturday 4 March 2006 14:00-15:00 (Radio 3)

This week's programme complements A Level study as Charles Hazlewood and the BBC Concert Orchestra reveal the extent to which the forms and styles of classical and modern dance music provided the basis for great works for the concert hall.

We follow the evolution of the modest Minuet into symphonic Scherzo - courtesy of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven; the journey of the Landler into the waltz - with Johann Strauss II and Tchaikovsky; and the transformation of the Habanera into the Tango - from Bizet to Piazolla.

Swot up on the Minuet

Swot up on the Waltz

Learn to Waltz

Swot up on the Tango

More on the Tango

Learn to Tango

Duration:

1 hour

Shall We Dance? Duration 1 hr.

Listen to the programme.

Playlist

Mozart:
6 Minuets K599 - No 4
6 German Dances K509 - No 1
6 Landler K606

Haydn:
Symphony No 94 'The Surprise' - Minuet

Beethoven:
Symphony No 7 - Presto

Johann Strauss II:
Kaiser Waltz Op. 437

Tchaikovsky:
Symphony No 5 - Waltz

Bizet:
Carmen - Habañera Act 1

Chabrier:
Habanera

Piazzola:
Milonga del Ángel
Muerte del Ángel

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