Press rewind on a century of the 麻豆社 with an epic, eight-hour soundscape: seismic events, cultural landmarks, unforgettable voices and 麻豆社 history intertwined with classical music.
The 1980s sees the dawn of the computer age, welcome relief as the UK recovers from the turmoil of the Falklands conflict and miners鈥� strike. We'll remember much loved broadcasts from Eastenders and Michael Palin, and hear the voices of Maya Angelou and Stephen Hawking. There's music by John Tavener and Mark-Anthony Turnage, John Adams and Joan Tower, and remember a historic concert, with Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
For more information about what you鈥檙e hearing, visit bbc.co.uk/soundscapeofacentury
Archive:
1983 Sixty Minutes: Personal computers
1986 Micro Live - Electronic Mail
1982 麻豆社 news coverage The Falklands War
1987 麻豆社 Weather - Michael Fish
1981 The Money Programme - The Rubik's Cube
1984 麻豆社 news coverage of the Miners Strike
1985 Wogan 鈥� Bob Geldof interview
1985 麻豆社 News - Live Aid
1983 Riverside: Tony Wilson interview
1986 Eastenders - Den serves divorce papers
1984 In the Psychiatrists Chair - Maya Angelou
1988 Desert Island Discs - Stephen Hawking
1980 Profile - Peter Maxwell Davies
1989 Around the World in 80 Days 鈥� Michael Palin (麻豆社)
1989 麻豆社 News - George Bush
1989 麻豆社 News - Berlin Wall opened Brian Hanrahan
1989 麻豆社 News - Kate Adie in Tiananmen Square
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John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Adams: Harmonielehre etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer' (2nd mvt)
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.- Vivaldi: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
- EMI.
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Joan Tower
Sequoia
Orchestra: National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic. Conductor: David Alan Miller.- Naxos.
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Philip Glass
Violin Concerto no.1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.- Glass: Violin Concerto: Gidon Kremer.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Band Aid
Do They Know It's Christmas?
- Mercury.
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New Order
Blue Monday
- Factory.
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Mark鈥怉nthony Turnage
Greek Act 1 Scene 1 'Pub and Wine Bar Music'
Ensemble: The Greek Ensemble. Conductor: Richard Bernas.- Argo.
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George Walker
Folk Songs "My Lord what a Morning"
Orchestra: Cleveland Chamber Symphony. Conductor: Edwin London.- ALBANY.
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Oliver Knussen
Higglety Piggledy Pop! The Way to Castle Yonder
Ensemble: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.- DG.
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Peter Maxwell Davies
Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)
Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.- Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
- Unicorn-Kanchana.
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Steve Reich
New York Counterpoint (2nd mvt)
Performer: Roland Diry.- RCA.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral' - Final mvt
Choir: Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden. Orchestra: Members of the Orchestre de Paris. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DG.
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John Tavener
The Protecting Veil (opening)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
Broadcast
- Sun 30 Oct 2022 15:36麻豆社 Radio 3