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Rhythm
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.
Last on
Sat 3 Jan 200414:00
BBC Radio 3
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Rhythm
Duration: 41:39
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Maurice Ravel
Bolero
Performers: BBC Philharmonic
Broadcasts
- Mon 21 Dec 199818:00BBC Radio 3
- Sat 10 Jul 199918:30BBC Radio 3
- Sat 3 Jan 200414:00BBC Radio 3

