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The first of a series of programmes in which conductor Leonard Slatkin explores ways of listening to the basic elements of music. He starts with rhythm; how do composers use it, and how do we hear it?

The first of a series of programmes in which conductor Leonard Slatkin explores ways of listening with fresh ears to the basic elements of music. He starts with rhythm; how do composers use it, and how do we hear it? Leonard deconstructs rhythmic patterns from samba to Stravinsky and ends with Ravel's Bolero.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 3 Jan 200414:00

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Bolero

    Performers: BBC Philharmonic

Broadcasts

  • Mon 21 Dec 199818:00
  • Sat 10 Jul 199918:30
  • Sat 3 Jan 200414:00