The purpose of a loudspeaker is to be loud and clear. Perfect drivers and cabinets should have no effect on the audio other than to amplify it. Such was the promise of high fidelity in the middle of ...

In August 1952, when John Cage premiered his landmark composition 4’33”, the guy who sat at the piano occasionally turning a page but never hitting any keys was David Tudor. An avant-garde pianist and ...

There’s a very particular sound to this recording and it’s one you can trace partially back to Delphian’s 2009 disc of Lamentations settings with the lay clerks of St George’s Chapel, Winsdor ...

A suspicious locket, a specially composed song and the hidden documents which reveal a story of Tudor court rivalries: Christina Faraday explores the political uses of music. Show more How musician ...

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Hannah French visits Claire van Kampen - the Tudor music advisor & arranger for both Wolf Hall - to explore the music associated with many of the main characters in the series. Show more Hannah French ...