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Radio 3,41 mins

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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. Leonard starts with rhythm; how do composers use it, and how do we hear it? He deconstructs rhythmic patterns from samba to Stravinsky and ends with Ravel's Bolero.

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