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How to Compose Music

So you want to write a piece of music? Where do you start? And then how do you carry on? How much music theory do you need to know? Or can you get away with knowing very little about music?
Tom Service offers encouragement with the help of composers Brian Irvine and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

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Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30 [1895-6]

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • ORFEO.
    • C878141A.

  • David Byrne

    High life for nine instruments

    Performer: Balanescu String Quartet.
    • ARGO.
    • 436-565-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: Monteverdi Chorus.
    • Philips.
    • 434 297 2.

  • Jack Hammer

    Great Balls of Fire

    Composer: Otis Blackwell. Performer: Jerry Lee Lewis.
    • Disky.
    • BX999482.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)

    Performer: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7559796332.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no. 5 in E flat major Op.82

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • BPHR.
    • 150071.

  • Deep Purple

    Smoke On The Water

    • Virgin.
    • VTDCD-308.

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    Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

    Performer: µţ±đ˛â´Ç˛Ôł¦Ă©.
    • Columbia.
    • Beyhome 713.

  • Hancock

    Watermelon Man

    Performer: Herbie Hancock.
    • Bluenote.
    • CDP-7243 8 29331 20.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 6 in F major Op.68 (Pastoral)

    Conductor: David Zinman. Performer: Tonhalle-Orchester ZĂĽrich.
    • Arte Nova.
    • G010000787946Q.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Suite in D minor for keyboard [from "Pieces de clavecin",1687]

    Performer: Karen Flint.
    • Plectra.
    • PL21003.

  • J Barry

    The Beyondness of Things

    Performer: John Barry.
    • LONDON.
    • 460-009-2.

  • Byrne

    Road to Nowhere

    Performer: Talking Heads.
    • DINO.
    • DINCD-96.

  • Steve Reich

    Clapping music for 2 musicians [clapping or woodblocks]

    Performer: Neil Percy. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • LSO Live.
    • LSO5073-LP.

  • Duke Ellington

    Rockin in Rhythm

    • Storyville.
    • 1038435.

  • Hiromi

    Seeker

    • Telarc.
    • TEL 35307 02.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor K.397 for piano

    Performer: Maria JoĂŁo Pires.
    • DG.
    • DG 429739 2.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Lullaby for piano

    Performer: Ivana Gavrić.
    • champs hill records.
    • CHRCD 119.

  • Brian Irvine

    Oldest Woman in Limerick

    Performer: Brian Irvine.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Invocatio for string quartet

    Performer: Wihan Quartet.
    • NIMBUS ALLIANCE.
    • NI 6356.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Nov 2019 17:00
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  • Fri 15 Nov 2019 16:30
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  • Sun 3 Jan 2021 17:00
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  • Fri 8 Jan 2021 16:30
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