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Conductor Sakari Oramo opens a window into the art of attentive listening. Today, Sakari takes us inside the listener's mind, and explores how context affects how we listen.

Ahead of this year's BBC Proms, Sakari Oramo, chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra opens a window into the art - and the joy - of attentive listening. Today, Sakari takes us inside the listener's mind, and explores how context affects how we listen to music.

From where and how we listen to music, to what we listen to before and after a piece of music, to the historical context in which listeners might have first heard a particular piece, Sakari delves into the ideas which shape how we understand the music that we hear. He'll also explore the influence of language on our musical experience, and discuss the art of concert etiquette.

Presenter: Sakari Oramo
Producer: Sam Phillips

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • György Kurtág

    Jatekok VIII: Flowers we are, mere flowers (...embracing sounds)

    Performer: György Kurtág. Performer: Márta Kurtág.
    • ECM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687

    Performer: György Kurtág. Performer: Márta Kurtág. Music Arranger: György Kurtág.
    • ECM.

  • Franz von Suppé

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Conductor: Paul Paray. Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
    • UNIVERSAL.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 6 (2nd mvt: excerpt)

    Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
    • BERLIN PHILHARMONIC RECORDINGS.

  • Magnus Lindberg

    Violin Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt, Finale)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • SONY.

  • Frederick Delius

    Marche-caprice

    Conductor: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • EDITIONS AUDIOVISUEL BEULAH.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 17, Op 31 No 2, 'Tempest' (excerpt)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion (Choral, 'O Mensch, bewein' dein Sunde gross')

    Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • WARNER.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gina Bachauer. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Basil Cameron.
    • Profil Medien.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Cello Symphony (presto)

    Performer: Zuill Bailey. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.
    • TELARC.

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