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Episode details

Radio 3,18 Feb 2024,59 mins

Available for 29 days

Grammy Awards-winning composer Caroline Shaw takes us on a journey through the colours in sound. She explores how composers use their paint brushes to draw light to hidden qualities within tones. This episode looks at how composers evoke physical feeling in music, through the different instruments and tone colours they choose. Featuring music from Byrd to Brahms, and Bach to André 3000. Produced by James Taylor An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 3

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Sequentia
    Sequentia
    Arvo Pärt
  3. 2.
    Frost Scene (King Arthur)
    Frost Scene (King Arthur)
    Henry Purcell
  4. 3.
    I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A Rap Album...
    I Swear, I Really Wanted To Make A Rap Album...
    André 3000