Discovering Music

Serenades and Symphonies

Saturday 30 April 2005 14:00-15:00 (Radio 3)

Charles Hazlewood explores the very different ways in which Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky approached writing for the wind ensemble. He compares the youthful and the mature Strauss through the Serenade and Sonatina No 1, and examines how Stravinsky marshalled his larger forces in the iconic Symphonies of Wind Instruments.

Duration:

1 hour

The online audio of this programme is truncated for rights reasons. Duration: 51 mins

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Playlist:

Strauss: Serenade, 1881 and Romance and Minuet, 1943

Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments, 1926

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

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