Joanna Lumley & The Maestro

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Stripping The Score

Have you ever wondered how a conductor deciphers the individual musical parts and melodies from a whole opera score? In this episode, Stephen and Joanna deconstruct Richard Strauss’ monumental opera, Salome - a score which contains the so-called “most sickening chord in all opera”.

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  Rob Brydon: Springsteen, Miles Davis and paying homage to The King

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  Bonus Brydon: Mashups, Richard Burton and 'The Swinging Doors'

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  Rule Breakers: Gesualdo, Beethoven and Stravinsky

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  Unsung Heroes: Charles Koechlin and Magic of The Jungle Book

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  Aled Jones: Teenage Choirs, Richard Branston and the Music of Everything

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  Unsung Heroes: Lili Boulanger, Prodigy meets Tragedy

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  Stephen Fry and the Virtuosity of Classical Music

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  Great Conductors, Musical Signatures and Whizz Kids

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  Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan on the making of 'Maestro'

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  Child Prodigies, The Jocundity of Rossini and The Big Snare Drum

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  Bonus Christmas Ken Bruce

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  Merry Christmas From Joanna & the Maestro

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  Concerts, Carols & All Things Christmas

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  Anna Lapwood: Bach, Lutosławski & The Ministry of Sound

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  Bonus Stephen Fry: The Audience, Artificial Intelligence and a very un-Hol…

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  The Glorious British Brass Band